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Gators look to regroup

Graham Hays

...opportunities the team could produce. But where Washington batters have more walks than strikeouts in the World Series, reversing a season-long trend for them, Florida batters have more than twice as many strikeouts...

Blog Entry | Conversation | June 02, 2009

Nelson leaves lasting mark on Florida

Graham Hays

...to an abrupt and unsatisfying end with a loss to Washington in the Women's College World Series championship series Tuesday, Nelson, along with teammate Francesca Enea, comforted Ali Gardiner, the senior who had...

Blog Entry | Conversation | June 02, 2009

What to expect: Alabama-Florida

Graham Hays

...So to say she's taken her game to another level at the Women's College World Series suggests exactly how difficult a task it will be for Alabama to win once, let alone...

Blog Entry | Conversation | May 31, 2009

Georgia wins record-setter to stay in WCWS

Graham Hays

...pitches to beat Washington 9-8. It was the highest-scoring game in Women's College World Series history. It was the longest first seven innings in the event's history. It featured a...

Blog Entry | Conversation | May 31, 2009

What to expect: Georgia-Washington

Graham Hays

For the first time since 1982 at the Women's College World Series, college softball is guaranteed a first-time champion among its final four teams. That's about...

Blog Entry | Conversation | May 31, 2009

Missouri has the tools to return to WCWS

Graham Hays

...way at the complex that house Hall of Fame Stadium, but not all exits from the World Series are created equal. And so while Missouri's stay here this week bordered on stormy, the...

Blog Entry | Conversation | May 30, 2009

Arizona, Alabama get WCWS rematch

Graham Hays

...failures in Thursday's loss against Michigan -- it has never won an opening game in six World Series trips. But after putting up a Women's College World Series record 14 runs in an...

Blog Entry | Conversation | May 30, 2009

Georgia, Michigan set for elimination game

Graham Hays

...2.62 ERA, McCloud is as much of a contact pitcher as there is in the World Series field; she strikes out just 3.2 batters per seven innings (no power pitcher herself, Hamilton...

Blog Entry | Conversation | May 30, 2009

Saturday previews: Georgia-Mizzou, Bama-Arizona

Graham Hays

...endless optimism of the opening ceremonies to transform into cold reality at the Women's College World Series. Tuesday night, fireworks greeted eight teams dreaming of a championship. By the end of the day...

Blog Entry | Conversation | May 29, 2009

Florida shows no weak spots in lineup

Graham Hays

...bleachers in the sixth inning -- Florida beat Michigan 1-0. For the second Women's College World Series game in a row (and really the fourth game in a row, including a super regional...

Blog Entry | Conversation | May 29, 2009

Friday's WCWS slate boasts strong matchups

Graham Hays

OKLAHOMA CITY -- If an NBA playoff series doesn't really begin until the road team wins a game, the Women's College World Series doesn't really begin until a team loses...

Blog Entry | Conversation | May 28, 2009

The scene from the WCWS prior to games

Graham Hays

...isn't beyond the realm of possibility, a freshman pitcher will win a game at the World Series when Hillary Bach and Chelsea Thomas tangle. The Sun Devils are less likely to go to...

Blog Entry | Conversation | May 28, 2009

Florida's future is bright with Brombacher

Graham Hays

...to suffer her first career defeat during her team's stay at the Women's College World Series. The Gators are also the most likely team to end up holding the championship trophy. That...

Blog Entry | Conversation | May 27, 2009

Arizona sees improvement on mound

Graham Hays

...offense. But if the bats fueled the program's 21st trip to the Women's College World Series, the growth of the pitchers (three in all, as it turned out) kept things from breaking...

Blog Entry | Conversation | May 27, 2009

Search for title-winning pitcher who hits

Graham Hays

...games as a pitcher. It hasn't been quite that long since the Women's College World Series witnessed a title-winning pitcher make her mark in the batter's box, but will this...

Blog Entry | Conversation | May 26, 2009