{"id":39399,"date":"2022-06-06T20:47:00","date_gmt":"2022-06-06T20:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/ucla-bruins-beat-ou-sooners-force-ncaa-softball-wcws-semifinal-game-2\/"},"modified":"2022-06-06T20:47:00","modified_gmt":"2022-06-06T20:47:00","slug":"ucla-bruins-beat-ou-sooners-force-ncaa-softball-wcws-semifinal-game-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/ucla-bruins-beat-ou-sooners-force-ncaa-softball-wcws-semifinal-game-2\/","title":{"rendered":"UCLA Bruins beat OU Sooners, force NCAA softball WCWS semifinal Game 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<aside class=\"gnt_em gnt_em__fp gnt_em_vp__tp gnt_em__el\" aria-label=\"Video - Oklahoma Sooners prepare for WCWS after winning 2021 title\"\/>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Jordy Bahl was back to being her dominant self for a long stretch.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">But by the time OU&#8217;s sensational freshman jogged out to the circle, the Sooners&#8217; deficit was too much to overcome, then UCLA finally got to even Bahl.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The Sooners fell to UCLA 7-3 in the semifinals of the Women&#8217;s College World Series on Monday at USA Softball Hall of Fame Stadium to force an elimination game later in the afternoon.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">With two chances to win one game Monday, Sooners coach Patty Gasso opted to go with Nicole May in the circle for the first time in this WCWS.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Hope Trautwein had pitched all but one out during OU&#8217;s first two games.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\"><strong class=\"gnt_ar_b_al\">Blackberries:<\/strong>&#8216;All hands on deck&#8217; for OU softball pitching staff, but new WCWS schedule helping Sooners<\/p>\n<figure class=\"gnt_em gnt_em_img\"><\/figure>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">May was making her first appearance since May 28, when she threw a complete game in the Sooners&#8217; 7-1 super regional win over Central Florida to earn a spot in the WCWS.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">May walked the leadoff hitter and two batters later, Delanie Wisz gave UCLA the lead with a two-run home run to left.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">OU got started with a bang on Jayda Coleman&#8217;s leadoff home run to left.<\/p>\n<aside aria-label=\"advertisement\" class=\"gnt_m gnt_x gnt_x__lbl gnt_x__al\"\/>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The Sooners hit the ball hard repeatedly against Megan Faraimo but couldn&#8217;t manage another baserunner against her through the first three innings.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">It was only the second time all season a pitcher had retired nine consecutive OU hitters in a game.  The first was Texas&#8217; Hailey Dolcini in Saturday&#8217;s Sooners win over the Longhorns.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">OU&#8217;s 2-1 deficit after one was the first time the Sooners had trailed after one inning this season and just the 11th game in which they&#8217;d trailed at all.<\/p>\n<aside aria-label=\"advertisement\" class=\"gnt_m gnt_x gnt_x__lbl gnt_x__al\"\/>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Twice, OU had allowed a run in the top of the first before taking the lead in the bottom of the inning.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The Sooners&#8217; deficit grew in the third, when May surrendered a leadoff hit to Briana Perez, walked Wisz and then gave up a towering three-run home run to center by Maya Brady to put the Bruins ahead 5-1.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\"><strong class=\"gnt_ar_b_al\">WCWS 2022:<\/strong>Game times, scores &#038; TV schedule for NCAA softball Women&#8217;s College World Series<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"gnt_em_gl_i\" data-g-r=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/presto\/2022\/06\/06\/NOKL\/6bd314f5-026a-4c57-92d3-6061da9e730a-_MGL0714.jpg?resize=660%2C372&#038;ssl=1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/presto\/2022\/06\/06\/NOKL\/6bd314f5-026a-4c57-92d3-6061da9e730a-_MGL0714.jpg?crop=4038,2272,x0,y0&amp;width=1320&amp;height=744&amp;format=pjpg&amp;auto=webp 2x\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"372\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">It was OU&#8217;s biggest deficit since Florida State&#8217;s 8-4 win in the opening game of last season&#8217;s championship series.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">After Brady&#8217;s home run, Bahl came on for the Sooners and immediately calmed down the Bruins&#8217; bats.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">UCLA didn&#8217;t record another hit until Savannah Pola&#8217;s leadoff single in the sixth.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Even so, Bahl was rolling well into the seventh, retiring the first two hitters before Wisz drew a walk and Brady followed with another home run, this one a two-run shot to left.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Bahl then exited, having thrown 72 pitches.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The Bruins&#8217; seven runs were the most scored against the Sooners in a seven-inning (or fewer) game this season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">OU beat Tennessee 9-8 in 10 innings in late February, with the Volunteers scoring six runs in the first six innings.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The loss snapped a seven-game winning streak for the Sooners (56-3).<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\"><strong class=\"gnt_ar_b_al\">Blackberries:<\/strong>How UCLA surprised Delanie Wisz with new catching gear for WCWS that&#8217;s close to her heart<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"gnt_ar_b_h2\">WCWS scoreboard<\/h2>\n<aside class=\"gnt_em gnt_em_hf gnt_em__lp\" data-g-r=\"lazy\" data-gl-type=\"method\" data-gl-method=\"loadHb64\" aria-label=\"wcws\" data-t-cel=\"hb64\" data-gl-hb64=\"PGRpdiBjbGFzcz0ic2NvcmVzdHJlYW0td2lkZ2V0LWNvbnRhaW5lciIgZGF0YS1zc193aWRnZXRfdHlwZT0idmVydFNjb3JlYm9hcmQiIHN0eWxlPSJoZWlnaHQ6NjAwcHg7IiBkYXRhLXVzZXItd2lkZ2V0LWlkPSI0OTQ3OCI+PC9kaXY+PHNjcmlwdCBhc3luYz0iYXN5bmMiIHR5cGU9InRleHQvamF2YXNjcmlwdCIgc3JjPSJodHRwczovL3Njb3Jlc3RyZWFtLmNvbS9hcGlKc0Nkbi93aWRnZXRzL2VtYmVkLmpzIj48L3NjcmlwdD48L2Rpdj4=\"\/><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jordy Bahl was back to being her dominant self for a long stretch. But by the time OU&#8217;s sensational freshman jogged out to the circle, the Sooners&#8217; deficit was too much to overcome, then UCLA finally got to even Bahl. The Sooners fell to UCLA 7-3 in the semifinals of the Women&#8217;s College World Series &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/ucla-bruins-beat-ou-sooners-force-ncaa-softball-wcws-semifinal-game-2\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">UCLA Bruins beat OU Sooners, force NCAA softball WCWS semifinal Game 2<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/presto\/2022\/06\/06\/NOKL\/ab7a18a8-5ff8-4990-90b7-629f4f52ed59-_MGL0790.jpg?width=660&height=411&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39399"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39399"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39399\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39399"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39399"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39399"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}