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With two star pitchers at its disposal and only three outs from victory, Texas Tech softball seemed poised to make the semifinals of the Women's College World Series for the second-consecutive season.
UCLA had other ideas.
A Bruins team that has hit more home runs than any other squad in Division I softball history did what it does best in the most critical and pressurized moment of its season, hitting two home runs to erase a 6-3 deficit in the bottom of the seventh inning to send its WCWS elimination game to extra innings.
The frantic, late-game run began with a leadoff, pinch-hit homer from Ramsey Suarez, who connected on her eighth homer of the season to make it a two-run game.
After Suarez's solo shot, the Red Raiders made a pitching change, switching out Kaitlyn Terry for NiJaree Canady. While it offered some temporary relief, with Canady recording two outs, UCLA was just getting started.
With a runner on first and two outs, and facing a 0-1 count, Bruins slugger Jordan Woolery crushed a Canady pitch 267 feet to center field, nearly hitting the ESPN camera stand and tying the game.
It was Woolery's second homer of the game and 36th of the season, the latter of which ranks her only behind teammate Megan Grant (42) and Oklahoma's Kendall Wells (39) among Division I players.
UCLA has hit 209 home runs this season, a Division I record. Prior to this season, no team had ever hit 200 homers in a season.
This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Watch: Jordan Woolery ties UCLA-Texas Tech WCWS elimination game with 2-run homer
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UCLA had other ideas.
A Bruins team that has hit more home runs than any other squad in Division I softball history did what it does best in the most critical and pressurized moment of its season, hitting two home runs to erase a 6-3 deficit in the bottom of the seventh inning to send its WCWS elimination game to extra innings.
The frantic, late-game run began with a leadoff, pinch-hit homer from Ramsey Suarez, who connected on her eighth homer of the season to make it a two-run game.
After Suarez's solo shot, the Red Raiders made a pitching change, switching out Kaitlyn Terry for NiJaree Canady. While it offered some temporary relief, with Canady recording two outs, UCLA was just getting started.
With a runner on first and two outs, and facing a 0-1 count, Bruins slugger Jordan Woolery crushed a Canady pitch 267 feet to center field, nearly hitting the ESPN camera stand and tying the game.
It was Woolery's second homer of the game and 36th of the season, the latter of which ranks her only behind teammate Megan Grant (42) and Oklahoma's Kendall Wells (39) among Division I players.
UCLA has hit 209 home runs this season, a Division I record. Prior to this season, no team had ever hit 200 homers in a season.
This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Watch: Jordan Woolery ties UCLA-Texas Tech WCWS elimination game with 2-run homer
Continue reading...
