OKLAHOMA CITY — Day one of the 2012 Women’s College World Series is in the books and Oklahoma, Cal, Alabama and Arizona State have the upper hand in the double-elimination preliminary round after wins on Thursday.
Oklahoma downed South Florida 5-1 and will now take on Cal, who came from behind to defeat LSU 5-3. Alabama beat SEC rivals Tennessee 5-3 and will now face Arizona State, who notched a 3-1 victory over Pac-12 foes Oregon. Those games will take place Friday night and the winners will then be just a single victory away from a place in the championship series.
The losers of Thursdays contests will play elimination games on Saturday afternoon. First up it’ll be South Florida and LSU at noon Eastern, followed by Tennessee versus Oregon.
All of the preliminary round action is leading up to the best-of-three championship series, which will be broadcast live on the Dial Global / NCAA Radio Network on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday (if necessary). Click here for the latest bracket from NCAA.com.
Kevin Kugler and Leah Amico will have all of the action of the championship series. You’ll be able to hear every pitch on a local affiliate near you, streaming right here on DialGlobalSports.com and on NCAA.com, and on the Slacker Mobile app for iOS and Android. For more information on Slacker, click here.
