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Controversy struck the Women’s College World Series (WCWS) during an elimination crippled betwixt UCLA and Tennessee connected Sunday.
Bruins archetypal baseman Megan Grant came up to the sheet with 2 outs and a runner connected archetypal and crushed a transportation disconnected Volunteers pitcher Karlyn Pickens to necktie the game, oregon truthful everyone thought.
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Tennessee bats are shown up earlier the crippled against UCLA successful the Women's College World Series, June 1, 2025, successful Oklahoma City, Okla. (Brett Rojo/Imagn Images)
Grant rounded 3rd and headed for location to observe with her teammates. She didn’t look to interaction location sheet and a teammate needed to bring her backmost to marque definite she did.
Tennessee challenged the tally and umpires reviewed it to spot whether she touched location sheet and whether she was "assisted" backmost to marque definite she decidedly made interaction with it. College softball rules specify that a runner cannot beryllium physically assisted by a teammate to interaction the plate.
"After review, the telephone connected the tract is upheld and the tally volition score," the umpire announced. "The runner did miss location sheet and was assisted. However, that play is not reviewable, according to Appendix G."
Appendix G successful the NCAA softball rulebook determines what is reviewable.
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Tennessee huddles earlier the Women's College World Series softball crippled connected Sunday. (SARAH PHIPPS/THE OKLAHOMAN/USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images)
It was a immense interruption for the Bruins arsenic they were capable to widen the game.
Tennessee came up successful the bottommost of the ninth and pushed 1 tally crossed the sheet to triumph the game, 5-4. Infielder Laura Mealer singled location Taylor Pannell to triumph it.
The Volunteers present determination onto the adjacent circular and UCLA goes home. Tennessee faces Texas successful the semifinals connected Monday. They request to bushed the Longhorns doubly to determination to the championship.
UCLA’s Sofia Mujica and Alexis Ramirez each deed location runs for the Bruins successful the loss.
Tennessee's McKenna Gibson slides location arsenic UCLA's Alexis Ramirez attempts the tag successful the archetypal inning of Sunday's game. (SARAH PHIPPS/THE OKLAHOMAN/USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images)
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Pickens pitched each 9 innings for the Volunteers and struck retired 7 batters.
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