GAME NOTES: Wendy Allen's RBI double to centerfield
with one out in the bottom of the sixth scored Caitlin Lowe with the go-ahead
run as the WIldcats advanced to the championship game with a 2-0 win over
Illinois... Allen later scored the second run of the inning on a throwing
error by the shortstop... Hollowell earned the win, scattering four hits
and striking out nine...Shelly Schultz had Arizona's other hit...Rachelle
Coriddi went 2-for-3 for the Illini.
SEMIFINAL #2
WASHINGTON vs. FLORIDA STATE
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W: None; L: None
HR: none
TIME: --
GAME NOTES: Washington advances to the title game
after Florida State is forced to forfeit due to unchangeable travel arrangements...
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CHAMPIONSHIP GAME
WASHINGTON (7) vs. ARIZONA (6)
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W: Tia Bollinger; L: Leslie Wolfe
HR: Minor (2) (WASH); Vandergeest (ARIZ)
TIME: 2:09
GAME NOTES: Aimee Minor's second home run of the
day, a one-out, two-run shot to left field, gave No. 9 Washington a 7-6
lead and the Huskies held off top-ranked Arizona, 7-6, to win the 2004
Kia Klassic Championship at Cal State Fullerton on Sunday afternoon.
The Huskies claimed their second Kia Klassic title, last winning the tournament
in 2000. Arizona was handed its first loss of the season after starting
the year 34-0.
Minor gave the Huskies the early lead with her two-run blast on the fourth
pitch of the game. Kristen Rivera added a third run with an RBI single
down the left field line to make it 3-0. Washington continued to pour
it on in the fourth, thanks to a two-run double by Minor to give the Huskies
a seemingly insurmountable 5-0 lead.
However, Arizona answered back with its first two runs in the fourth on
a home run by Mackenzie Vandergeest, cutting the deficit to 5-2.
With Ashley Boek out of the game to start the fifth, Tia Bollinger entered
in relief and the Wildcats capitalized. Arizona loaded the bases in the
fifth on three consecutive one-out infield singles, and scored when Wendy
Allen drew a full-count walk to make it 5-3.
Vandergeest then followed with a two-run single through the left side
to tie the game at 5-5 and Arizona took the lead when Kristie Fox then
hit a pop up just behind the Washington second baseman, falling in when
she lost track of it in the sun, allowing Allen to score for the 6-5 lead.
However Minor wasn't done for Washington, slamming a 1-1 pitch from Leslie
Wolfe over the left field fence to give the Huskies the lead for good.
Boek then reentered the game in the seventh and it wasn't without drama.
Allen singled and was pinch-run for by Allyson Von Lichtenstein. Vandergeest
then followed with a high fly ball that fell inbetween the outfielders
to put runners on first and second with one out.
That would be all Boek would need as she struck out Fox and Jackie Coburn
to end the game and earn her first save of the year. Bollinger got the
win despite allowing four runs on five hits. Wolfe suffered the loss,
allowing two runs on four hits in three innings.
Minor and leadoff hitter Dominique Lastrapes combined to go 6-for-7 with
five runs scored.
