Florida vs Georgia Game 2 | Women Softball May 29,2021

>> COURTNEY: WELCOME TO THE NCAA SOFTBALL SUPER REGIONALS PRESENTED BY CAPITAL ONE. DRAMA IN GAINESVILLE. FLORIDA IS THE SEEDED TEAM BUT THEIR SEASON ON THE LINE. A MUST WIN GAME. GAME TWO OF THIS SUPER REGIONAL BETWEEN FLORIDA AND GEORGIA. WHAT A RIVALRY. GEORGIA LOOKED GOOD IN EVERY ASPECT OF THEIR GAME. JAIDEN FIELDS LED OFF THE THIRD INNING WITH A SOLO HOME RUN. MARY WILSON AVANT CONTROLLED THESE FLORIDA HITTERS IN THE CIRCLE. NINE STRIKEOUTS FOR HER AND GEORGIA WON GAME ONE OF THE SERIES 4-0. A WIN FOR THE BULLDOGS AND THEY ARE MOVING ON TO THEIR FIFTH WOMEN'S COLLEGE WORLD SERIES. WINNER OF OUR SERIES GETS EITHER TEXAS OR OKLAHOMA STATE. WELCOME BACK TO GAINESVILLE. COURTNEY LYLE ALONGSIDE THREE-TIME ALL AMERICAN AND NATIONAL CHAMPION, KAYLA BRAUD. FLORIDA HAS NOT LOST BACK-TO-BACK GAMES THIS YEAR. THEY COULD MAKE ADJUSTMENTS. >> COURTNEY: THEY TAKE CARE OF BUSINESS SO WELL. THEY ARE A TEAM THAT RELIES ON QUALITY PITCHING AND DEFENSE. THEY JUST NEED SOME OF THEIR OFFENSE TO COME THROUGH. COACH WALTON SWITCHING UP THE LINEUP. PUTTING CHARLA ECHOLS IN THE THREE SPOT AND KENDYL LINDAMAN HITTING NUMBER TWO TODAY FOR THE GATORS. >> COURTNEY: SHE WAS THE ONLY ONE THAT HAD SUCCESS. SHE WAS 2-3 YESTERDAY. THEY ONLY HAD THREE HITS. TAKE A LOOK AT THE SERIES. VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT WE SAW IN THE REGULAR SEASON BETWEEN THESE TWO. IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE, FLORIDA OUTSCORED GEORGIA IN GAMES TWO AND THREE 27-6. >> COURTNEY: THIS GAME IS ALL ABOUT ADJUSTMENTS AND FLORIDA HAS TO MAKE THOSE ADJUSTMENTS BECAUSE GEORGIA IS TOUGH TO BEAT BECAUSE OF THEIR OFFENSIVE ABILITY. >> COURTNEY: GEORGIA IS DANCING e DANGEROUS IN THE BOX. EIGHT OF THEIR 24 RUNS VIA THE LONG BALL. >> COURTNEY: THEY DON'T RELY ON ONE PERSON TO GET THE JOB DONE. THEY COULD RELY ON THEIR WHOLE TIME, ONE THROUGH NINE. THEY ALL HAVE HOME RUN POWER WHICH IS WHY JAIDEN FIELDS GOT THE START. AND PAYDEN BORDEAU GETTING THE JOB DONE IN THE TOP HALF OF THE SEVENTH. BUT IT WAS THE BOTTOM HALF OF THE LINEUP. THEY USE THEIR WHOLE LINEUP. THE SEVEN, EIGHT AND NINE HITTERS DOMINATED IN YESTERDAY'S GAME. AND THEY ARE THE REASON WHY GEORGIA GOT THE "W" IN GAME ONE. >> COURTNEY: THEY WERE 6-8 YESTERDAY. GEORGIA, HISTORY LEANS TOWARDS THE BULLDOGS. IF YOU WIN GAME ONE, IT SHOWS 81% OF THE TIME YOU MOVE ON TO THE WORLD SERIES. >> THE NCAA SOFTBALL SUPER REGIONALS PRESENTED BY CAPITAL ONE. WHAT'S IN YOUR WALLET? >> COURTNEY: IF YOU'RE GEORGIA, YOU GOT A THROWER. MARY WILSON AVANT BACK IN THE CIRCLE FOR THE SECOND STRAIGHT DAY. >> COURTNEY: SHE IS THEIR ACE. SHE IS THE GO-TO PITCHER. SHE'S THE ONE WHO WILL POTENTIALLY TAKE THEM TO THE WOMEN'S COLLEGE WORLD SERIES. SHE THROWS IN THE MID TO HIGH 60s. SHE'S GOT A GREAT RIGHTY. SHE COULD HIT ALL QUADRANTS OF THE ZONE. BEAUTIFUL DROP BALL. SHE COULD DO THAT CHASE PITCH. A RISE BALL UP IN THE ZONE. TRYING TO KEEP THE FLORIDA GATORS OFF BALANCE AND OFF TIME ALL DAY LONG. >> COURTNEY: SHE HAD A LOT OF SUCCESS AGAINST THIS FLORIDA LINEUP. HOW WILL SHE FARE SECOND DAY IN A ROW? LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE STARTING LINEUP BROUGHT TO YOU BY CAPITAL ONE. KENDYL LINDAMAN MOVING UP. SHE WAS 2-3 YESTERDAY. >> COURTNEY: IT IS A GREAT STRATEGY TO PUT HER BETWEEN HANNAH ADAMS AND CHARLA ECHOLS. SHE GOT ON BASE. TWO DOUBLES IN GAME ONE. >> COURTNEY: SO, HANNAH ADAMS WILL LEAD OFF. YESTERDAY WENT 0-2 WITH A WALK. >> COURTNEY: MARY WILSON AVANT JUST HAD THE NUMBER OF ALMOST EVERY HITTER. FIVE DIFFERENT PLAYERS STRUCK OUT YESTERDAY. >> COURTNEY: SHOT TO KUMA AT SECOND. ONE AWAY. >> COURTNEY: I KNOW THAT GOES DOWN IN THE BOOKS AS AN OUT, BUT THAT IS A LOUD OUT. THAT IS QUALITY PIECE OF HITTING BY HANNAH ADAMS. AND THE BEST PIECE OF HITTING WE SAW GOING BACK TO YESTERDAY'S BALL GAME. >> COURTNEY: THERE WEREN'T A LOT OF OUTS LIKE THAT YESTERDAY. FROM ANYONE. KENDYL LINDAMAN WAS FANTASTIC. HAD TWO DOUBLES. THEY BOTH WENT RIGHT DOWN THE THIRD BASE LINE. >> COURTNEY: YEAH. AND AVANT CHALLENGED HER ON THE INSIDE CORNER AND SHE JUMPED ALL OVER THOSE PITCHES. AND SHE DID WELL MANAGING THE RISE BALL. A LITTLE BIT UP IN THE ZONE. SHE ELEVATED HER BARREL TO GET IT UP THERE. >> COURTNEY: LINDAMAN 2-3 YESTERDAY. THE REST OF FLORIDA, 1-21. AND LINDAMAN IS A THREE-TIME ALL AMERICAN. OF COURSE, STARTED OUT HER CAREER AT MINNESOTA. SHE HAS TALKED TO THIS TEAM ABOUT BEING IN THIS MOMENT AND BEING READY FOR THAT PITCH WHEN IT COMES YOUR WAY. >> COURTNEY: SHE'S ONE OF THE THOSE PLAYERS THAT LEARNS CONSTANTLY. CONSTANTLY VIEWING THE SPIN OF THE PITCH. LOOKING FOR HER PLAN. LOOKING FOR THE APPROACH OF THE PITCHER AND TRYING TO MAKE THE BEST DECISION THAT SHE CAN TO JUMP ON A PITCH THAT SHE CAN TRUST. LET'S NOT FORGET SHE IS ONE OF THE BEST HOME RUN HITTERS IN THE GAME RIGHT NOW. HER NUMBERS ARE DOWN BUT SHE CAN HIT THE BALL OUT OF THE PARK ANY TIME. >> COURTNEY: NUMBERS DOWN FOR HER. BUT SHE STILL HAS THE POP IN HER BAT. WE SAW IT YESTERDAY AS IT FIRED DOWN TO THIRD. 70 CAREER HOME RUNS. THAT IS TIED FOR FOURTH MOST AMONG ACTIVE PLAYERS RIGHT NOW FOR LINDAMAN. SHE'S GOT A FULL COUNT. SHE'S GOT A HIT! KENDYL LINDAMAN RUSHING TO SECOND. HOW ABOUT THREE DOUBLES IN THIS SERIES FOR KENDYL LINDAMAN? >> COURTNEY: LINDAMAN HAS JUST BEEN ON FIRE. SHE WORKS AVANT DEEP IN THE COUNT AND GETS SOMETHING SHE COULD HIT. THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL PITCH. OVER THE MIDDLE. MISTAKE BY AVANT. TRYING TO BE A DRAW BALL. KENDYL LINDAMAN IS ON TIME AND POPS THIS INTO THE GAP TO PICK UP A RUNNER IN SCORING POSITION EARLY IN THE GAME FOR THE GATORS. >> COURTNEY: SO, THIS WILL BE INTERESTING BECAUSE WHEN LINDAMAN HAD THOSE TWO DOUBLES YESTERDAY, SHE HAD JULIA COTTRILL BATTING BEHIND HER AND SHE WAS LEFT IN SCORING POSITION. NOW IT IS CHARLA ECHOLS IN THE THREE SPOT BEHIND LINDAMAN. >> COURTNEY: THIS IS WHY COACH WALTON MADE THE MOVE. ECHOLS HAD ZERO OPPORTUNITIES IN GAME ONE WITH RUNNERS ON BASE. >> COURTNEY: ECHOLS HIGH INTO THE AIR. IT WILL BE SCOOPED UP BY SYDNEY CHAMBLEY AND LINDAMAN WILL STAY AT SECOND. TWO DOWN. GATORS NOW 0-5 WITH RUNNERS IN SCORING POSITION. JULIA COTTRILL STEPS UP. DOES NOT HAVE A HIT AGAINST GEORGIA. TWO BALLS FOR JULIA COTTRILL, THE SOPHOMORE OUT OF WICHITA, KANSAS. AND THAT HITS HER FOOT. >> KAYLA: MARY WILSON AVANT DIDN'T HIT A BATTER YESTERDAY. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT MADE HER SUCCESSFUL IN GAME ONE. NO HIT BY PITCHES. AND NO WALKS. THIS GATOR TEAM LIKES TO CROWD THE PLATE. THEY LIKE TO WEAR IT AND WILL TAKE THE FREE PASS ANY OPPORTUNITY THEY GET. SHE'S GOING TO HAVE TO CLEAN THAT UP BECAUSE THIS IS A GATORS OFFENSE ALSO THAT UNDERSTANDS THE ADVANTAGES OF TAKING THAT FREE PASS. AND IF YOU GIVE THEM AN INCH, THEY WILL TAKE THE MILE. YOU HAVE TO REALLY BE SHARP AND FOUL TIP GIVE THEM ANYTHING. -- AND NOT GIVE THEM ANYTHING. >> COURTNEY: REMEMBER THE ADJUSTMENTS THAT FLORIDA MADE IN GAME THREE, THE SECOND TIME IN THE REGULAR SEASON. THEY SAW MARY WILSON AVANT. LOOK AT THE DIFFERENCE. ONLY ONE HIT IN THE FIRST ONE. SEVENLETS. BUT THE FREE PASSES. WOW. >> KAYLA: AND IT IS A HUGE DIFFERENCE. AND A FLORIDA OFFENSE THAT DROPS OFF AFTER THE TOP THREE BATTERS IN THE LINEUP PRETTY SIGNIFICANTLY. SO, IF YOU ALLOW THEM TO GET A TON OF FREE BASES, THEY MEAN A LOT TO THEM. DESPITE THE FACT THEY DON'T HAVE THE HIGHEST AVERAGES AS A NORMAL FLORIDA TEAM DOES, WHAT THEY DO DO REALLY WELL IS THEY TAKE THE FREE PASSES. THEY HAVE A GOOD STRIKEOUT TO WALK RATIO. THEY HAVE GOOD ON BASE PERCENTAGES. >> COURTNEY: THE NUMBER FIVE HITTER, BAYLEE GODDARD, RIGHT FIELDER. GODDARD ONLY HAS ONE HIT IN THE TOURNAMENT. SHE IS 1-6 INCLUDING LAST WEEK'S REGIONAL. 2-2. MONEY SHOT FROM MARY WILSON AVANT TO GET HER FIRST STRIKEOUT OF THE DIE WITH TWO ON. >> KAYLA: MARY WILSON AVANT -- OF THE DAY TO WITH TWO ON. >> KAYLA: MARY WILSON AVANT CHALLENGES ON THE INSIDE CORNER. PICKS UP STRIKE THREE. >> COURTNEY: THE LAST TIME WE SAW ELIZABETH HIGHTOWER IN THE CIRCLE, WELL, SHE THREW A NO-HITTER AGAINST USF. >> KAYLA: SHE IS PLAYING HER BEST SOFTBALL RIGHT NOW. SHE LIKES TO THROW HEAVY ON HER ARM SIDE. SHE WILL WORK SCREWBALL TO RIGHTIES. SHE HAS A RISE BALL, A CHANGEUP. SHE COULD THROW THOSE AT DIFFERENT SPEEDS. AND HER CHANGEUP IS BEAUTIFUL. 56 MILES AN HOUR. YOU'RE GOING SEE IT LOOK VERY SIMILAR OUT OF THE HANDS COMPARED TO SOME OF HER OTHER PITCHES. AND HER SCREW. THIS IS HER SIGNATURE PITCH. IT WILL CROSS THE STRIKE ZONE. POUND FOR A STRIKE BUT THEN IT BREAKS ABOUT FOUR OR FIVE MORE INCHES TO INDUCE A LOT OF SWINGS AND MISSES. AND SIGNIFICANTLY REALLY CHALLENGE THE RIGHT-HANDED BATTERS IN THIS GEORGIA LINEUP. >> COURTNEY: SO, GEORGIA HASN'T SEEN HER MUCH IN PERSON AS WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE STARTING LINEUP FOR THE DOGS, BROUGHT TO YOU BY CAPITAL ONE. JAIDEN FIELDS WAS THE ONE THAT GOT THINGS STARTED. HAD A SOLO SHOT IN THE THIRD WITH NATALIE LUGO STARTING YESTERDAY IN THE CIRCLE. >> KAYLA: YEAH. SOMETIMES AS A COACH YOU JUST GET A FEELING. BECAUSE JAIDEN FIELDS DID NOT START IN ANY GAMES OF THE REGIONAL TOURNAMENT. THEY PUT HER IN. SHE GOES 3-3 WITH A HOME RUN. NOT A BAD CHOICE BY COACH LU HARRIS-CHAMPER. >> COURTNEY: SHE LOOKS PRETTY SOLID. SAVANA SIKES, PLAYING THIRD, WILL LEAD OFF. AND THESE GEORGIA HITTERS ARE GOING TO SEE A DIFFERENT HIGHTOWER THAN THEY SAW IN THE REGULAR SEASON. SHE'S CHANGED. >> KAYLA: YEAH. I THINK WHAT IS GOING TO BE MORE EFFECTIVE IS HER SPEED CHANGE. AND HER ABILITY, AGAIN, LIKE WE SAID TO GO INSIDE. TO TRUST HER ARM SIDE PITCHES. THAT SCREWBALL WITH A LOT OF GREAT MOVEMENT. BUT REALLY BEYOND THAT, CHANGING UP THE SPEED AND THEN THE PLACEMENT OF HER PITCHES ARE WHAT MAKES HER SO GOOD. >> COURTNEY: JAMS SIKES. COTTRILL HUSTLING TO THE NET. FLORIDA'S GOT AN ENERGY ABOUT THEM TODAY. EVEN JUST THE HUSTLE PLAY. >> KAYLA: THEY HAD TO HAVE GONE BACK TO THE LOCKER ROOM LAST NIGHT AFTER THE LOSS. PROBABLY FELT SOME FRUSTRATION. PROBABLY REGROUPED AND THEY GOT TO KNOW THAT THEY HAVE TO BRING SOMETHING DIFFERENT TODAY. AND WE SAW THAT A LITTLE BIT WITH THE START OFFENSIVELY. DIDN'T PRODUCE A RUN BUT THEY DID GET A LITTLE BIT MORE ACTION THAN THEY DID IN GAME ONE. >> COURTNEY: AND THAT PITCH HIT SAVANA SIKES. SO, THE LEAD-OFF IS ABOARD, THANKS TO THE WALK. >> KAYLA: THIS IS HIGHTOWER TRYING TO BUST IN THE INSIDE CORNER AND TRYING TO HIT SIKES RIGHT UNDER THE HANDS. YOU CAN SEE JUST GETS A LITTLE BIT TOO FAR OF A RUN INSIDE AND CLIPS SIKES IN HER ARM GUARD ON HER FRONT LEFT ARM. >> COURTNEY: UP NEXT, SYDNEY KUMA. KUMA 0-3 YESTERDAY. SHE IS 4-11 IN THE TOURNAMENT WITH THREE R.B.I., THREE WALKS. THAT ONE GETS AWAY FROM COTTRILL. SIKES JUMPS TO SECOND. SO, GEORGIA HAS A RUNNER IN SCORING POSITION. >> KAYLA: NOT A GREAT START FOR HIGHTOWER WITH A HIT BY PITCH. AND THAT ONE GETTING AWAY FROM COTTRILL. JUST PUTTING AN OPPORTUNITY ON THE TABLE FOR GEORGIA EARLY IN THIS GAME. WHAT MAKES THAT SO DANGEROUS IS GEORGIA IS A TEAM THAT TLOOIRS ON MOMENTUM. THEY THRIVE ON ENERGY. THEY HAVE BEEN UP AND DOWN BECAUSE THEY ARE YOUNG. BUT THE ONE THING THEY ARE NOT UP AND DOWN ON IS THE ENERGY AND ENTHUSIASM THEY BRING EVERY DAY. AND THAT IS TOUGH TO KILL IF YOU ARE AN OPPOSING TEAM. >> WE TALKED TO ASSOCIATE HEAD COACH TONY BALDWIN. THEY HAVE BEEN RESILIENT AND THEY HAVE BROUGHT THAT ATTITUDE WHERE THEY LOVE TO GET OUT THERE AND PLAY. THEY WANT TO PLAY EVERY DAY. AND THEY'RE PLAYING SOME OF THE BEST SOFTBALL RIGHT NOW IN THIS TOURNAMENT. >> KAYLA: ABSOLUTELY. EVERY SINGLE PERSON WE TALKED TO ON THIS GEORGIA TEAM, WHETHER IT IS THE PLAYERS OR COACHES, JUST SAID THAT THEY'RE A DIFFERENT TEAM. EVEN IN THE LAST THREE WEEKS. >> COURTNEY: SYDNEY KUMA BOUNCES OFF THE FENCE! THANKS TO KUMA, IT IS TWO IN SCORE FOR THE DOGS. >> KAYLA: GEORGIA BATS MAKING A STATEMENT COMING OUT. A SCREWBALL THAT DOESN'T BREAK ENOUGH INSIDE FOR HIGHTOWER. KUMA IS ALL OVER IT. GETS HER BARREL INSIDE. LACES THIS THING DOWN THE LINE. AND IT IS HIT SO HARD. BUT YOU KNOW WHAT, THIS IS THE PROBLEM. YOU CAN FOUL TIP GO BACK AND TAG ON THAT PLAY. GET OFF BECAUSE IF SHE DOESN'T CATCH IT, WHICH IS THE CASE HERE, YOU SCORE A RUN POTENTIALLY. YOU HAVE TO GET OFF AND READ THAT, ESPECIALLY EARLY IN THE BALL GAME. THINK OF A MISSED OPPORTUNITY RIGHT THERE FOR GEORGIA. >> COURTNEY: SIKES GOES BACK TO THIRD WITH KUMA ON SECOND. KUMA'S DOUBLE, THE FIRST HIT FOR 1-6 IN THIS GEORGIA LINEUP IN THE SUPERS. >> KAYLA: THAT IS A GOOD SIGN FOR GEORGIA THAT THE TOP OF THEIR LINEUP IS COMING THROUGH. DESPITE THE FACT THEY WON YESTERDAY, THE TOP OF THE LINEUP WAS O-FER ALL OF THEIR AT-BATS. IT CAME DOWN TO THE BOTTOM STEPPING UP AND GETTING THE JOB DONE. BUT THAT IS A TIP GEORGIA TEA -- TYPICAL GEORGIA TEAM. THEY DON'T HAVE A SUPERSTAR. >> COURTNEY: THE FIRST SIX HITTER IN THIS GEORGIA LINEUP WENT 0-17. LACEY FINCHER PART OF THAT AS SHE BATS THIRD. SHE DID CRUSH A COUPLE OF HOME RUNS IN THE REGIONAL AGAINST WESTERN KENTUCKY. SHE'S THEIR HOME RUN LEADER AT 15 ON THE SEASON. HIGHTOWER AHE DID NOT GO! >> KAYLA: BEAUTIFUL LOCATION FOR HIGHTOWER. YOU'RE UP 0-2 AGAINST LACEY FINCHER. AND YOU GO WITH THE DOWN PITCH. THAT'S ABOUT AS CLOSE AS IT GETS. >> COURTNEY: YEAH. WILL IT DROP FAIR? IT DOES! SIKES SCORES. AND KUMA SLIDES SAFELY INTO THIRD. LACEY FINCHER SWINGING THE BAT FOR THE DOGS. >> KAYLA: LACEY FINCHER IS A VETERAN ON THE TEAM. ALL SHE NEEDED TO DO WAS HIT SOMETHING TO THE OUTFIELD. IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A SAC FLY. BUT THIS ONE ENDS UP FALLING AND SHE PICKS UP AN R.B.I. AND A BASE HIT. GEORGIA GETTING THINGS OFF RIGHT OFFENSIVELY. THEY HAVE BEEN SO ELECTRIC AND SHOWING THAT YESTERDAY WASN'T A FLUKE. THEY COME HERE TO MEAN BUSINESS. >> COURTNEY: THEN YOU HAVE A CLUTCH HITTER COMING UP IN SARA MOSLEY. THERE HAVE BEEN SO MANY TIMES THIS SEASON THAT SHE HAS STEPPED UP TO THE PLATE WHEN THE DOGS NEEDED IT MOST. INCLUDING A THREE-RUN HOME RUN TO BEAT KENTUCKY AFTER THEY TRAILED BY SEVEN. >> KAYLA: MOSLEY IS A FIRECRACKER IN THE BOX. SHE THRIVES ON THESE BIG MOMENTS. THE GREAT NEWS IS YOU ALREADY HAVE A LOT ON THE BALL. KEEP IT SIMPLE. HIT THE BALL TO THE OUTFIELD AND YOU WILL GET ANOTHER RUN. >> COURTNEY: REMEMBER, GEORGIA HAS NO OUTS. RUNNERS ON THE CORNERS RIGHT NOW. STRIKEOUT. ELIZABETH HIGHTOWER. >> KAYLA: REALLY GOOD RECOVERY PERFORMANCE BY HIGHTOWER. AFTER YOU GIVE UP A RUN, YOU GO WITH THE UPSTAIRS CHASE PITCH. THIS IS BECAUSE SHE GETS AHEAD IN THE COUNT. GETS RIGHT UP THERE AT THE EYES OF SARA MOSLEY WHO HAS ABSOLUTELY NO CHANCE TO HIT THAT BALL. BIG TIME RESILIENT PITCH RIGHT THERE. >> COURTNEY: FIRST-PITCH STRIKE COMES IN TO JAYDA KEARNEY, WHO LOOKS FOR HER FIRST HIT AGAINST FLORIDA. 0-3 YESTERDAY. HIGHTOWER IS FEELING IT. SHE'S AHEAD 0-2. >> KAYLA: AND DESPITE THE FACT SHE GOT OFF TO A LITTLE BIT OF A SLOW START, YOU CAN TELL SHE'S TRYING TO FIND THAT FOCUS, THAT NEXT LEVEL. BECAUSE IF SHE DOESN'T BRING HER GAME UP, GEORGIA IS GOING TO TAKE ADVANTAGE. >> COURTNEY: NASTY! >> KAYLA: RINGS HER UP, HIGHTOWER. LOOK AT THIS BEAUTIFUL CHANGEUP. JAYDA KEARNEY CAN'T DO ANYTHING WITH THIS PITCH. DOESN'T EXPECT IT WITH TWO STRIKES. AND ENDS UP WALKING HER WAY BACK TO THE DUGOUT. >> COURTNEY: STRIKE ONE FOR CHAMBLEY. HIGHTOWER HAS ZONED IN PRETTY QUICKLY. >> KAYLA: SHE HAD A LITTLE BIT OF A WAKE-UP CALL THE FIRST FEW BATTERS OF THIS GAME. GAVE UP A FREE PASS. SHE'S GOT TO LOCK IT DOWN IF SHE WANTS TO GIVE THE GATORS A CHANCE TO PUSH A >> COURTNEY: CHAMBLEY IS ONE OF THOSE PLAYERS THAT HAS HELPED BRING THAT MENTALITY TO GEORGIA. SHE HAS COME IN WITH A POSITIVE ATTITUDE EVERY DAY AND READY TO GO TO WORK. CAN'T GET THAT PAST HANNAH ADAMS. BUT GEORGIA'S GOT A RUN ON THE BOARD. NCAA SOFTBALL SUPER REGIONALS PRESENTED BY CAPITAL ONE. WE HAVE HAD SOME AMAZING SOFTBALL. FSU, THE FIRST TEAM TO GO BACK TO THE WOMEN'S COLLEGE WORLD SERIES. ELIZABETH MASON HAD A HUGE HOME RUN TO TIE IT IN THE EIGHTH. LANDERS WALKED IT OFF WITH AN R.B.I. SINGLE IN THE NINTH. MEGAN LOOKED SOLID FOR UCLA. STRUCK OUT 11 IN A MUST-WIN GAME FOR THE BRUINS. WE WILL SEE THEM IN ACTION AGAIN TODAY. AND THESE GEORGIA BULLDOGS, SHUTTING OUT FLORIDA. LOWER SEEDED TEAMS ARE 6-4 SO FAR IN THIS YEAR'S TOURNAMENT. >> KAYLA: EVERYBODY HAS TO BE ON UPSET ALERT. YOU HAVE TO BE READY TO PLAY. YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO THE WORLD SERIES. GOT TO BE READY TO PLAY. >> COURTNEY: GEORGIA IF THEY WIN TODAY WILL BE MOVING ON. IT WILL BE THE FIFTH FOR THEM, THE FIRST SINCE 2018 FOR THE GEORGIA BULLDOGS. MARY WILSON AVANT HAS BEEN THEIR STUDY IN THE CIRCLE ALL SEASON. BUT THESE FLORIDA HITTERS LOOKED A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT IN THE FIRST INNING AGAINST HER TODAY. >> KAYLA: THEY SEEMED TO MAKE SOME SUBTLE ADJUSTMENTS. HAD SOME BETTER AT-BATS, QUALITY AT-BATS AGAINST AVANT IN THIS BALL GAME. BUT THEY HAVE A LONG WAY TO GO. AND THE BOTTOM OF THE LINEUP HASN'T PROVED THEY COULD MAKE THE ADJUSTMENT TODAY AND THEY WILL BE A BIG PIECE IF FLORIDA WANTS TO BE SUCCESSFUL TODAY. >> COURTNEY: JORDAN MATTHEWS IS THE FIRST TIME GETTING A START IN THIS TOURNAMENT. MADE THREE APPEARANCES SO FAR. 0-3 AS A PINCH HITTER. >> KAYLA: THINGS WORKED OUT FOR THE GATORS MOVING KENDYL LINDAMAN UP IN THE LINEUP. SHE HAD A DOUBLE IN THE THREE SPOT. >> COURTNEY: JULIA COTTRILL WAS HIT BY PITCH. THAT PUT TWO ON BUT AVANT GOT A BIG STRIKEOUT OF BAYLEE GODDARD TO GET OUT OF THE FIRST. >> KAYLA: I THINK THIS IS WHERE YOU ARE GOING TO SEE THE STRENGTH OF MARY WILSON AVANT. SHE IS SO CONTROLLED AND COMPOSED IN THE CIRCLE THAT SHE IS NOT GOING TO LET GIVING UP A FEW RUNS OR GIVING UP A FEW HITS, FOR THAT MATTER, GET TO HER. SHE JUST HAS A STRONG MENTALITY. ONE SHE HAS BEEN WORKING ON FOR HER ENTIRE CAREER. >> COURTNEY: SIKES GRABS IT FOR THE FIRST OUT. >> KAYLA: AND I HAVE BEEN TALKING WITH COACH BALDWIN. SHE'S REALLY THE KEY FACTOR IN GEORGIA'S SUCCESS THIS YEAR. THE FACT SHE CAME BACK. SHE USED THE EXTRA YEAR OF ELIGIBILITY FROM THE COVID PANDEMIC YEAR TO COME BACK AND LEAD THIS GEORGIA TEAM IS WHILE THEY ARE ABLE TO PLAY IN SUPER REGIONALS THIS WEEKEND. AND IT IS HER LEADERSHIP IN THE BULLPEN THAT HAS GIVEN THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO COMPETE IN THE POST-SEASON. >> COURTNEY: JAIMIE HOOVER STEPS IN NOW. MARY WILSON AVANT IS THE ONE SHE HAS A WIN OVER OKLAHOMA THIS YEAR. HELLO. SHE HAS A WIN OVER FLORIDA AND NOW TWO WINS OVER FLORIDA. >> KAYLA: IT IS VERY CLEAR THAT WHEN SHE IS ON, SHE COULD BEAT ANY TEAM IN THE COUNTRY. THE OTHER THING THAT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE FROM AVANT IF SHE DOES GIVE UP A COUPLE OF RUNS OR HITS, I WOULDN'T BE SHOCKED TO SEE IF GEORGIA LEAVES HER IN. IN GAME THREE AGAINST GEORGIA -- EXCUSE ME, AGAINST FLORIDA, SHE GAVE UP EIGHT RUNS AND THEY KEPT HER IN THE WHOLE BALL GAME. SHE IS THEIR BEST CHANCE. SHE IS THEIR ACE. SHE ONLY THREW 103 PITCHES YESTERDAY. SHE'S HEALTHY. SHE'S GOT A LOT LEFT IN THE TANK. >> COURTNEY: THIS ONLY THE FOURTH TIME THIS SEASON THAT SHE HAS THROWN ON BACK-TO-BACK DAYS. WE SAW HER DO THAT IN THE ALABAMA SERIES AND LAST -- ALSO LAST WEEKEND IN THE REGIONAL. 2-2 COMING TO HOOVER. OVER THE HEAD OF ARMISTEAD! JAIMIE HOOVER IS ON. >> KAYLA: FLORIDA IS SHARP RIGHT HERE WITH TWO STRIKES. GOING TO THROW A SCREWBALL ON THE INSIDE CORNER THAT JAMS UP HOOVER. BUT SHE GETS ENOUGH OF THIS BALL AND STAYING THROUGH ENOUGH TO PICK UP A BASE HIT FOR THE GATORS. >> COURTNEY: SECOND HIT OF THE AFTERNOON FOR FLORIDA. REMEMBER, THEY ONLY HAD THREE HITS OFF OF AVANT YESTERDAY. BRINGS US TO THE NUMBER EIGHT HITTER, SARAH LONGLEY. TAKES THE FIRST ONE. CHAMBLEY RUNNING FORWARD. HOOVER STAYS AT FIRST. CHEYENNE LINDSEY IS ONE OF TWO PLAYERS THAT GOT A HIT OFF OF AVANT YESTERDAY. >> KAYLA: CHEYENNE LINDSEY IS A TRUE TRIPLE THREAT. SHE COULD SLAP. SHE COULD BUNT. SHE COULD HIT AWAY. GOT A LITTLE BIT OF POWER. BUT SHE IS A DYNAMIC PLAYER AND SHE'S GOING TO HAVE TO USE HER SPEED TO MAKE SOMETHING HAPPEN HERE AGAINST AVANT. >> COURTNEY: COACH WALTON HAS BEEN WORKING WITH HER TO GET THAT FEEL AT THE PLATE. WHEN IS THE RIGHT TIME TO LAY DOWN THAT BUNT? THE DECISION-MAKING SO IT IS NOT SO MUCH OF AN EFFORT. >> KAYLA: AND SHE HAS BEEN HITTING A LOT MORE LATELY. AND COACH WALTON AS WELL AS CHEYENNE LINDSEY RECOGNIZED HER POWER POTENTIAL. HOW AGGRESSIVE HER SWING IS. HOW FAST HER BAT IS. AND SHE CAN MAKE A LOT HAPPEN. HAS A DECEPTIVE AMOUNT OF POP WHEN SHE SWINGS AWAY. >> COURTNEY: SHE'S ON A FOUR-GAME HIT STREAK. INCLUDING 1-2 YESTERDAY. LEADS THE TEAM IN THE TOURNAMENT BATTING .462. HOOVER GOING. INTO SCORING POSITION. >> KAYLA: THIS DEFENSIVE ALIGNMENT, GEORGIA WAS READY. BUT PICKING UP THE STOLEN BASE AND PUSHING HERSELF INTO SCORING POSITION. IT IS A NICE THROW BY PAYDEN BORDEAU. BUT JUST A LITTLE BIT LATE. FLORIDA LOOKING FOR A BIG HIT WITH TWO OUTS RIGHT HERE. >> COURTNEY: 7-7 ON THE BASE PADS IS HOOVER. CHEYENNE LINDSEY! OH, SYDNEY CHAMBLEY CAME OVER JUST IN TIME TO HIT THE GAS AND MAKE THE GRAB. >> COURTNEY: TEAMS ARE TRYING TO MAKE HISTORY. WE ARE MAKING HISTORY ON THE TV SIDE. FIRST TIME WE WILL HAVE SOFTBALL ON ABC. WE COULD NOT BE MORE EXCITED. TODAY AT 3:00 EASTERN, OKLAHOMA/WASHINGTON, GAME TWO OF THIS SERIES. IT WAS OKLAHOMA GETTING THE WIN YESTERDAY, 4-2. THAT WAS A SEASON LOW. JUST FOUR RUNS FOR OKLAHOMA. JOCELYN ALO HAD A HOME RUN OFF GABBIE PLAIN. THEY CAN LIGHT IT UP AND THERE ARE SO MANY RECORDS TO THE SOONERS NAME RIGHT NOW. >> KAYLA: IN THE LAST TEN YEARS, I CAN'T THINK OF AN OFFENSE THAT IS MORE FUN TO WATCH FROM A POWER PERSPECTIVE. ONE THROUGH NINE, THEY COULD DO SO MUCH DAMAGE. THEY HAVE BEAUTIFUL SWINGS. THEY HAVE GREAT APPROACHES AT THE PLATE, WHICH MAKES THEM SO DANGEROUS. IT IS GOING TO BE A TOUGH PASS FOR GABBIE PLAIN AND THE HUSKIES TO TRY TO SNEAK A WIN IN AND SNEAK A GAME THREE. >> COURTNEY: IT IS NOT JUST THE UPPERCLASSMEN. THEY HAVE TWO FRESHMEN THAT ARE FINALISTS FOR FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR. >> KAYLA: SHE IS FUN TO WATCH. YOU LOOK FOR PLAYERS THAT ARE SO FUN TO WATCH IN THAT GAME. JADA COLEMAN IS FOR SURE ONE. JENNINGS, ANOTHER OUTSTANDING FRESHMAN. GREAT ONE TO WATCH. >> COURTNEY: JAIDEN FIELDS RIGHT AT THE FENCE! ARE YOU KIDDING ME? JAIDEN FIELDS GET OUT OF HERE! A SOLO SHOT YESTERDAY. A SOLO SHOT TODAY. KEEP HER IN THE LINEUP. >> KAYLA: I MEAN, SPEAKING OF FUN TO WATCH. JAIDEN FIELDS HAVE YOURSELF A WEEKEND! SHE LACED A CHANGEUP IN YESTERDAY'S GAME OUT OF THE PARK. GETS SOMETHING DIFFERENT TODAY. A SCREWBALL INSIDE. READY FOR IT. JUMPS ALL OVER IT AND MOON SHOTS THIS ONE OUT OF THE PARK. I WATCHING THAT BALL AND I DON'T KNOW IF THAT IS GOING TO BE A FLY OUT TO LEFT. BUT IT KEPT CARRYING AND CARRYING. THAT SHOWS THE POWER AND THE BEAUTIFUL EXTENSION OF HER SWING THAT LETS THAT BALL -- ALLOWS THAT BALL TO CONTINUE TO CARRY. >> COURTNEY: YOU SEE THE WIND BLOWING OUT, TOO. SHE HIT THAT ONE TO LEFT. THE FLAG IN CENTER FIELD -- THIS IS A PLAYER AS PAYDEN BORDEAU STEPS IN, WHOSE LAST HIT BEFORE THE POST-SEASON WAS IN THAT OKLAHOMA GAME. CAME IN. A LITTLE BIT OF A SLUMP. HAS CRUSHED IT IN THE NCAA TOURNAMENT NOW 5-6 WITH TWO HOME RUNS. >> KAYLA: WHAT'S SO BEAUTIFUL ABOUT THE POST-SEASON. YOU KIND OF GET A FRESH START. IT IS A NEW LEAF TURNED OVER. OVER PLAYING AT A DIFFERENT STYLE -- EXCUSE ME. AT A DIFFERENT LEVEL THAN YOU DID IN THE REGULAR SEASON. SO, IT IS AN OPPORTUNITY IF I AM NOT HITTING REALLY WELL, GUESS WHAT. DOESN'T MATTER. I CAN COME TO PLAY AND SHOW UP FOR MY TEAM. AND JAIDEN FIELDS IS A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF THAT. GOING BACK TO THIS HOME RUN. YOU CAN HEAR IT. SHE CRUSHES IT. YOU FELT LIKE IN BOTH GAMES WITH JAIDEN FIELDS, SHE'S GONE UP WITH A PLAN. FIRST GAME SHE HITS THE CHANGEUP. SECOND GAME YOU KNOW HIGHTOWER IS GOING TO THROW YOU INSIDE AT SOME POINT. THAT'S WHAT SHE DOES ALL DAY LONG. SO, WHEN YOU DO GET AN INSIDE PITCH THAT IS ON THE CORNER OF THE PLATE THAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR AND YOU'RE READY FOR IT, THAT SHOWS ME YOU DID A GREAT JOB PREPARING AN EXECUTING ON YOUR PLAN. >> COURTNEY: SHE HAS PLAYED AT A HIGH LEVEL HER ENTIRE CAREER. JAIDEN FIELDS A RED SHIRT SOPHOMORE. SHE PLAYED TRAVEL BALL WITH THE GEORGIA IMPACT. AND ONE OF HER TEAMMATES WAS CHARLA ECHOLS WHO PLAYS FOR FLORIDA. THEY WERE THE 2018 NATIONAL CHAMPIONS. >> KAYLA: YOU HAVE TO LOVE PLAYERS WHO EXPERIENCED HIGH LEVEL BEFORE THEY GET TO COLLEGE. THEY KNOW WHAT IT IS LIKE TO COMPETE AT AN ELITE LEVEL. THAT MATTERS. WHEN YOU ARE PLAYING ON THE BEST TEAM IN THE COUNTRY, YOU ARE FACING THE BEST HITTERS IN THE COUNTRY THAT YOU ARE GOING TO INEVITABY SEE DOWN IN COLLEGE. >> COURTNEY: JAIDEN FIELDS HAS SIX HITS IN THIS SUPERS. FLORIDA HAS FIVE. BACK-TO-BACK STRIKEOUTS FOR HIGHTOWER. >> KAYLA: EARLY IN THIS BALL GAME, HIGHTOWER'S MOST SUCCESSFUL PITCH WITHOUT A DOUBT HAS BEEN HER CHANGEUP. YOU SEE RIGHT THERE THE DISCREPANCY OF RUNS PERENNIALALS, THE SUPER REGIONALS. THIS GEORGIA TEAM IS TOUGH. AND I JUST TALKED ABOUT FACING A FAMILIAR OPPONENT. THIS IS THE FIFTH TIME THESE TEAMS ARE GOING TO PLAY EACH OTHER THIS SEASON. THEY'RE COMFORTABLE SEEING THE OPPOSING TEAM IN THE UNIFORM ACROSS THE WAY. THERE'S NO MYSTERY ANYMORE. YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'RE GOING GET WHEN YOU PLAY FLORIDA. AND THEY'RE READY FOR THEM. >> COURTNEY: TOP OF THE ORDER WITH SAVANA SIKES WHO WALKED TO START THE GAME. GEORGIA GOT AN R.B.I. SINGLE FROM LACEY FINCHER IN THE FIRST. AND THEN THIS INNING STARTED WITH A LEAD-OFF HOME RUN FROM JAIDEN FIELDS. SECOND TIME IT HAS GONE THREE BALLS FOR ELIZABETH HIGHTOWER. 3-1 HERE TO SAVANA SIKES. AND SHE'LL PUT HER ON WITH THE FREE PASS FOR THE SECOND TIME. >> KAYLA: THIS WAS A NICE JOB BY SAVANA SIKES TO BE ABLE TO SEE AND UNDERSTAND THAT SCREWBALL IS GOING TO KEEP BREAKING IN. SO, WHEN IT LOOKS LIKE IT IS COMING IN, A STRIKE RIGHT ON THE CORNER, IT IS ACTUALLY GOING TO KEEP PEELING AND BE ABOUT ONE TO TWO INCHES OFF THE PLATE INSIDE. GOT QUALITY TAKE LEARNING FROM HER FIRST AT-BAT. >> COURTNEY: KUMA SAW HIGHTOWER REALLY WELL THE LAST TIME. HAD A DOUBLE OUT TO LEFT. THAT WAS JUST HER FOURTH DOUBLE OF THE SEASON BACK IN THE FIRST INNING. KUMA IS ONE OF THOSE SCRAPPY PLAYERS TOO. TONY BALDWIN TOLD US THE FIRST TIME HE SAW HER, HE GOT A CALL. HE WAS OUT RECRUITING AND SHE WAS PLAYING ON A SIDE FIELD. HE WENT OVER AND SHE HIT THE LONGEST FOUL BALL HE EVER SAW. LATER IN THE GAME SHE WALKED AND STOLE TWO BASES. MAYBE IT WAS SOMETHING LIKE THAT. [LAUGHTER] >> KAYLA: YOU KNOW, AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR WHEN WE TALKED TO ASSOCIATE HEAD COACH, TONY BALDWIN, HE MENTIONED KUMA AND SAID THAT HE THINKS THAT SHE IS ONE OF THE MOST UNDERRATED PLAYERS IN THIS CONFERENCE, IN THE SEC. AND NOW THAT SHE'S APPROACHING THE END OF THIS SEASON, IT IS A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT STORY. SHE IS NOT UNDERRATED AT ALL. YOU KNOW ABOUT HER. YOU KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT. 14 HOME RUNS. GOT SOME POP IN HER BAT. AND SHE IS MADE HUGE IMPROVEMENTS AT THE SECOND BASE POSITION AS WELL AS THE SEASON CONTINUES TO GO ON. BECAUSE THAT IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST STRUGGLES FOR GEORGIA THIS SEASON, HAS BEEN THEIR DEFENSE. NOW ALL THESE YOUNG PLAYERS LIKE KUMA, ARMISTEAD, ARE LEARNING AND GROWING. AGAIN, IT IS ALL ABOUT PLAYING YOUR BEST SOFTBALL AT THE END. AND IT LOOKS AND FEELS LIKE GEORGIA IS PLAYING THEIR ABSOLUTE BEST RIGHT HERE, RIGHT NOW. >> COURTNEY: HOOVER RUNNING BACK FOR OUT NUMBER THREE. WE GOT ANOTHER LONG BALL FROM GEORGIA. >> KAYLA: THE INFIELD IS HAVING A WEEKEND. SCREWBALL. SEE YA. >> COURTNEY: WE WILL TAKE YOU BACK TO THE LAST TIME GEORGIA WENT TO THE WOMEN'S COLLEGE WORLD SERIES. FACING TENNESSEE. AND COURTNEY EMANUEL SMOKES THIS ONE OFF ARNOLD. THAT IS HER THIRD CAREER HOME RUN IN THE EIGHTH INNING. IT GAVE GEORGIA THEIR FOURTH WOMEN'S COLLEGE WORLD SERIES APPEARANCE. MARY WILSON AVANT IN THE CIRCLE, OF COURSE, FOR THE DOGS THEN. THEY WENT ON TO WIN THEIR OPENING GAME IN THAT WORLD SERIES AGAINST FLORIDA. GEORGIA IS LOOKING TO GET TO OKLAHOMA CITY FOR THE FIFTH TIME. JAIDEN FIELDS HAS CERTAINLY HELPED THEM SO FAR WITH HER BAT. 4-4 IN THE SUPER REGIONAL. I. I LOOK AT THAT AND IT IS OBVIOUS AND CLEAR TO MY WHY MARY WILSON AVANT IS HAVING SUCCESSFUL. SHE KNOW -- SUCCESS. SHE KNOWS WHAT IT IS LIKE. SHE WON THAT GAME 2-1. IT WAS A CLOSE BALL GAME. SHE'S READY TO GO. >> COURTNEY: SO, THAT MINDSET THAT, TOUGH MENTALITY FOR MARY WILSON AVANT, THAT COMES FROM HER HIGH SCHOOL COACH. SHE PLAYED HIGH SCHOOL IN MACON, GEORGIA, AND JEFF TREADWAY WHO PLAYED FOR THE ATLANTA BRAVES, PLAYED SECOND BASE, WAS HER HIGH SCHOOL COACH AND HE TAUGHT HER TO ATTACK HITTERS. >> KAYLA: THAT IS A HUGE MENTALITY FOR PITCHERS TO HAVE. TO GO UP THERE WITH YOUR BEST STUFF, YOUR BEST PITCHES. SAY I AM NOT GOING TO TRY TO PAINT AROUND THE CORNER OR TRY TO PITCH AROUND A HITTER. I'M GOING TO GO AND THROW HER MY BEST STUFF. IF SHE HITS ME, THAT'S FINE. BUT I WILL GO WITH MY BEST AND POUND THE STRIKE ZONE. >> COURTNEY: FULL COUNT NOW TO HANNAH ADAMS. WE TALKED ABOUT SO MUCH ABOUT MARY WILSON AVANT, BUT HE DEFENSE HAS BEEN SOLID. NO ERRORS. ALL THE PIECES CAME TOGETHER YESTERDAY. >> KAYLA: IT REALLY DID. YOU LOOK AS A TEAM FOR GAMES LIKE THAT WHERE YOU HAVE EVERYTHING ROLLING FOR YOU. YOUR PITCHING, YOUR HITTING AND YOUR DEFENSE. COULDN'T ASK FOR ANYTHING BETTER FROM GEORGIA IN GAME ONE. >> COURTNEY: INSIDE BY HANNAH ADAMS. >> KAYLA: TWO STRAIGHT RIGHT HERE. [LAUGHTER] >> KAYLA: CHANGEUP. INSIDE CORNER. FREEZES UP ADAMS. SHE IS DISAPPOINTED BECAUSE SHE WANTS THAT TO BE BALL FOUR. A LITTLE BIT INSIDE BUT UMPIRE GIVES IT TO AVANT. >> COURTNEY: HAD NINE STRIKEOUTS YESTERDAY FOR MARY WILSON AVANT. I THINK ONE WAS LOOKING. THAT WAS LOOKING. >> KAYLA: THAT CHANGEUP IS ON POINT. THAT WAS A DECIDING FACTOR IN THE EARLIER SERIES THAT THEY PLAYED THIS SEASON AS WELL. THE CHANGEUP WASN'T WORKING AS WELL IN GAME THREE AGAINST THE GATORS. >> COURTNEY: KENDYL LINDAMAN IS DANGEROUS AGAINST HER. GROUNDS IT TO SAVANA SIKES. THAT IS A BIG OUT BECAUSE LINDAMAN HAS BEEN THE MOST SUCCESSFUL HITTER FOR FLORIDA THIS WEEKEND. CHARLA ECHOLS, IT WOULD BE HUGE IF THEY COULD GET HER GOING. TIM WALTON HAS SAID SHE HAS BEEN SUCH A KEY PIECE, SUCH A TOUGH AT-BAT. SHE'S ONLY STRUCK OUT THREE TIMES THIS SEASON. >> KAYLA: THIS YEAR ABOUT HER GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT FROM A LEADERSHIP PERSPECTIVE. SHE COMES IN, TRANSFERS FROM MICHIGAN STATE. AND THEN CEMENTS HERSELF NOT ONLY IN THIS LINEUP, BUT AS A KEY PLAYER AND AS A KEY LEADER FOR THIS GATOR'S TEAM. >> COURTNEY: ALREADY A TEAM CAPTAIN. LACEY FINCHER MAKES THE PLAY. GEORGIA FACES THREE AND SITS THEM ALL DOWN. >> COURTNEY: WE ARE PUNCHING TICKETS TODAY TO OKLAHOMA CITY. FLORIDA STATE ALREADY IN. WHO IS GOING TO JOIN THEM THERE? THERE WILL BE SEVEN OTHER TEAMS THAT MAKE THEIR WAY TO THE WOMEN'S COLLEGE WORLD SERIES. IF GEORGIA WINS HERE, THEY ARE MOVING ON. FLORIDA'S GOT TO WIN TODAY AND TOMORROW. WINNER OF OUR SERIES GETS EITHER TEXAS OR OKLAHOMA STATE. THE COWGIRLS LOOKED PRETTY GOOD. THEY BEAT TEXAS 6-1 YESTERDAY. FOUR HOME RUNS IN THAT GAME. >> KAYLA: THIS IS SUCH AN EXCITING TIME OF YEAR. THIS IS WHAT YOU DREAM OF FROM THE TIME YOU'RE A LITTLE KID TO THE TIME THAT YOU'RE IN COLLEGE. IS TO TRY AND HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PUNCH YOUR TICKET TO OKLAHOMA CITY. DREAMS ARE GOING TO BE MADE AND YOU ARE GOING TO SEE SOME OF MOST INCREDIBLE PERFORMS BECAUSE OF IT. LAST NIGHT, FLORIDA STATE GOES AND UPSETS LSU ON THE ROAD. >> COURTNEY: THAT ONE TOOK NINE INNINGS. YOU TALK ABOUT DRAMA, THE END OF THAT GAME? IT WAS AWESOME. DON'T FORGET COMING UP AFTER OUR GAME WE HAVE KENTUCKY AND ALABAMA. A MUST-WIN GAME FOR KENTUCKY. LATER TODAY AT 3:00 ON ABC, OKLAHOMA/WASHINGTON. LACEY FINCHER TO LEAD OFF THIS THIRD INNING. THESE HITTERS HAVE MADE ELIZABETH HIGHTOWER WORK. SHE CAME INTO THIS INNING HAVING THROWN MORE PITCHES IN TWO INNINGS THAN MARY WILSON AVANT HAS THROWN IN THREE INNINGS. GEORGIA CERTAINLY HASN'T COME OUT AND BEEN TENTATIVE. >> KAYLA: YOU MENTIONED THE PITCH COUNT. GEORGIA HAS FOULED OFF A LOT OF PITCHES, MAKING HIGHTOWER WORK. BEING PATIENT WHEN THEY GET SOMETHING OUT OF THE ZONE. BUT FOUL OFF PITCHES THAT ARE CLOSE. >> COURTNEY: THAT ONE HIT FINCHER HARD. SHE DROPPED DOWN AND PUT HER HAND ON HER HIP. >> KAYLA: YOU ALMOST FEEL THE UMPIRE CALLED FINCHER OUT. THINKING SHE HIT THE BALL. LU HARRIS-CHAMPER IS ASKING THE UMPIRES TO MEET AND HAVE SOME COMMUNICATION. THEY ARE GOING TO GO TO FOUL BALL. SCREWBALL IN. FINCHER FIGHTS IT OFF AND NAILS HERSELF RIGHT IN THE HIP. >> COURTNEY: THAT WOULD BE HARD FOR CHRIS NEIGHBORS TO SEE. HE IS BEHIND THE PLATE TODAY. CALLING EVERYBODY IN TO MAKE THE RIGHT CALL. BUT SHE WILL SIT DOWN ON THE STRIKEOUT. >> KAYLA: HIGHTOWER COMES BACK ANYWAY. SOMETHING THAT FINCHER IS NOT EXPECTING A DROP BALL. SOMETHING WE DON'T SEE VERY OFTEN WITH HIGHTOWER. GOES WITH THE PITCH THAT MOVES DOWN IN THE ZONE. AGAIN, SHE'S JUST FROZEN BECAUSE OF THE PITCHES SHE THREW BEFORE. SO TIGHT INTO THE HANDS OF LACEY FINCHER. >> COURTNEY: SARA MOSLEY WILL FOUL OFF THE FIRST PITCH. SHE STRUCK OUT IN THE FIRST INNING. THAT WAS THE FIRST STRIKEOUT BY ELIZABETH HIGHTOWER TODAY. BIG CUT FROM MOSLEY. >> KAYLA: THAT IS A BEAUTIFUL PITCH RIGHT THERE. THAT'S WHERE HIGHTOWER HAS TO BE SUCCESSFUL. TRY TO GO IN ON THE HANDS OF THESE RIGHT-HANDERS OF GEORGIA. USE THE SPIN THAT NOT ONLY MOVES EAST AND WEST, BUT HAS THAT BITE UPWARDS AND LOW. >> COURTNEY: IT WILL BE A BALL AND TWO STRIKES TO SARA MOSLEY, WHO HAS WORKED HARD IN THIS AB. GEORGIA HAS A HIT IN EVERY INNING TODAY. SIXTH STRIKEOUT FOR HIGHTOWER. >> KAYLA: HIGHTOWER GOES BACK-TO-BACK TOUGH PITCH ON THE INSIDE CORNER. AGAIN, YOU CAN SEE THE SPIN AND ROTATION. SHE GETS UNDER THIS BALL SO IT HAS UPWARD MOVEMENT AND TON OF BITE. IT KEEPS CLIMBING AND CLIMBING AND INDUCES THE BIG SWING FROM MOSLEY. >> COURTNEY: HIGHTOWER HIS A STRIKEOUT LOOKING AND SWINGING IN THIS INNING. SHE HAS TAKEN CARE OF THE FIRST TWO GEORGIA HITTERS. BRINGS US TO JAYDA KEARNEY IN THE FIVE SPOT. HIGHTOWER IS SO GOOD IN THE REGIONALS. CAME INTO THIS GAME HAVING PITCHED 17.1 STRAIGHT SCORELESS INNINGS. GEORGIA HAS GOTTEN A SINGLE, SCORED A RUN AND OF COURSE THE PLATE AND JAYDA KEARNEY DOES NOT MISS A CENTIMETER OF THIS BALL. GETS EVERYTHING. AND JUST WHEN YOU THINK HIGHTOWER IS STARTING TO GET ON A ROLL, BOOM. IT TAKES ONE SWING FROM THE GEORGIA BULLDOGS TO TAKE BACK THAT MOMENTUM. AND IT IS GOING TO CAUSE TIM WALTON TO GO TO THE BULLPEN. >> COURTNEY: CHAIN AROUND THE NECK OF JAYDA KEARNEY FOR THAT HOME RUN. HER SIXTH HOME RUN OF THE SEASON. AND IN THE CIRCLE, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A PITCHING CHANGE AS ELIZABETH HIGHTOWER HAS BEEN PULLED. NEW FACE IN THE CIRCLE. WE WILL INTRODUCE YOU TO KATIE CHRONISTER WHEN WE COME BACK TO GAINESVILLE. >> COURTNEY: KATIE CHRONISTER IS THE NEW FACE IN THE CIRCLE. WE HAVE SEEN HER ONCE IN THIS TOURNAMENT BACK IN REGIONALS. >> KAYLA: COMPLETELY DIFFERENT FROM ELIZABETH HIGHTOWER. SHE IS COMING FROM THE LEFT SIDE. SHE REALLY WORKS DOWN IN THE ZONE. SHE'S GOT GOOD BITE, GOOD MOVEMENT THAT IS GOING TO TAIL AWAY FROM LEFTY BATTERS AND DOWN FROM LEFTY BATTERS. AND SHE COMES IN THIS RELIEVER ROLE VERY OFTEN. THIS IS WHERE SHE IS COMFORTABLE. THIS IS WHERE SHE DOES HER BEST. >> COURTNEY: ELIZABETH HIGHTOWER WAS PULLED AFTER GIVING UP HER SECOND SOLO HOME RUN OF THE DAY TO JAYDA KEARNEY. BRINGS US TO SYDNEY CHAMBLEY. >> KAYLA: NOT ONLY DID HIGHTOWER JUST GIVE UP THAT LAST HOME RUN, BUT YOU GIVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR CHRONISTER TO COME IN AND GET THAT LEFTY/LEFTY MATCH-UP, WHICH IS WHERE SHE THRIVES. >> COURTNEY: AND SHE WILL START WITH A STRIKEOUT TO GET OUT OF THE INNING. WE WILL TALK TO GEORGIA HEAD COACH LU HARRIS-CHAMPER WHEN WE COME BACK. ANOTHER HOME RUN ON THE BOARD FOR HER DOGS. >> KAYLA: JAYDA KEARNEY CONTINUES TO BIG SWING FOR GEORGIA. 3-0 DOGS. >> COURTNEY: WELCOME BACK TO THE NCAA SOFTBALL SUPER REGIONALS PRESENTED BY CAPITAL ONE. WE ARE JOINED NOW BY GEORGIA HEAD COACH, LU HARRIS-CHAMPER. AND COACH, JAIDEN FIELDS HAS BEEN CRUSHING THE SOFTBALL THE LAST TWO DAYS. WHAT'S CHANGED FOR HER TO GIVE HER THAT CONFIDENCE AT THE PLATE? >> YOU KNOW, COACH TONY HAS BEEN WORKING HARD WITH THE HITTERS. SHE'S LETTING THE BALL GET IN AND SHE IS TRUSTING HER PLAN. THAT IS A BIG DEAL. >> KAYLA: COACH, MARY WILSON AVANT, YOUR SENIOR LEADER IS PITCHING LIGHTS OUT WITH AN OPPORTUNITY TO PUNCH HER TICKET TO OKLAHOMA CITY. WHAT MAKES HER THRIVE? >> SHE IS ALL HEART. SHE IS A KID YOU WANT YOUR OWN KID TO EMULATE. SHE IS GOING TO GIVE IT HER ALL AND THAT IS WHAT WE NEED. >> COURTNEY: AWESOME. THANK YOU, COACH. >> THANK YOU. >> COURTNEY: YOU HAVE SEEN THAT FIGHT. IT HAS BEEN SO EVIDENT TO WATCH HER. WE HAVE WATCHED HER SEVERAL TIMES THIS SEASON AND IT HAS BEEN THERE. >> KAYLA: AND YOU KNOW WHAT IS ALSO VERY CLEAR. IS FROM THE START OF THIS SEASON UNTIL NOW, HE DEKNEE NOR HAS NOT CHANGE -- DEMEANOR HAS NOT CHANGED. THAT IS WHAT YOU HOPE TO SEE OUT OF A FIFTH-YEAR SENIOR. SHE HAS PLAYED THE WORLD SERIES. SHE HAS PLAYED IN SUPER REGIONALS BEFORE. SHE HAS PUT THE TEAM ON HER BACK AND SAID I AM LEADING US. LET'S GO. >> COURTNEY: MARY WILSON AVANT HAS ONLY GIVEN UP TWO HITS TO FLORIDA. THEY HAVE HAS MANY HITS AS GEORGIA HAS HOME RUNS TODAY. JULIA COTTRILL WILL LEAD THINGS OFF HERE IN THE FOURTH. SHE WAS HIT BY A PITCH IN THE FIRST INNING. DOES NOT HAVE A HIT IN THE IT HAS BEEN INTERESTING TO WATCH THESE TWO PROGRAMS BATTLE. OBVIOUSLY, THERE'S A RIVALRY BETWEEN GEORGIA AND FLORIDA. IT WAS GEORGIA TAKING THE REGULAR SERIES SEASON. GEORGIA WON THE OPENING GAME AGAINST THE GATORS. BUT IN THE POST-SEASON, WELL, GEORGIA LEADS THE ALL TIME SERIES. AFTER THAT WIN YESTERDAY, THEY ARE 4-1 AGAINST FLORIDA IN THE POST-SEASON. >> KAYLA: WHEN YOU LOOK AT THOSE NUMBERS, IT IS CRAZY TO THINK GEORGIA HAS BEEN THE TEAM TO STEP UP AGAINST A TOUGH GATOR ON THE PART. BECAUSE YEAR IN, YEAR OUT, GATORS ARE IN THE TOP EIGHT OF THE RANKINGS AND THE SEEDINGS. TO KNOW GEORGIA COMES IN MOST LIKELY AS THE UNDERDOG AND GETS THE JOB DONE AGAINST THE GATORS TIME AND TIME AGAIN IS A CREDIT TO THEIR RESILIENCY AND THEIR GUTSINESS. AND OBVIOUSLY TO COACH LU HARRIS-CHAMPER FOR LEADING THE WAY AND GETTING THEM THERE. >> COURTNEY: THIS IS A GEORGIA TEAM THAT HAD LOST SEVEN STRAIGHT GAMES BEFORE THE NCAA TOURNAMENT. >> KAYLA: AND WE YOU TALKED ABOUT IT COURTNEY. SOMETIMES THAT POST-SEASON STARTS AND IT IS A NEW SLATE. YOU GET A FRESH START. YOU COME OUT AND YOU CAN BE A DIFFERENT TEAM. YOU CAN ERASE THE MISTAKE AND THE STRETCH OF LOSSES. AND YOU COULD FIND YOURSELF PLAYING FOR AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO OKLAHOMA CITY. >> COURTNEY: SIKES LEAPS IN THE AIR. ONE AWAY. GEORGIA IS PULLING OUT ALL THE STOPS. NO MATTER WHAT. SOMETIMES IT MEANS YOU HAVE TO WEAR THE SAME SHIRT MULTIPLE DAYS. SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO WEAR IT MULTIPLE YEARS. THAT ON THE RIGHT IS RAY SUPLEE. YOU CAN'T MISS THE SHIRT. HE IS SHELBY SUPLEE FATHER. HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE BASEBALL TEAM BACK IN 1991 WHEN THEY WORE THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP. HE WORE IT IN 2018 WHEN GEORGIA WENT TO THE WORLD SERIES. >> KAYLA: SOFTBALL PANTS. SOFTBALL FANS. VERY SUPERSTITIOUS BUNCH. NOT SURPRISING IN ANY WAY THAT THESE PARENTS AND SUPPORTERS ARE WEARING THE SAME CLOTHES. >> COURTNEY: WE ARE TOLD IT HAS NOT BEEN WASHED. WE WILL CONFIRM THAT. BAYLEE GODDARD. [INDISCERNIBLE] >> COURTNEY: AND SHE HAS A HIT. >> KAYLA: SO IMPORTANT FOR THE GATORS TO TRY TO GET THAT BOTTOM LINEUP TO START SOMETHING. THAT IS A GREAT EXAMPLE. SIMPLE BALL IN THE 5-6 HOLE. IT TWEAKS THROUGH. SOMETHING POSITIVE FOR THE GATORS. TRY AND GIVE THEM SOME KIND OF MOMENTUM. BECAUSE EVERY SINGLE TIME FLORIDA HAS DONE SOMETHING GOOD OR HAD SOME KIND OF PRODUCTION OFFENSIVELY, GEORGIA TAKES IT RIGHT BACK WITH A BIG HOME RUN. >> COURTNEY: JORDAN MATTHEWS WILL STEP UP. AND OBVIOUSLY SHE KNOWS WHAT IT IS LIKE TO CRUSH A GINORMOUS HIT IN THIS TOURNAMENT. BACK IN 2018 AS A FRESHMAN HAD A WALK-OFF HOME RUN AGAINST TEXAS A&M TO SEND FLORIDA TO THE WOMEN'S COLLEGE WORLD SERIES. THAT WAS GAME THREE OF THAT SUPER REGIONAL. >> KAYLA: THIS IS ONE OF THE THOSE MOMENTS YOU DON'T FORGET AS A SOFTBALL FAN. THE WAY IT WAS WRITTEN, THE WAY SHE WORKED IN THE LINEUP TO COME UP WITH A BIG TIME OPPORTUNITY. SHE HAD A GREAT AT-BAT. I THINK SHE HAD AN 0-2 COUNT AND HIT THE BALL OUT OF THE PARK. >> COURTNEY: WOW. AVANT IS AHEAD ON HER, 0-2. BACK TO MARY WILSON. AND THEY WILL GET THE LEAD RUNNER. WE WILL HAVE TWO MORE NBA PLAYOFF GAME THREES TONIGHT ON ESPN AND THE APP. THE SIXERS TAKE ON THE WIZARDS AT 7:00 EASTERN. AND THE GRIZZLIES HOST THE JAZZ. COUNTDOWN CREW STARTS OUR COVER AT 6:00 EVEN. WE WILL HAVE ALABAMA AND KENTUCKY, GAME TWO RIGHT HERE WHEN WE ARE DONE WITH THIS IN GAINESVILLE. GOT A PINCH RUNNER COMING IN. EMILY WILKIE WHO STARTED IN THE DP ROLE YESTERDAY WILL PINCH RUN AT FIRST BASE. THIS IS JAIMIE HOOVER. HOOVER SINGLED TO THE GAP IN LEFT CENTER IN THE SECOND INNING. HER FIRST TIME FACING AVANT TODAY. NO DOUBT FLORIDA SEEING IT A LOT BETTER. THEY ALREADY HAVE THREE HITS. THAT WAS THEIR TOTAL YESTERDAY AND ONLY TWO STRIKEOUTS COMPARED TO NINE IN THAT FIRST GAME. >> KAYLA: AND THE ADJUSTMENTS ARE, WITHOUT A DOUBT, EXPECTED. ESPECIALLY AFTER YOU SAW AVANT YESTERDAY. BUT I THINK ONE OF THE BIGGEST KEYS THAT FAVORS GEORGIA IS IN YESTERDAY'S BALL GAME, THEY ONLY GOT THROUGH THE LINEUP THREE TIMES, FLORIDA DID. SO, THAT MEANS THEY WERE LIMITED. THEY ONLY MADE MARY WILSON AVANT THROW 100 PITCHES. AGAIN, THEY DIDN'T MAKE HER WORK AS MUCH OR SEE AS MANY PITCHES AS THEY COULD HAVE SEEN. BUT AGAIN, THEY'RE FAMILIAR WITH HER. >> COURTNEY: COUNT RUNS FULL TO JAIMIE HOOVER. RUNNER ON FIRST. TWO OUTS. AVANT IS GOING TO GET THE CALL FOR HER THIRD STRIKEOUT. WE WILL TALK TO FLORIDA HEAD COACH TIM WALTON WHEN WE COME >> COURTNEY: BOTTOM OF THE FOURTH INNING. GEORGIA LEADS FLORIDA 3-0 AND WE ARE JOINED BY FLORIDA HEAD COACH, TIM WALTON. WHAT WAS YOUR MESSAGE TO THIS TEAM AND HOW HAVE YOU SEEN THEM RESPOND? >> I THINK THE AT-BATS HAVE BEEN GOOD ON OUR PART. UNFORTUNATELY THEIR SWINGS GOT BETTER TOO. THE MAIN MESSAGE IS IT IS A SERIES. WE LOST ONE GAME. WE LOST THE FIRST GAME OF A SERIES BEFORE. YOU GOT TO DO A GOOD JOB OF TRYING TO WORK TOGETHER. NOT TRY TO DO SOMETHING BY YOURSELF. ANY TIME YOU START TO GET CAUGHT UP IN EMOTIONS INSIDE, IT CAN KIND OF WRECK YOU A LITTLE BIT. WE JUST HAVE TO DO A GOOD JOB BEING A BETTER TEAM AS OPPOSED TO BEING A BUNCH OF INDIVIDUALS. WHEN YOU GET TO ELIMINATION DAY, THINGS START TO CREEP IN YOUR HEAD. >> KAYLA: THE KEY TO FINDING SUCCESS AND GETTING YOUR WAY BACK INTO THIS SERIES IS KATIE CHRONISTER COMING IN, IN RELIEF. WHAT MAKES HER SUCCESSFUL COMING IN? >> WE HAVE TO KEEP THE BALL IN THE DIRT, OBVIOUSLY. AND PLAY GOOD DEFENSE BEHIND HER. JUST POUNDING THE ZONE, CHANGING LEVELS. BUT KEEPING THE BALL IN THE DIRT I THINK IS MOST IMPORTANT KEY FOR US RIGHT NOW. >> COURTNEY: AWESOME COACH. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, GUYS. >> COURTNEY: CHRONISTER HAS THRIVED IN THIS ROLE. SHE HAS REALLY UPPED HER GAME THIS YEAR, TOO. HER HIGHEST TOTAL NUMBER OF INNINGS PITCHED WAS JUST 19 UNTIL THIS SEASON. SHE HAS PITCHED OVER 70 INNINGS. >> KAYLA: GETTING MORE EXPERIENCE AND CONFIDENCE. MORE IMPORTANTLY, SHE IS FIGURING OUT WHO SHE IS. HER DEVELOPMENT OF A PITCH THAT HAS DOWNWARD MOVEMENT. BUT ALSO THAT HAS SOME BITE EAST TO WEST AT THE END TO REALLY ELEVATE. I SHOULDN'T SAY ELEVATE. TO MAKE THAT DOWNWARD SPIN BETTER IS THE KEY. I THINK WHEN YOU PLAY IN COLLEGE SOFTBALL, ESPECIALLY COMING FROM HIGH SCHOOL, YOU COME IN WITH THIS MENTALITY I GOT TO STRIKE EVERYBODY OUT. BUT REALLY WITH THIS GATOR PITCHING STAFF, THEY RECOGNIZE THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE A HUGE STRIKEOUT NUMBER OF PITCHERS. THEY ARE GOING TO TRUST THEIR DEFENSE AND INDUCE GROUND BALLS. >> COURTNEY: AND THERE'S ONE OF THEM TO ECHOLS WHO CLEANS IT UP NICELY. >> KAYLA: AND THE BEAUTY IS, THE FLORIDA GATORS DEFENSE IS ONE OF THE BEST DEFENSES IN THE COUNTRY. YEAR AFTER YEAR, COACH WALTON GETS THEM READY TO BE SOLID DEFENSIVELY. >> COURTNEY: TOP SIX IN THE NATION IN FIELDING PERCENTAGE. 27 ERRORS ON THE SEASON. THEY HAVE TURNED 28 DOUBLE PLAYS. TWO OF THOSE WERE YESTERDAY. >> KAYLA: WE JUST HAVEN'T SEEN MUCH ACTION DEFENSIVELY YET. BUT HANNAH ADAMS IS ONE OF THE BEST INFIELDERS IN THE ENTIRE COUNTRY. PLAYING SECOND BASE FOR THE GATORS. SHE IS STUDLY. AND YOU HAVE TO LOVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO WATCH SOMEBODY LIKE HER GO OUT AND PLAY. >> COURTNEY: SHE HAD SOME AMAZING HIGHLIGHT REEL PLAYS TO HELP HER ROOMMATE, ELIZABETH HIGHTOWER, KEEP THAT NO-HITTER ON SUNDAY. PAYDEN BORDEAU. THERE'S HANNAH ADAMS. LOOK WHAT SHE CAN DO. AND THAT IS AN EASY PLAY FOR HER. >> KAYLA: HANNAH ADAMS, HER RANGE IS SO STRONG. SHE SHIFTED UP THE MIDDLE BUT SHE GOES ON THE OTHER SIDE OF SECOND BASE TO MAKE THIS PLAY. PIVOTS, MAKES THE THROW ACROSS THE INFIELD. AND SHE MAKES IT LOOK EASY. AND HER ABILITY TO POP OFF THAT BACK RIGHT FOOT TO GET HER PLANT, TO GET HER BALANCE AND THROW OVER TO FIRST BASE IS WHAT MAKES HER SUCCESSFUL AND WHY SHE IS ABLE TO MAKE SOME OF THE WEB GEMS THAT WE HAVE SEEN THIS YEAR. REALLY GREAT BODY AWARENESS AND CONTROL AND HER ATHLETICISM AT SECOND BASE. >> COURTNEY: AND REMEMBER, SOPHIA WAS PLAYING SHORTSTOP LAST YEAR. AND THEY THOUGHT HANNAH ADAMS WOULD BE. SHE GOT THAT EXTRA YEAR BACK AND REYNOSO HELPED HANNAH ADAMS GET OUT OF HER SHELL WHERE SHE HAS THE CONFIDENCE TO GO UP THERE AND LOOK LIKE THAT. >> COURTNEY: GEORGIA IS FEELING PRETTY GOOD. A WIN FOR THE GEORGIA BULLDOGS AND THEY ARE MOVING ON TO THEIR FIFTH WOMEN'S COLLEGE WORLD SERIES. FLORIDA HAS GOT TO WIN THIS GAME TO FORCE A GAME THREE. WINNER GETS EITHER TEXAS OR OKLAHOMA STATE. YOU COULD SEE GAME TWO OF THAT SERIES COMING UP LATER HERE AT 4:00 ON ESPN. THESE TWO TEAMS HAVE A HISTORY IN THE POST-SEASON. MARY WILSON AVANT AND HER GEORGIA BULLDOGS HAVE COME OUT READY TO ROCK AND ROLL IN GAINESVILLE. THEY WON YESTERDAY, 4-0. FLORIDA HAS STRUGGLED TO HIT HER TODAY. THEY HAVE HIT HER A LITTLE BIT BETTER. >> KAYLA: AS THIS GAME CONTINUES, YOU KEEP LOOKING AND IT IS TOP OF FIVE. AT SOME POINT, THERE HAS TO BE SOMETHING THAT FLORIDA HAS TO DO TO MAKE SOME KIND OF ADJUSTMENT ON MARY WILSON AVANT. THAT IS EASIER SAID THAN DONE, OBVIOUSLY, BECAUSE THERE'S A VARIETY OF PITCHES SHE THROWS. BUT SOMEBODY HAS TO HAVE A GRITTY AT-BAT, MAKE SOMETHING HAPPEN. THE WAY I LOOK AT IT, RIGHT NOW IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY. YOU HAVE SARAH LONGLEY IN THE EIGHT SPOT. CHEYENNE LINDSEY WHO GOT A HIT OFF HER YESTERDAY. AND HAD A GOOD HIT, TO BE HONEST, IN HER FIRST AT-BAT. IT JUST WENT RIGHT TO SOMEBODY IN LEFT FIELD. BEFORE YOU TURN THE TOP OF THE LINEUP OVER. BUT THAT RIGHT THERE. A STRIKEOUT LOOKING IS WHAT KILLS YOU IF YOU'RE FLORIDA. THAT IS A MOMENTUM KILLER. THAT DOES NOTHING FOR YOU RIGHT HERE. AVANT JUST BURNING IT IN ON THE INSIDE CORNER. THIS IS A PITCH THAT YOU SHOULD FOUL OFF. YOU SHOULD BE READY FOR. SHORTEN UP WITH TWO STRIKES. AND LONGLEY DOESN'T GET THE JOB DONE. >> COURTNEY: A THREE-PITCH AT-BAT. HER FOURTH STRIKEOUT TODAY. ALL OF THEM HAVE BEEN LOOKING. NUMBER NINE HITTER, CHEYENNE LINDSEY. AVANT HAS NOT THROWN MORE THAN 18 PITCHES IN ANY INNING. >> KAYLA: SO EFFICIENT. >> COURTNEY: LINDAMAN IS HITTING OVER .460 COMING INTO THIS GAME. ON A FOUR-GAME HIT STREAK. TRYING TO EXTEND IT. >> KAYLA: YOU SEE RIGHT HERE THE DEFENSE. HUGE SHIFT ON CHEYENNE LINDSEY. AND IT WORKS OUT FOR THEM. >> COURTNEY: LASER TO FINCHER. TWO DOWN. TOP OF THE ORDER. HANNAH ADAMS HAS NOT REACHED AND STRUCK OUT LOOKING IN THE THIRD THE LAST TIME SHE WAS UP AGAINST AV >> KAYLA: THIS IS THE MOMENT YOU START TO LOOK AT THE MATH OF THIS BALL GAME. THIS WILL BE THE LAST AT-BAT FOR HANNAH ADAMS ON THE SEASON. AND THERE'S NO TIME BETTER THAN NOW FOR HER TO COME UP WITH HER FIRST HIT IN THIS SUPER REGIONAL. >> COURTNEY: ADAMS A FIRST-TEAM ALL SEC AND ALL DEFENSIVE TEAM SELECTION THIS YEAR FOR FLORIDA. OFF THE NETTING OVER THE FANS BEHIND HOME PLATE. IT WILL BE A 2-2 COUNT TO HANNAH ADAMS. RIGHT FIELD. JAIDEN FIELDS. JUST A 12-PITCH INNING. GEORGIA A WIN AWAY AND THEY'RE MOVING ON TO OKLAHOMA CITY. >> COURTNEY: GEORGIA WINS THIS GAME, THEY ARE MOVING ON TO THE WOMEN'S COLLEGE WORLD SERIES. THEY'RE UP 3-0. AND THEY HAVE BEEN KEYING ON A CERTAIN PITCH IN THIS GAME TO SCORE RUNS. >> KAYLA: YEAH. WHEN YOU ARE GEORGIA, YOU KNOW COMING INTO THE GAME THAT ELIZABETH HIGHTOWER IS GOING TO GO WITH THAT SCREWBALL. SO, WHAT DO YOU DO? YOU SIT ON IT AND YOU'RE READY FOR IT. THIS ONE A LITTLE BIT OVER THE RIGHT. THE NEXT ONE FROM FINCHER, FINDS A WAY TO GET HER BODY INSIDE THIS. GET IT DOWN THE LINE TO PICK UP AN R.B.I. AND THE FIELDS HOME RUN. OPENING UP THAT FRONT SIDE. LETTING HER HIPS OPEN UP SO SHE COULD GET TO THAT PITCH THAT IS MOVING IN ON HER HANDS. AND THIS IS THE KEY FOR GEORGIA. ONCE AGAIN, HOW DO YOU PREPARE THE NIGHT BEFORE? HOW DO YOU MAKE SURE THAT WHEN YOU GET UP TO THE PLATE THAT YOU KNOW WHAT THE OPPOSING PITCHER IS THROWING AND YOU'RE READY FOR IT AND YOU EXECUTE ON YOUR PLAN. AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT THEY HAVE DONE TODAY. NOW THAT CHRONISTER IS IN THERE, THEY HAVE TO REARRANGE THEIR THINKING. COMING FROM THE OPPOSITE SIDE. THEY WILL SEE IT HAVE A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT KIND OF MOVEMENT. THEY HAVE TO MAKE SOME BIG TIME ADJUSTMENTS HERE LATE IN THE GAME. >> COURTNEY: GATORS TOOK CARE OF THE SIDE IN ORDER IN THE FOURTH INNING. FIRST FULL INNING THAT DRON HAS PITCHED. SHE RELIEVE -- CHRONISTER HAS PIMPED. SHE RELIEVED HIGHTOWER IN THE THIRD. TOP OF THE ORDER HERE IN SAVANA SIKES. >> KAYLA: WHEN I LOOK AT GEORGIA TO MAKE THAT ADJUSTMENT IS WHEN YOU FACE ELIZABETH HIGHTOWER, FOR THE MOST PART HER MOVEMENT, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF HER CHANGEUP, IS GOING TO BE EAST AND WEST. THEN IT WILL GO VERTICAL. UP IN THE ZONE. CHRONISTER IS COMPLETELY DIFFERENT. CHRONISTER STAYS PRETTY FLAT AND WHEN HER BALL HAS MOVEMENT, IT WILL BE-CONSISTENT -- WILL HAVE MORE CONSISTENT MOVEMENT DOWN IN THE ZONE WHICH IS WHY SHE GOT THREE CONSECUTIVE GROUND BALLS TO GO THREE UP, THREE DOWN IN HER FIRST YOU WILL APPEARANCE. >> COURTNEY: SAVANA SIKES HAS BEEN A TOUGH OUT TODAY. SHE HAS WALKED TWICE ALREADY. BOTH AGAINST HIGHTOWER. THIS WILL BE THE SEVENTH PITCH TO SIKES. SIKES SO PATIENT. SHE HAD A LOT OF SUCCESS IN THE REGULAR SERIES AGAINST FLORIDA. SHE WAS 4-8 WITH TWO DOUBLES, A HOME RUN AND A COUPLE OF RUNS SCORED. AND SHE WALKS FOR THE THIRD TIME. THE WOMEN'S COLLEGE WORLD SERIES RETURNS TO OKLAHOMA CITY. ACTION BEGINS THURSDAY, JUNE 3RD AT NOON EASTERN, LIVE ON ESPN. FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE WOMEN'S COLLEGE WORLD SERIES, GO TO NCAA.com, THE OFFICIAL ONLINE HOME FOR ALL 90 CHAMPIONSHIPS. FLORIDA HAS TO WIN TODAY. JUST BOOM! SYDNEY KUMA CRUSHED IT! THAT BALL HAD NO CHANCE. >> KAYLA: SYDNEY KUMA. I MEAN BOOM! THIS BALL IS ABSOLUTELY CRUSHED, LIKE YOU SAID, COURTNEY. NO-DOUBTER. BEAUTIFUL SWING. IT IS NOT JUST ONE PERSON. >> KAYLA: YEAH. PICK YOUR POISON FOR GEORGIA. IT IS NOT JUST ONE PERSON STEPPING UP. AND HONESTLY, YOU LOOK AT THE GATORS ON THE OTHER SIDE AND THAT HAS BEEN THEIR ACHILLES HEEL IN THIS SUPER REGIONAL WEEKEND. IS THAT ADAMS AND ECHOLS, WHO HAVE BEEN TWO OF THE KEY PLAYERS, HAVEN'T DONE ENOUGH IN THEIR LINEUP TO GIVE THEM RUN PRODUCTION. KENDYL LINDAMAN HAS. SHE'S GOTTEN THREE HITS ALREADY THIS WEEKEND. BUT IT IS NOT ENOUGH FOR JUST ONE PERSON TO STEP UP. IT HAS TO BE THE ENTIRE LINEUP. >> COURTNEY: ADAMS AND ECHOLS HAVE NO HITS THIS WEEKEND. >> KAYLA: ONCE AGAIN, THIS STARTS BECAUSE IN GAME ONE, THE BOTTOM OF THE LINEUP, THE SEVEN, EIGHT AND NINE HITTERS FOR GEORGIA SET THE TONE. YOU CAN'T SLEEP ON ANYBODY IN THE GATORS' LINEUP. AND GEORGIA HAS BEEN ABLE TO SLEEP ON SOME OF THE -- EXCUSE ME, THE FLORIDA HITTERS BECAUSE THEY HAVEN'T DONE ANYTHING. >> COURTNEY: SARA MOSLEY POKES IT THROUGH OUT TO LEFT. THEY HAVE GOT A READ ON CHRONISTER RIGHT NOW. >> KAYLA: TALKED ABOUT THE ADJUSTMENT. GETTING YOUR BARREL AT A DIFFERENT ANGLE. YOU KNOW SHE IS GOING TO BUST DOWN AND IN MOVEMENT TO RIGHTIES. YOU HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT YOUR BARREL STAYS A LITTLE BIT DEEPER IN THE ZONE. A LITTLE BIT MORE INSIDE. SYDNEY KUMA ABSOLUTELY DID THAT. >> COURTNEY: I FEEL BAD FOR THAT SOFTBALL SHE HIT BECAUSE IT IS GOING TO BE FEELING THAT ONE TOMORROW. >> KAYLA: IT WAS A PERFECT SWING ON A BIG TIME MISTAKE FROM CHRONISTER. >> COURTNEY: JAYDA KEARNEY IS UP RIGHT NOW. SHE HAS A HOME RUN IN THIS GAME. IT WAS A SOLO SHOT IN THE THIRD. BUT NOW SHE'S GOT SARA MOSLEY ON. >> KAYLA: THIS WAS A THING OF BEAUTY. REALLY WAS ONE OF THE PRETTIEST SWINGS WE HAVE SEEN THIS WEEKEND UNTIL SYDNEY KUMA COMES UP AND GOT HOME RUN IN HER LAST AT-BAT. COACH BALDWIN, JAYDA KEARNEY HE SAID IS ONE OF THEIR MOST TALENTED HITTERS. FUNDAMENTALLY AND MECHANICALLY HER SWING IS REALLY, REALLY SWUNG. HER MENTAL APPROACH, MAKING SURE SHE STAYS FOR CONFIDENT. THAT SHE DOESN'T BEAT HERSELF AT THE PLATE. >> COURTNEY: PROGRESS. THAT HAS TO BE A BIG CONFIDENCE BOOST TO HAVE A HIT LIKE THAT IN A PRESSURE SITUATION. GEORGIA JUST HAS TO WIN TODAY AND THEY ADVANCE TO THE WORLD SERIES. COUNT KEARNY COMMITTED TO GEORGIA AS AN EIGHTH GRADER. NEVER WAVERED FROM THAT DECISION. SHE HAS BEEN ALL IN WITH THE GEORGIA BULLDOGS. A TRUE FRESHMAN FOR HER. PATIENCE. SHE WALKS. SO MUCH SOFTBALL ON TODAY. LET'S GO BACK TO THE STUDIO WITH CHRIS >> KRIS: LETCY GETS THE START. -- LEXI GETS THE START. >> JEN: I THINK THIS IS A GOOD MOVEMENT FOR THE TIDE. >> KRIS: THIS ONE IS COMING UP AT 278 WHEN YOU GUYS ARE DONE IN GAINESVILLE. COURTNEY. >> COURTNEY: THANK YOU. KAYLA, YOUR THOUGHTS? >> KAYLA: I THINK KILFOYL HAS REALLY GOOD STUFF. SHE HAS BEEN BATTLING HEALTH ISSUES THIS SEASON. IF YOU LOOK AT A HEALTHY KILFOYL COMING OFF AN INCREDIBLE WEEKEND IN REGIONALS, SHE WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY AGAINST A TOUGH KENTUCKY LINEUP. ANDS THAT IS A KENTUCKY TEAM THAT HAS A LOT OF FOUTS AND LESS OF KILFOYL. IT IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO TRY TO MIX THINGS UP. CHANGE IT UP TO CHALLENGE THE HITTERS IN A DIDN'T WAY. THAT IS ONE OF THE BEST OFFENSES IN THE COUNTRY TOO. >> COURTNEY: I WAS GOING TO SAY YOU CAN'T COUNT OUT KENTUCKY. REMEMBER WHAT THEY DID TO NOTRE DAME. THE IRISH. RUN RULED THEM AND KENTUCKY CAME BACK ON SUNDAY AND WON TWO TO ADVANCE. SYDNEY CHAMBLEY HAS TO TWO. A SINGLE BY SARA MOSLEY AND A WALK BY JAYDA KEARNEY. JUST ONE OUT. WITH TWO ON AND CHAMBLEY AT THE PLATE, IF SHE SENDS IT OUT OF THE PARK, THIS GAME IS OVER. >> KAYLA: WE COULD SEE ANOTHER EPIC GEORGIA WALK-OFF HERE IN GAINESVILLE. AND THE WAY GEORGIA HAS BEEN SWINGING THE BAT, IT IS ABSOLUTELY IN THE REALM OF POSSIBILITY. SOMETHING THAT YOU HAVE TO THINK OF. BECAUSE COMING UP AFTER SYDNEY CHAMBLEY, GUESS WHO IS ON DECK? JAIDEN FIELDS WHO ALREADY HAS ONE TODAY. >> COURTNEY: JAIDEN FIELDS HAS TWO SOLO HOME RUNS IN THIS SERIES WITH FLORIDA. WE WILL SEE HER NEXT. JUST ONE OUT. CHAMBLEY AT THE PLATE. AND IT GOES OFF THE FOOT. ONE RUN IS GOING TO SCORE FOR GEORGIA. A 6-RUN LEAD FOR GEORGIA BULLDOGS. CLOSER AND CLOSER THEY CREEP TO OKC. >> KAYLA: SYDNEY CHAMBLEY IS HELPING THE GEORGIA BULLDOGS STUN FLORIDA RIGHT HERE. THIS IS A GREAT AT-BAT. SHE WORKS IT DEEP INTO THE COUNT AND GETS AN OPPOSITE FIELD PITCH AND DRIVES IT GOT GAP. AND THERE'S A MISTAKE. WE DON'T SEE FLORIDA MISTAKES VERY OFTEN. OUT IN CENTER FIELD, CHEYENNE LINDSEY MISSES THE BALL. THAT ALLOWS RUNNERS TO PUSH INTO SCORING POSITION. YOU HAVE THE WINNING RUN TO GET A WALK-OFF RUN RULE IN GAINESVILLE ON SECOND BASE WITH JAIDEN FIELDS AT BAT. >> COURTNEY: THE HOTTEST HITTER FOR GEORGIA RIGHT NOW. AND LOOKS LIKE THEY ARE GOING TO WALK HER. >> KAYLA: THIS IS A SMART MOVE. IT IS A SMART MOVE BUT YOU HAVE TO THINK ABOUT PAYDEN BORDEAU. SHE HAD A HOME RUN IN YESTERDAY'S GAME. THIS IS 1-9 THIS GEORGIA TEAM IS TOUGH. YOU HAVE TO GIVE THEM CREDIT BECAUSE THEY HAVE COME TO PLAY TODAY. WE THOUGHT WE WOULD SEE A DIFFERENT FLORIDA TEAM AND REALLY WE HAVEN'T. AND THAT IS BECAUSE GEORGIA CAME OUT AND THEY SCORED IN THE FIRST INNING. AND THEN THEY SCORED IN THE SECOND. THEY SCORED IN THE THIRD AND NOW THEY HAVE SCORED AGAIN IN THE FIFTH. >> COURTNEY: JAIDEN FIELDS HAS MORE HITS IN THE SERIES THAN FLORIDA AS A TEAM HAS TODAY. TWO OF THOSE HOME RUNS. SO, SHE LOADS THE BASES FOR PAYDEN BORDEAU. THE FRESHMAN CATCHER. SENT A BALL OVER THE FENCE YESTERDAY. IT WAS JUST HER FOURTH HOME RUN ON THE SEASON. A THREE-RUN SHOT TO GIVE GEORGIA A LITTLE EXTRA PADDING. BUT AGAIN, THE WINNING RUN AT SECOND BASE RIGHT NOW FOR LU HARRIS-CHAMPER CHRONISTER WITH THE STRIKEOUT. NUMBER NINE HITTER STEPS NEXT. ELLIE ARMISTEAD TO FACE KATIE CHRONISTER. BASES LOADED. ELLIE ARMISTEAD 1-2 YESTERDAY WITH A WALK. DOES NOT HAVE A HIT TODAY. A DIVING ECHOLS. AND IS ABLE TO TAG THE BAG WITH HER FOOT TO GET THE FORCED OUT AT THIRD. >> KAYLA: GEORGIA CAME TO PLAY AT THE PLATE. SYDNEY KUMA HIT AS MONITOR BOMB TO GIVE THE GEORGIA BULLDOGS A 6-0 LEAD. >> COURTNEY: YOU'RE WATCHING THE NCAA SOFTBALL SUPER REGIONALS PRESENTED BY CAPITAL ONE. WHAT AN AFTERNOON IT HAS BEEN. GAME TWO OF THIS SERIES. MARY WILSON AVANT IN THE CIRCLE. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT TODAY'S PLAYER OF THE GAME. EXCUSE ME, CAPITAL ONE'S REWARDING PERFORMANCE AND IT GOES TO AVANT. >> KAYLA: IT HAS TO BE MARY WILSON AVANT. SHE HAS NOT GIVEN UP A RUN THIS ENTIRE WEEKEND. SHE'S DOING A BEAUTIFUL JOB OF MIXING SPEEDS, MIXING PITCHES, MIXING LOCATIONS. SHE HAS BEEN ON POINT. FLORIDA HAS NOT HAD AN ANSWER FOR HER THIS ENTIRE WEEKEND. >> COURTNEY: SHE EARNS OUR CAPITAL ONE REWARDING PERFORMANCE. BACK-TO-BACK STARTS FOR HER. HER TEAM UP 6-0. THE BATS HELPING HER OUT. A LITTLE PAD THERE. AND SHE STARTS WITH KENDYL LINDAMAN HERE IN THE SIXTH. >> KAYLA: MUTUAL RESPECT RIGHT THERE. THAT IS THE OFFENSE UNDERSTANDING THAT YOUR ACE IS GOING OUT TWO DAYS IN A ROW FACING A NO. 4 FLORIDA GATORS ON THE ROAD FOR A TRIP TO OKLAHOMA CITY. SHE IS DOING HER JOB. SO, THE OFFENSE SAYS WE'RE GOING TO DO OUR JOB. COMES UP WITH SIX RUNS IN GAME TWO. >> COURTNEY: SIKES MAKES THE PLAY. GEORGIA ON THE CUSP OF HISTORY. NOT ONLY WOULD IT BE THEIR FIFTH APPEARANCE IN THE WOMEN'S COLLEGE WORLD SERIES. BUT REMEMBER, THEY ARE AN UNSEEDED TEAM. THEY HAD TO GET PAST DUKE LAST WEEKEND WHO WAS THE SEEDED TEAM. THEY TOOK THEM DOWN. IF GEORGIA ADVANCES, THEY WOULD BE ONE OF A FEW. JUST ONLY SEVEN TEAMS WHO WERE UNSEEDED HAVE MADE IT TO OKLAHOMA CITY. >> KAYLA: LOOK AT GEORGIA'S PATH AND YOU COULD SIT THERE AND SAY YOU GET TO PLAY AT HOME AGAINST THE SEEDED TEAM DUKE. BUT TO BE AN UNSEEDED TEAM AND HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PUT YOUR NAME ON THIS LIST RIGHT HERE, BY PLAYING IN THE SWAMP. AND TO GO OUT AND DOMINATE YOUR OPPONENT FOR ALMOST TWO GAMES RIGHT HERE IS REALLY IMPRESSIVE. TOUGH TO DO, OBVIOUSLY. >> COURTNEY: YEAH. 94% OF THE TEAMS TO GO TO OKC HAS BEEN NATIONALLY SEEDED. THE LAST TIME WAS 2012 WHEN USF AND LSU BOTH MADE IT AS UNSEEDED TEAMS IN THE SAME YEAR. >> KAYLA: SUCH A BIG PIECE OF GEORGIA GETTING THERE WAS THE LAST TWO BATTERS AND WE DIDN'T GET TO TALK ABOUT THEM. HOW BIG OF A DEAL THIS IS. BUT A BIG DEAL. YOU JUST GOT OUT KENDYL LINDAMAN AND CHARLA ECHOLS. THOSE YOUR TWO TOUGHEST OUTS OF THE ENTIRE WEEKEND AND YOU MADE IT LOOK EASY IF YOU ARE MARY WILSON AVANT. YOU CAN'T SAY ENOUGH AND PERFORMANCE TODAY. THE GRITTINESS AND GUTTINESS. SHE HAS NOT JUST PITCHED WELL. SHE HAS DOMINATED THIS TEAM. IT HAS BEEN FIRST SHOW AND FLORIDA COMING INTO THE BOX AND GOING BACK TO THE DUGOUT PRETTY QUICKLY. >> COURTNEY: AVANT NINE STRIKEOUTS YESTERDAY. GAVE UP THREE HITS. SHE HAS GIVEN UP THREE HITS TODAY. FOUR STRIKEOUTS. ALL OF THOSE TODAY, THOUGH, HAVE BEEN LOOKING. >> KAYLA: YEAH. SHE HAS THIS GATOR TEAM PERPLEXED. THEY DON'T HAVE A PLAN. SHE'S BEEN MIXING UP HER PITCHES AND LOCATIONS SO WELL. THEY HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO SIT ON ONE THING TODAY. AND THAT IS ADVANTAGE. WE SAW HOW IMPORTANT IT WAS FOR GEORGIA TO SIT ON THE SCREWBALL FROM HIGHTOWER. TO REALLY CRUSH THAT INSIDE PITCH. MARY WILSON AVANT DIDN'T GIVE FLORIDA THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THE SAME THING. >> COURTNEY: COTTRILL CONNECTS FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THIS SUPER REGIONAL. SHE HAS A HIT. SENDS IT RIGHT UP THE MIDDLE. >> KAYLA: SHOWING A LITTLE LIFE HERE FOR THE GATORS. GOT TO BE ONE HIT AT A TIME. THEY HAVE A HILL TO CLIMB. ONE HIT. CHIPPING AWAY IS ONLY GOING TO HELP. >> COURTNEY: TWO OUTS. RUNNER ON FOR BAYLEE GODDARD WHO DOES HAVE A HIT AGAINST MARY WILSON AVANT. THAT WAS IN THE FOURTH INNING. WHEN FLORIDA HAS GOTTEN ON IN THIS SUPER REGIONAL, THEY HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO HELP THEM OUT. 0-13 WITH RUNNERS ON. WOW. THAT IS AN IMPRESSIVE NOTE. HAVEN'T BEEN SHUTOUT IN BACK-TO-BACK GAMES SINCE 2012. HAVEN'T LOST BACK-TO-BACK GAMES THIS SEASON. THREE BALLS TO BAYLEE GODDARD. FLORIDA KNOWS WHAT IT IS LIKE TO GO TO OKC. THEY HAVE WON A COUPLE OF NATIONAL TITLES. THEY HAVE BEEN TO THE LAST THREE WOMEN'S COLLEGE WORLD SERIES AND THAT IS IN DANGER RIGHT NOW. FIRST STRIKE COMES INTO GODDARD. COTTRILL GOT ON WITH HER FIRST HIT OF THE SUPER REGIONAL. SHE'S AT FIRST FOR GODDARD WITH TWO OUTS. FREE PASS TO BAYLEE GODDARD. EMILY WILKIE STEPS IN. SHE CAME IN AS A PINCH RUNNER AND NOW WHETHER BAT IN JORDAN MATTHEWS' SPOT. WILKIE A FRESHMAN OUT OF GEORGIA. FACING HER HOME STATE. 0-3 YESTERDAY. HER FIRST LOOK TODAY AT AVANT. >> KAYLA: TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK TO THE FRESHMAN. GIVE HER SOME HELP IN TERMS OF WHAT AVANT IS THROWING. WHAT THE APPROACH SHOULD BE HERE. TRYING TO GET SOME HELP WITH RUNNERS IN SCORING POSITION AND TRYING TO MAKE SOMETHING HAPPEN FOR FLORIDA. ON THEIR LAST FOUR OUTS OF THIS BALL GAME. AND MEANWHILE, MARY WILSON AVANT, WE TALKED ABOUT HOW SUCCESSFUL SHE HAS BEEN. THAT WAS HER FIRST WALK OF THE GAME SHE JUST GAVE UP. NOT ONLY DOES SHE HAVE GOOD MOVEMENT, BUT SHE REALLY HASN'T GIVEN UP ANY FREE PASSES WHICH IS IMPORTANT, ESPECIALLY AFTER GIVING UP A HIT BY PITCH IN THE FIRST INNING. SHE HAS COME BACK AND PLAYED REALLY CLEAN SOFTBALL IN THE CIRCLE. >> COURTNEY: ONLY WALKED TWO YESTERDAY. BACK-TO-BACK STRIKES TO WILKIE. FOUL TERRITORY. GEORGIA IS HUSTLING AND THEY MAKE THE PLAY. CHAMBLEY GETS THERE. GEORGIA CAN FEEL IT. SO CLOSE TO THE WORLD SERIES. >> COURTNEY: GEORGIA KNOWS WHAT IT FEELS LIKE TO GET TO THE WOMEN'S COLLEGE WORLD SERIES. THEY LAST DID IT IN 2018 WHEN THEY TOOK DOWN TENNESSEE IN THE SUPER REGIONALS. FEELING GOOD HERE ON THE ROAD IN GAINESVILLE. THEY WON GAME ONE 4-0. THEY ARE UP 6-0 RIGHT NOW IN THE BOTTOM OF THE SIXTH AGAINST THE FOUR SEED IN THIS TOURNAMENT. IT WOULD BE THE FIRST TIME GEORGIA HAS MADE IT THERE AS AN UNSEEDED TEAM. >> KAYLA: GEORGIA HAS BEEN IN THE DRIVER'S SEAT THIS ENTIRE WEEKEND. IT HAS BEEN REALLY IMPRESSIVE TO SEE THE MENTALITY, THE ENERGY THAT THEY HAVE BROUGHT. AND COACH LU HARRIS-CHAMPER UNDERSTANDS SHE HAD A YOUNG TEAM AND THE GOAL IS TO GET THEM TO BE PLAYING THEIR BEST SOFTBALL HERE AT THE END. AND HERE THEY ARE. THEY HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO WALK THIS THING OFF IF THEY SCORE TWO RUNS IN THIS INNING AND OFFICIALLY PUNCH THEIR TICKET. THEY ARE THE HOME TEAM TODAY. THEY DON'T HAVE TO GO TO THE BOTTOM HALF OF THIS INNING. EXCUSE ME. THE TO HAVE HAPPEN OF THE SEVENTH I SHOULD SAY. >> COURTNEY: TWO RUNS WOULD WIN IT VIE WITH THE RUN-RULE. NEW PITCHER IN THE CIRCLE, RYLEE TRLICEK. SIKES HAS BEEN SO PATIENT TODAY. THREE WALKS. >> KAYLA: REALLY NICE JOB OF UNDERSTANDING HER ROLE AS THE LEAD-OFF HITTER. SHE DIDN'T GET ON BASE IN YESTERDAY'S GAME. SHE DID GET ON BASE TODAY WITH SOME FREE PASSES, WORKING THE STRIKE ZONE. MAKING SURE SHE FOULS OFF PITCHES THAT ARE CLOSE. MAKING IT REALLY TOUGH ON THESE FLORIDA PITCHERS. 2-2. SIKES HAS HERSELF A FULL COUNT AGAIN.2-2. SIKES HAS HERSELF A FULL COUNT AGAIN. JUST FOUL. >> KAYLA: IT IS NO SURPRISE WE ARE SEEING ANOTHER GREAT AT-BAT FROM SAVANA SIKES. AND IT IS SO IMPORTANT AS THE LEAD-OFF HITTER, IF YOU SET THE TONE IN SO MANY DIFFERENT WAYS. SHE SET THE TONE IN THE VERY FIRST INNING OF THIS BALL GAME BUT FINDING A WAY TO GET ON BASE AND IT WAS A HIT BY PITCH. REALLY TIGHT ON THE CHALK. MADE HIGHTOWER THROW IT TIGHT AND IN ON THE HANDS. FIND YOUR WAY TO GET ON IN THE FIRST INNING OF THIS BALL GAME. >> COURTNEY: WALKS AGAIN. OTHER GAMES STARTING TO GET UNDER WAY. LET'S GO BACK TO THE STUDIO WITH KRIS AND JEN. >> KRIS: THANK YOU. THAT KENTUCKY/ALABAMA GAME GETTING UNDER WAY ON ESPN NEWS. ABBERTHANY COMING OFF A SOLID GAME. >> JEN: HITTING .363 ENTERING THIS GAME. BUT NO HIT BIGGER THAN THE ONE IN SEVENTH YESTERDAY. >> KRIS: AGAIN, ON ESPN NEWS RIGHT NOW. >> COURTNEY: LADIES, THANK YOU. THE WINNING RUN IS AT THE PLATE AND SYDNEY KUMA, I KNOW HOW YOU CAN SAY IT. DESTROYED A SOFTBALL IN THE FIFTH INNING. >> KAYLA: YEAH. SHE MASHED IT. I MEAN, WE CAN SEE THE FIELD AND SHE HIT INTO THE PALM TREES DEEP BEHIND CENTER FIELD. THIS WAS A SCARY SWING. [LAUGHTER] >> KAYLA: YOU JUST SAW THIS BALL JUMP OFF THE BAT. YOU DIDN'T HEAR IT. YOU COULD FEEL IT IN THE STADIUM. RIGHT THERE. OFF THE DEEP PALM TREES. I FELT THAT ONE IN MY CHEST. >> COURTNEY: YEAH. [LAUGHTER] >> KAYLA: PAST 220 IN DEAD CENTER FIELD. >> COURTNEY: WHAT DID THAT TREE EVER DO TO HER? >> KAYLA: GOSH. PUT A HURTING ON THE TREE. [LAUGHTER] >> COURTNEY: THIS IS SUCH A TYPICAL GEORGIA TEAM OVER THE YEARS. >> KAYLA: THAT CRAZY, SCARY POP. COACH LU HARRIS-CHAMPER LOVES TO RECRUIT SOME HITTERS THAT AGGRESSIVE AT THE PLATE AND HAVE JUMPY MOVEMENT. >> COURTNEY: REMEMBER, A WIN FOR GEORGIA, THEY MOVE ON TO THE WOMEN'S COLLEGE WORLD SERIES. THEY WILL FACE EITHER TEXAS OR OKLAHOMA STATE. THAT GAME TWO WILL START LATER AT 4:00 HERE ON ESPN. >> KAYLA: AND IF OKLAHOMA STATE IS ABLE TO PULL OFF A VICTORY AGAINST TEXAS AND GEORGIA'S SCORE HOLDS, THESE TEAMS ARE A LOT ALIKE. THEY HAVE SOME ELECTRIC HITTERS. >> COURTNEY: OKLAHOMA STATE HAD FOUR HOME RUNS YESTERDAY. >> KAYLA: NOT THE MENTION THERE'S A COUPLE OF COWGIRLS THAT ARE FORMER BULLDOGS IN THAT LINEUP. >> COURTNEY: THAT IS VERY TRUE. THINGS COULD GET A LITTLE SPICY. AND KUMA STRIKES OUT. LACEY FINCHER NOW REPRESENTING THE WINNING RUN AT THE PLATE. SAVANA SIKES STARTED THE INNING WITH A WALK. FINCHER HAD AN R.B.I. SINGLE IN THE FIRST INNING. SHE IS THEIR HOME RUN LEADER WITH 15 ON THE YEAR. TURNOVER THE GLOVE OF GODDARD IN RIGHT FIELD. TWO IN SCORING POSITION. LACEY FINCHER A BIG HIT FOR THE BULLDOGS! SHE IS NOW THE WINNING RUN AT SECOND FOR MS. CLUTCH, IF YOU WILL. SARA MOSLEY. >> KAYLA: CHEERING FROM MOSLEY'S TEAMMATES. THEY HAVE SO MUCH CONFIDENCE AND FAITH IN HER AT THE PLATE. HER ABILITY TO STEP UP IN BIG MOMENTS. WE HAVE SEEN HER WIN BALL GAMES. WE HAVE SEEN HER COME UP WITH BIG TIME HITS WHEN NEEDED THE MOST. FACING OKLAHOMA. SHE HAS COME UP WITH BIG TIME MOMENTUM AND THEY ARE NOT EVEN GOING TO GIVE HER A CHANCE TO HIT BECAUSE HE IS DANGEROUS. BUT THIS WHOLE LINEUP IS DANGEROUS. THERE'S NO SUPERSTAR ON THIS TEAM. THERE'S NOBODY THAT IS GOING TO BEAT YOU SINGLE-HANDEDLY. ONCE AGAIN, WHO IS LOOMING ON DECK? SOMEBODY THAT HAS ALREADY HIT A HOME RUN, JAYDA KEARNEY. >> COURTNEY: AND THIS SITUATION IS ALL ABOUT FLORIDA TRYING TO PLAY IN THE HANDS OF THEIR QUALITY DEFENSE. >> KAYLA: TRYING TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO TURN A PLAY AND GET OUT OF THIS INNING AND GIVE THEMSELVES AN OPPORTUNITY. THEY WILL TAKE THAT RISK BECAUSE THE RUNNER ON FIRST REALLY DOESN'T MATTER AT THIS POINT. IT IS ALL ABOUT THE RUNNER ON SECOND BASE THAT WILL PUT A NAIL IN THE COFFIN OF THIS GAME. >> COURTNEY: JAYDA KEARNEY BACK IN THE THIRD. NEED WE REMIND YOU? >> KAYLA: GOT A MISTAKE BY ELIZABETH HIGHTOWER AND JUST TORCHED THIS ONE OUT OF THE PARK. THE TEAM IS LOVING IT. THEY ARE WAVING THE RALLY TOWEL. THEY ARE FIRED UP. >> COURTNEY: THAT WAS HER SIXTH HOME RUN OF THE SEASON. THEY GO TO NATALIE LUGO WHO GOT THE START YESTERDAY IN GRAHAM -- GAME ONE. >> KAYLA: I DIDN'T THINK WE WERE GOING TO SEE FOUR DIFFERENT PITCHERS FROM FLORIDA TODAY. THAT IS A CREDIT TO THE PREPARATION AND READINESS OF THIS GEORGIA BULLDOGS OFFENSE. >> COURTNEY: SO MUCH ON THE LINE. FLORIDA PLAYING FOR ITS SEASON. GEORGIA A WIN AND THEY MOVE ON TO OKC. IT WOULD BE THE FIFTH APPEARANCE IN THE WOMEN'S COLLEGE WORLD SERIES FOR THE GEORGIA BULLDOGS. THAT WINNING RUN IS ON SECOND RIGHT NOW. THAT WOULD INVOKE THE RUN RULE. GEORGIA ONE OF SEVERAL TEAMS THAT HAS THE CHANCE TO PUNCH THEIR TICKET TO OKLAHOMA CITY. FLORIDA STATE DID IT LAST NIGHT. >> KAYLA: THIS IS A BIG DAY. I LOVE SEEING THE TEAMS THAT CAN ADVANCE TODAY. SUCH AN IMPORTANT THING TO BE ABLE TO PUNCH YOUR TICKET TO GO TO OKLAHOMA CITY WHETHER IT IS FOR THE FIRST TIME OR WHETHER IT IS GOING BACK. IT IS WHAT YOU LIVE FOR AS A SOFTBALL PLAYER. IT IS THE BIGGEST STAGE. YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO COMPETE FOR A NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP. IT DOESN'T GET ANY BETTER THAN THAT. >> COURTNEY: BIG MOMENT. LET'S CHECK IN WITH THE STUDIO REAL QUICK. >> KRIS: IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR THE KENTUCKY/ALABAMA GAME, THAT IS OVER ON ESPN NEWS RIGHT NOW. IT WILL MOVE TO ESPN 2 WHEN YOU GUYS WRAP UP THERE. >> COURTNEY: KRIS, THANK YOU. ALABAMA HAS THE CHANCE TO PUNCH ITS TICKET IF THEY COULD BE KENTUCKY TODAY. THEY DID IT LAST NIGHT. SO, A PINCH RUNNER COMES IN. C.J. LANDRUM HAS A LOT OF SPEED. SHE IS OUT AT SECOND BASE RIGHT NOW. SHE IS THE WINNING RUN. KEARNY AT THE PLATE -- KEARNEY AT THE PLATE. JAYDA KEARNEY DID FOUL TIP GET A HIT OFF OF NATALIE LUGO YESTERDAY. MUCH MORE SUCCESS TODAY. A HOME RUN AND A WALK. JAYDA KEARNEY JUST A FRESHMAN. A HUGE AT-BAT IN HER CAREER. >> KAYLA: ABSOLUTELY. YOU SEE HER TIME AND TIME AGAIN. THIS GEORGIA TEAM IS SO YOUNG. THEY HAVE NEVER BEEN HERE. BUT, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN'T HELP BUT CREDIT THEM FOR THE GROWTH THIS SEASON. AND JUST HELPING OUT MARY WILSON AVANT WITH THE OFFENSIVE SUPPORT THIS WEEKEND HAS BEEN SO KEY TO THEIR SUCCESS. >> COURTNEY: GEORGIA HAS PUT IT ALL TOGETHER. THE PITCHING. THE HITTING. THE DEFENSE HAS ALL BEEN THERE. THEY HAVE BEEN BUILDING UP ALL SEASON FOR THIS MOMENT AND IT IS PAYING OFF. LUGO GETS HER. >> KAYLA: WHEN NATALIE GOES IN, SHE IS GOING TO GO TO THIS OFF-SPEED. HER CHANGEUP IS SO EFFECTIVE. KEARNEY OUT IN FRONT. OFF BALANCE. THAT IS A GREAT JOB WITH THE BASES LOADED TO COME IN AND TAKE CARE OF BUSINESS ON THE FIRST BATTER YOU FACE WITH A CHANGEUP. >> COURTNEY: SYDNEY CHAMBLEY UP NEXT. SHE HAD THE WALK-OFF GRAND SLAM IN THE REGIONAL AGAINST WESTERN KENTUCKY. INTO THE GLOVE OF BUFFANO IN RIGHT. LAST CHANCE FOR THE GATORS. SEASON ON THE LINE. >> COURTNEY: GEORGIA KNOWS WHAT IT IS LIKE TO UPSET FLORIDA IN SUPER REGIONALS. BACK TO 2016. BOTTOM OF THE SEVENTH. TWO OUTS. A PINCH HIT HOME RUN. GEORGIA ADVANCED TO THE WOMEN'S COLLEGE WORLD SERIES. >> KAYLA: ONE OF THE THOSE EPIC MOMENTS. THIS WAS FLORIDA, THE NUMBER ONE SEED COMING OFF OF BACK-TO-BACK NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS. AND GEORGIA GOES INTO GAINESVILLE AND WALKS IT OFF. AND, YOU KNOW, YOU SEE FLORIDA HAS GONE TO BACK-TO-BACK CHAMPIONSHIPS. BUT FOR FLORIDA TO LOOK LIKE THEY DID THIS WEEKEND AND FOR GEORGIA TO COME OUT AND DOMINATE HAS BEEN IMPRESSIVE. AND THAT SHOWS IN THE POST-SEASON GEORGIA HAS BEAT FLORIDA FOUR OUT OF FIVE TIMES. >> COURTNEY: JUST IMPRESSIVE. AND MARY WILSON AVANT HAD BEEN A BIG PART OF THAT. GOT THE START YESTERDAY. STILL IN THERE AFTER GETTING THE START IN BACK-TO-BACK DAYS. >> KAYLA: NO RUNS ON THE WEEKEND. ONLY THREE WALKS. HAS 13 Ks. HER DEFENSE HAS BACK TO YOU HER UP. PLAYING IN THESE BIG MOMENTS FOR PLAYERS AND INDIVIDUALS TO STEP UP. AVANT HAS DONE JUST THAT THROUGH THE FIRST 13 INNINGS OF THIS SUPER REGIONALS. >> COURTNEY: IT WILL BE SEVEN, EIGHT AND NINE FOR FLORIDA WITH THE SEASON ON THE LINE. SLOW ROLLER TO ARMISTEAD AT SHORT. ONE AWAY. BACK TO THE STUDIO WITH KRIS. >> KRIS: COURTNEY, ALABAMA ALREADY ON THE BOARD WITH THIS TWO-RUN R.B.I. DOUBLE BY KAYLY. MACK SET THE TABLE. THEY PITCHED AROUND HEMPHILL. BACK TO YOU LADIES. >> COURTNEY: WE WILL GET YOU TO THAT GAME AS SOON AS WE ARE DONE HERE IN GAINESVILLE. REMEMBER, A WIN FOR ALABAMA AND THEY ADVANCE. PINCH HITTER FOR FLORIDA. KINSEY GOELZ. FIRST TIME WE HAVE SEEN HER AGAINST GEORGIA IN THIS SERIES. HITS HER IN THE KNEE. SECOND HIT BATTER TODAY. THEY WILL RE-ENTER SARAH LONGLEY TO RUN IN HER PLACE. >> KAYLA: THAT WAS THE BEST FLORIDA COULD HOPE TO GET, A FREE PASS. REALLY WHAT AVANT HASN'T GIVEN UP. THAT SETS THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE TOP OF THE LINEUP TO COME BACK UP TO MAKE THE MAGIC HAPPEN. >> COURTNEY: FIRST-PITCH STRIKE TO LINDSEY. FLORIDA IN THIS SERIES 0-14 WITH RUNNERS ON. KUMA AT SECOND. NO CHANCE TO TURN TWO. BUT THEY DO GET THE SECOND OUT. LAST OUT NOW. IT WILL BE THE TOP OF THE ORDER FOR FLORIDA. WHAT AN OPPORTUNITY FOR HANNAH ADAMS. >> KAYLA: THIS IS ONE OF THE THOSE MOMENTS FOR HANNAH ADAMS SHE'S NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO COME BACK IN THIS BALL GAME WITH ONE SWING. BUT SHE COULD HELP CHIP AWAY. SHE COULD HAVE A QUALITY AT-BAT TO GIVE SOME KIND OF MOMENTUM TO THIS GATOR OFFENSE. SHE'S A LEADER FOR THIS TEAM AND YOU DON'T WANT ANYBODY ELSE UP. SHE HAS BEEN CLUTCH ALL SEASON LONG. IF ANYBODY IS GOING TO GET THE JOB DONE, IT IS GOING TO BE HANNAH ADAMS. OTHERWISE THEIR SEASON IS GOING TO BE OVER. >> COURTNEY: OKC THE BULLDOGS ARE COMING FOR YA! UNSEEDED. UNFAZED. GEORGIA IS MOVING ON TO ITS FIFTH WOMEN'S COLLEGE WORLD SERIES. >> KAYLA: WHAT AN INCREDIBLE PERFORMANCE FROM THE GEORGIA BULLDOGS THIS WEEKEND. THEY DOMINATED THE GATORS FOR TWO STRAIGHT GAMES. MARY WILSON AVANT PUTTING THE TEAM ON HER BACK AND SAID I AM TAKING US TO OKLAHOMA CITY TO GET A CHANCE TO COMPETE FOR A NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP. SHE GAVE UP NO RUNS ON THE WEEKEND. AND THE OFFENSE CAME TO SUPPORT HER. ONE THROUGH NINE, EVERYBODY IN THIS LINEUP STEPPED UP. EVERYBODY CAME THROUGH. THEY GOT THE BIG TIME PERFORMANCES THAT THEY NEEDED. THEY'RE PLAYING THEIR BEST SOFTBALL RIGHT NOW AND IT SHOWED AGAINST THE GATORS THIS WEEKEND. >> COURTNEY: GEORGIA LOST SEVEN STRAIGHT BEFORE THIS TOURNAMENT. FLUSHED IT. THEY HAVE WON EVERY GAME SO FAR IN THE NCAA TOURNAMENT. THEY UPSET THE NO. 4 SEED. FLORIDA IS DONE AND THEY DO IT ON THEIR HOME FIELD HERE IN GAINESVILLE. THIS IS WHY YOU PLAY THE GAME. >> KAYLA: IT IS FOR MOMENTS LIKE THIS. IT IS FOR THE UNDERDOG. IT IS FOR THE UPSETS. YOU NEVER KNOW UNTIL YOU GET THERE AND IT WAS ABOUT WHO WOULD SHOW UP AND PLAY THE BEST SOFTBALL RIGHT NOW ON THE FIELD TODAY. GEORGIA DID THAT IN BACK-TO-BACK DAYS. >> COURTNEY: HISTORY MADE FOR THE GEORGIA BULLDOGS. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME IN A SUPER REGIONAL THEY HAVE TAKEN DOWN FLORIDA. THEY ARE GOING BACK TO OKLAHOMA CITY. OUR SECOND TEAM WHO HAS PUNCHED ITS TICKETING TO BIGGEST DANCE ON THE SOFTBALL FIELD. >> KAYLA: THEY LOVE THAT. THEY HAVE THE TICKET IN HAND. THEY ARE DESERVING OF THIS TRIP. TO BE ABLE TO COME TO A HOSTILE ENVIRONMENT IN GAINESVILLE, TO WIN ON THE ROAD. TO WIN AGAINST ONE OF THE TOUGHEST TEAMS IS A BIG DEAL. THEY ARE YOUNG. THEY ARE FIERY AND THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE SOME WAVES WHEN THEY PLAY WITH THE FINAL EIGHT TEAMS. >> COURTNEY: WHAT A FEELING FOR MARY WILSON AVANT. STARTING BACK-TO-BACK GAMES. HER DEFENSE BACKING HER UP TO GET THIS GEORGIA PROGRAM TO ITS FIFTH WORLD SERIES. AND NOBODY WANTS TO FACE GEORGIA RIGHT NOW. THEY ARE DANGEROUS. >> KAYLA: THEY ARE DANGEROUS. THEY ARE HOT. [LAUGHTER] >> KAYLA: THEY ARE A TOUGH TEAM TO BEAT OFFENSIVELY. AND IT IS GOING TO BE A GOOD SHOW TO HAVE THEM DOWN IN OKC. >> COURTNEY: GEORGIA IS IN. THEY JOIN FLORIDA STATE AS THE FIRST TWO TEAMS IN OKC. THEY GET THE WINNER OF TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA STATE. SEASON CONTINUES FOR THE GEORGIA BULLDOGS.