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Day, Czech help Texas top Oklahoma State, stay alive in WCWS
Texas’ victory forced a second game between the teams later Monday night, with the winner advancing to play No. 1 seed and defending national champion Oklahoma in a best-of-three championship series starting Wednesday.
OKLAHOMA CITY - Courtney Day hit a three-run homer, Estelle Czech threw a four-hitter and Texas kept its season alive with a 5-0 win over No. 7 seed Oklahoma State in the Women's College World Series semifinals on Monday night.
Texas’ victory forced a second game between the teams later Monday night, with the winner advancing to play No. 1 seed and defending national champion Oklahoma in a best-of-three championship series starting Wednesday.
Oklahoma State (48-13) entered Monday unbeaten in the double-elimination format and Texas had a loss, meaning the Longhorns (46-20-1) needed to win twice to advance. The Cowgirls had won all four previous meetings with the Longhorns this season.
But Texas got a strong performance from Czech. She walked three, struck out three and allowed Texas to save ace Hailey Dolcini. Czech (13-1) had thrown 3 2/3 innings of shutout relief in an elimination-game victory over Arizona on Sunday.
Morgan Day (13-5) went the distance for the Cowgirls, who did not use ace Kelly Maxwell.
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