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TULSA, Okla. – Top overall seed USF used a pair of home runs to pull away from No. 4 seed Houston in the first semifinals match of the day Friday afternoon at the Collins Family Softball Complex. The Bulls topped the Cougars, 4-1, and advanced to the American Softball Championship game with the win. USF will face the winner of the UCF/Tulsa semifinal in the Championship match Saturday at 11 a.m. CT (ESPN).
The Bulls (44-13) got on the scoreboard first in the second inning. Cassidy Boyle scored on a Houston error and Astin Donovan’s right side single plated Coyle later in the inning to give USF a 2-0 advantage. The Bulls increased its lead to 4-0 in the fifth when Lee Ann Spivey and Lauren Evans each hit solo home runs.
The Cougars (27-29) added a run of their own in the top of the sixth when Brooke Vannoy crossed the plate on a USF error.
Seven different players had a hit for the Bulls while Vannoy, Elise LeBeouf and Megan Noel paced Houston with one hit apiece.
Julana Shrum pitched a complete game for the Cougars and fell to 8-10 with the loss. Erica Nunn (USF) picked up her 27
th victory of the season in the circle with the win.
Quarterfinals - Thursday, May 12
(All games on The American Digital Network)
Game 1 – No. 4 Houston 5, No. 5 Memphis 4 (10)
Game 2 – No. 2 UCF 3, No. 7 UConn 2
Game 3 – No. 3 Tulsa 2, No. 6 East Carolina 0
Semifinals - Friday, May 13
(All games on The American Digital Network)
Game 4 – No. 1 USF 4, No. 4 Houston 1
Game 5 – No. 3 Tulsa vs. No. 2 UCF, 4:30 p.m. ET/3:30 p.m. CT
Championship - Saturday, May 14
(Televised live on ESPN)
Game 6 – No. 1 USF vs. Game 5 winner, Noon ET/11 a.m. CT