FSU softball rallies past Oklahoma State on ninth-inning error

No. 4-ranked Florida State scored the successful run on an error within the backside of the ninth inning Thursday night time and beat No. 7 Oklahoma State 2-1 earlier than 1,160 softball followers at Jo Anne Graf Subject in Tallahassee, Florida.

Former Southmoore star Sydney Sherrill, who walked with one out within the inning, scored three batters in a while the error that helped the Seminoles (44-5) win a battle of two of the nation’s prime softball groups. 

The end result ruined an in any other case wonderful sport for OSU pitcher Kelly Maxwell. She allowed simply 4 hits and two walks whereas hanging out 12. 

OSU (38-8) had a 1-0 lead after 2 1/2 innings, getting an RBI single from Katelynn Carwile. Florida State tied it within the fourth on Mack Leonard’s single.

The groups wrap up the two-game collection with a 5 p.m. sport on Friday. The sport will probably be televised by ESPNU.

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Defending champ Bucks advance

Giannis Antetokounmpo had 33 factors and 9 rebounds and the defending NBA champion Milwaukee Bucks routed the Chicago Bulls 116-100 on Wednesday night time to complete off the first-round collection in 5 video games.

The third-seeded Bucks superior to face second-seeded Boston within the Japanese Convention semifinals, with Recreation 1 on Sunday in Boston.

WARRIORS 102, NUGGETS 98: Stephen Curry scored 30 factors in his return to Golden State’s beginning lineup and the Warriors beat Nikola Jokic and the Denver Nuggets to finish their first-round playoff collection in 5 video games.

Curry transformed a three-point play with 1:33 left and scored once more with 29 seconds remaining to assist ship the Warriors on to the second spherical within the Western Convention in opposition to both Minnesota or Memphis. Jokic scored 12 of his 30 factors within the ultimate 3:46 and completed with 19 rebounds and eight assists.

ETC. The NBA fined two Miami Warmth gamers and the staff itself a complete of $55,000 on Thursday, over two incidents within the staff’s series-clinching win earlier this week in opposition to the Atlanta Hawks. Markieff Morris was fined $25,000 for interfering with stay sport play whereas on the bench. Jimmy Butler was fined $15,000 for making what it described as an obscene gesture and the Warmth had been additionally fined $15,000 for turning a video of the gesture right into a social media submit. The social media submit has since been deleted from the staff account.

OU males’s golf to host regional

The highest-ranked Oklahoma males’s golf staff, recent off of successful the Large 12 Match, will host an NCAA Regional for the primary time since 2018 at Jimmie Austin OU Golf Membership.  

The regional is scheduled for Might 16-18. Every regional could have 13 or 14 groups, with the highest 5 squads advancing after 54 holes of stroke play. The NCAA Golf Choice present airs on the Golf Channel at 4 p.m. on Might 4. The Sooners will be taught who their competitors will probably be at the moment.

Spectators can attend the regional without cost and tee instances will probably be printed the week of the competitors.

Further factors

COLLEGE SOFTBALL: James Madison softball participant Lauren Bernett died by suicide, the Western Workplace of the Chief Medical Examiner in Virginia stated Thursday. The 20-year-old was a sophomore catcher and a key contributor for the Dukes’ run in final spring’s Ladies’s Faculty World Collection. …

Oklahoma pitcher Jordy Bahl is one in every of 25 finalists for the Schutt Sports activities/NFCA Division I Nationwide Freshman of the 12 months Award. Bahl sports activities a 0.98 ERA with 181 strikeouts in 114 2/3 innings for the nation’s No. 1-ranked staff.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Gonzaga guard Rasir Bolton has turn into the fifth starter to declare for the NBA draft. He introduced his resolution on social media. Bolton performed one season at Penn State and two extra at Iowa State earlier than transferring to Gonzaga. He’s eligible for a second season at Gonzaga as a consequence of a COVID-19 waiver granted to all gamers who competed in 2020-21.

4 different Gonzaga starters have submitted their names to the draft, together with projected first-round choose Chet Holmgren, ahead Drew Timme, wing Julian Strawther and level guard Andrew Nembhard.

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