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© St. Petersburg Times, published May 21, 2001
FSU softball loses with 2 out in 10th
TALLAHASSEE -- Cal scored two in the bottom of the 10th inning to defeat Florida State 3-2 in a softball region final Sunday.
The Seminoles broke a six-inning scoreless drought to take a 2-1 lead in the 10th. Cal was down to its last strike when No. 9 hitter Kristen Morley hit a two-run double off Leslie Malerich, sending the Bears to the World Series.
"You have to give a lot of credit to Cal," Seminoles coach JoAnne Graf said. "They played a great game and they hung around the whole time. I thought that once we got two out we were going to get out of that inning (the 10th). Their kid just got a great hit."
For the first time in three meetings with Cal at the Tallahassee region, the Seminoles scored first, taking a 1-0 lead in the first inning. Brandi Stuart's single scored Kimmy Carter.
The Bears tied the score in the third, and with two out in the 10th, Carter drove in the go-ahead run.
The Seminoles made their deepest run into the post-season since they advanced to the World Series in 1993.
MICHIGAN 12, USF 5: The Wolverines won in Tuscaloosa, Ala., and advanced to the World Series.
WOMEN: Top-seeded Stanford defeated No. 4 Florida 4-1 and plays Vanderbilt at 10 this morning for the NCAA title. The Commodores upset defending champion and No. 2 Georgia 4-2. Vanderbilt is making its first appearance in the NCAA final.
"Stanford did a better job of taking care of opportunities than we did, and we had plenty of opportunities," UF coach Andy Brandi said. "This has been a very good year overall. We succeeded in winning an SEC title and were competitive in every match we played."
Stephanie Hazlett provided Florida's victory with a 6-2, 6-4 win over Lauren Barnikow at the No. 4 position. Hazlett ends her career with a 102-24 singles record and 78-17 doubles record.
UF's Whitney Laiho, Jessica Lehnhoff and Lindsay Dawaf were selected for the 64-player singles championships, which begins Tuesday.
GEORGIA TECH INVITATIONAL: Miami sophomore Saraque Whittaker broke the school record in the 400 meters and locked up a berth in the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships May 30-June 2, in Eugene, Ore. Whittaker's time was 52.77. ... Jacksonville University sophomore Andrea Pressley was second in the heptathlon with a personal-best score of 5,443.