Friday, June 2
Oklahoma City, OK
10:00 AM
University of Washington
44-13
4
vs
1
Utah
42-15
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
R
H
E
Utah
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
3
1
Washington
0
2
0
1
0
1
X
4
7
1
Photo by: Mario Terrana
Washington Opens WCWS With Win Over Utah
June 02, 2023 | Softball
OKLAHOMA CITY – The Huskies opened their Women's College World Series run with a 4-1 victory over Utah on Friday afternoon at USA Softball Hall of Fame Stadium.
Ruby Meylan got the start in the circle for the Huskies and tossed 3.1 innings with two hits and one run allowed with a strikeout. Lindsay Lopez picked up her 14th win after coming in relief with only one run allowed and two strikeouts.
After a scoreless frame for both teams to start, Utah brought across the first run of the contest on back-to-back doubles from the bottom of the order.
The Huskies answered right back. SilentRain Espinoza drew a four pitch two-out walk and Rylee Holtorf brought her across on the sophomore's fifth home run of the season.
Holtorf kept her hot bat going in the fourth with her third RBI of the day on a single up the middle to drive in pinch runner Avery Hobson from second for a 3-1 advantage.
Olivia Johnson tacked on another run in the sixth on a sacrifice fly to take a three-run lead. Lopez closed out the game by retiring the side to secure the 4-1 victory for the Huskies.
Washington moves on to the winner's bracket and will face the third-seed Florida State Seminoles on Saturday at 4 p.m. PT/6 p.m. CT. For all the latest tournament information, visit the tournament central page.
For more information on the UW softball team, follow @UWSoftball on Twitter and Instagram.
Ruby Meylan got the start in the circle for the Huskies and tossed 3.1 innings with two hits and one run allowed with a strikeout. Lindsay Lopez picked up her 14th win after coming in relief with only one run allowed and two strikeouts.
After a scoreless frame for both teams to start, Utah brought across the first run of the contest on back-to-back doubles from the bottom of the order.
The Huskies answered right back. SilentRain Espinoza drew a four pitch two-out walk and Rylee Holtorf brought her across on the sophomore's fifth home run of the season.
Holtorf kept her hot bat going in the fourth with her third RBI of the day on a single up the middle to drive in pinch runner Avery Hobson from second for a 3-1 advantage.
Olivia Johnson tacked on another run in the sixth on a sacrifice fly to take a three-run lead. Lopez closed out the game by retiring the side to secure the 4-1 victory for the Huskies.
Washington moves on to the winner's bracket and will face the third-seed Florida State Seminoles on Saturday at 4 p.m. PT/6 p.m. CT. For all the latest tournament information, visit the tournament central page.
For more information on the UW softball team, follow @UWSoftball on Twitter and Instagram.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Lopez, Lindsay (14-3)
L: Lopez, Mariah (23-7)
Batting:
2B: Denning, Haley 1 ; Lundberg, Kendall 1
RBI: Lundberg, Kendall 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Denning, Haley 1
HBP: Bonstrom, Ellessa 1
Batting:
HR: Holtorf, Rylee 1
RBI: Holtorf, Rylee 3 ; Johnson, Olivia 1
SF: Johnson, Olivia 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Lynch, Kelley 1 ; Hobson, Avery 1 ; Espinoza, SilentRain 1 ; Holtorf, Rylee 1
SB: Hobson, Avery 1 ; Carter, Brooklyn 1
Game Leaders
AB
3
R
1
H
3
RBI
3
AB
3
R
1
H
2
RBI
0
AB
3
R
0
H
1
RBI
0
AB
1
R
0
H
1
RBI
0
Players Mentioned
INF
/ Softball
OF
/ Softball
INF
/ Softball
C/1B
/ Softball
P
/ Softball
P
/ SoftballWashington 8, BYU 3 | Huskies Highlights
Sunday, February 22
Washington 5, Auburn 2 | Huskies Highlights
Saturday, February 21
GISELLE BREAKS THIS GAME WIDE OPEN 🤩 5-0 DAWGS.
Saturday, February 21
RBI triple for Sophi to bring in Bub!
Saturday, February 21
