SB: Eugene Super Regional vs Liberty (May 23-25)

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[DmoneyDuck]

Liberty is probably so sick of seeing Oregon Athletics in the postseason

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For those who missed the game, here's the entire game:

[Greenblood]

I'm SO impressed with this team. After getting slaughtered by Stanford in the Regional to rebound by winning three straight including falling behind Stanford by four TWICE in the deciding game before winning in a walk-off . . . Then in the Super Regional grinding out a win with Grein still struggling Friday evening . . . Then Grein starts off the second game by giving up a home run and a single. It just didn't look good. But it's as if she decided that she's going to pitch the way she knows how to pitch, whatever happens. I think she'd lost her confidence after getting roughed up a bit and became timid, forgetting what made her so good in the first place and realizing that every pitcher is going to get touched now and then. Seems like exactly what we needed going into the WCWS.

[StevensTechU]

If Grein pitches like she did yesterday, Oregon has a real chance in the WCWS. It's been awesome to see Chambers and Dez and so many others be heroes for a game or two, but Oregon is gonna need an ace. That was a great sign yesterday.

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Oregon has been lucky that Chambers and Sokolsky have both stepped up with Grein struggling to regain her confidence and control.

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With UCLA advancing from their Super Regional against South Carolina, Oregon will face them on Thursday in OKC.

[Greenblood]

With UCLA advancing from their Super Regional against South Carolina, Oregon will face them on Thursday in OKC.

I'm assuming you'll create a WCWS thread. My understanding is that the eight teams are broken into two sets of four, where each set of four works as a double-elimination situation (like the Regionals). The winner of each set of four then meet each other for a best of three to determine the champion (like the Super Regionals).

I don't know if the other two teams that will be in Oregon and UCLA's "pod" have been decided yet.

[Greenblood]

Actually, it might be a bit more complicated. From Wikipedia:

" . . . the WCWS initially divides the eight teams ranked one (the top seed) thru eight and are then divided into two brackets of four teams. The teams play their first-round match up as follows: 1 v 8, 2 v 7, 3 v 6 and 4 v 5. Unique to the WCWS is that the loser of the first-round game on one side of the bracket crosses over to the loser's bracket on the other side. Suffering a second loss eliminates said team from the WCWS. Round number two will feature the four winners of round-one games against each other, with the highest remaining seed vs the lowest remaining undefeated seed. In the losers bracket, the four first round losers face each other, with the two winners advancing while the losers who suffer their second loss are eliminated from tourney play. Round three features the two losing teams from round two (winners bracket) vs round two-winners (from losers bracket) while the remaining two undefeated teams get a day of rest. Once round three is complete, there will now be four teams eliminated. The remaining four teams will then play each other in round four, with one team with one loss playing one team with no losses. If a team with a loss loses again, they are eliminated. If teams with no losses suffer a (first) loss, the remaining teams will then be realigned and forced to play one last time, with the winners advancing to the best-of-three championship series. If by chance one or both unbeaten teams win in round four, then that team (or both teams) advances to the best-of-three championship series. From there games are cut to one game per day over the next three days (weather pending). This feature allows any two of the eight WCWS teams to potentially comprise the final two, unlike the MCWS, whose two halves remain separate until the championship series."

[duckfan96]

Ole miss and Texas tech Oregon and ucla in bracket 2

[StevensTechU]

Ole miss and Texas tech Oregon and ucla in bracket 2

That's phenomenal, minus having Nijaree Canady at Texas Tech.