Monday, June 9, 2008

Defending champ Arizona out of Women’s College World Series

We can control our attitude. That's something we worked on, and it happened."Mowatt was the star of Arizona's gritty run to the championship last season, throwing more than 1,000 pitches in a World Series record 60 innings as the Wildcats won five games while facing elimination."This year, the luck was not on our side," Mowatt said. "Alabama got the key hit when they needed it, they had balls falling in where nobody was, and that's basically what happened."Stacie Chambers drove in the Wildcats' only run with an RBI single in the bottom of the fourth, tying the game after Morgan's solo homer in the top of the inning."As a senior, it's something that you totally just don't expect," Arizona catcher Callista Balko said. "We came in here not expecting to be done with in two games."Sun Devils moving onLesley Rogers and Krista Donnenwirth each had an RBI single to cash in after UCLA intentionally walked Kaitlin Cochran as Arizona State took down the Bruins 4-0 on Friday.Arizona State coach Clint Myers moved Cochran into the leadoff spot after Alabama walked her in all three plate appearances a night earlier, the final one leading to the Sun Devils' winning rally.


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