Ncaa softball world series 2009
Ncaa softball world series 2009, After a 15-year absence, Missouri’s return under coach Ehren Earleywine to collegiate softball’s biggest stage, the Women’s College World Series, has more than a little something to do with a dad, his child, an Iowa cornfield and one man’s willingness to suspend his disbelief in pursuit of a dream.
Ncaa softball world series 2009, the story could open with a voice coming out of nowhere one day, but it wasn’t so much whispering vague instructions about construction projects to Earleywine as electronically pleading for a chance. All Rich Thomas wanted was for the coach to take a look at his hard-throwing daughter.
But a video followed from Thomas, a high school coach, complete with a sound that spoke far more authoritatively than any ghostly whisper — or even anything James Earl Jones might say.
There are few lengths college coaches won’t go to in order to shore up their pitching for the next four years, but each mile on this trip made Earleywine wonder whether he’d crossed the dividing line between due diligence and delusion a short time after crossing the state line.
What followed was, in the world of college softball, about as likely as seeing Shoeless Joe Jackson wander out of the corn and start swatting home runs from the wrong side of the plate.
Ncaa softball world series 2009 Schedule.
(AP) — Game 1-Washington (46-11) vs. Georgia (44-10), 1 p.m.
Game 2-Missouri (50-10) vs. Arizona State (46-17), 3 p.m.
Game 3-Alabama (52-9) vs. Michigan (46-10), 7 p.m.
Game 4-Arizona (46-15) vs. Florida (60-3), 9 p.m.
Friday, May 29
Game 5-Game 1 winner vs. Game 2 winner, 7 p.m.
Game 6-Game 3 winner vs. Game 4 winner, 9 p.m.
Saturday, May 30
Game 7-Game 1 loser vs. Game 2 loser, Noon
Game 8-Game 3 loser vs. Game 4 loser, 2 p.m.
Game 9-Game 5 loser vs. Game 7 winner, 7 p.m.
Game 10-Game 8 winner vs. Game 6 loser, 9 p.m.
Sunday, May 31
Championship Series
(Best-of-3)
Game 11-Game 5 winner vs. Game 9 winner, 1 p.m.
Game 12-Game 6 winner vs. Game 10 winner, 3 p.m.
Game 13-Game 11 winner vs. Game 11 loser, 7 p.m., if necessary
