http://sports.espn.go.com/ncaa/news/story?id=2472146Hollowell tosses 1-hitter; Arizona wins WCWS Game 1
Associated Press
OKLAHOMA CITY -- Taryne Mowatt homered and drove in three runs and Alicia Hollowell threw a one-hitter as Arizona beat Northwestern 8-0 on Monday night to win Game 1 of the Women's College World Series championship.
Hollowell (31-5) struck out 12 and Arizona (53-11) took advantage of two errors by Northwestern (50-14) to score five runs in the third inning and break open the game.
Game 2 in the best-of-three series is Tuesday night.
Adrienne Acton reached on an infield single to start the third inning and moved to third base when Caitlin Lowe hit a chopper to short that Tammy Williams fielded before throwing the ball in the dirt wide of first base. Lowe then stole second uncontested as Acton bluffed off third, and Northwestern coach Kate Drohan replaced starter Eileen Canney (26-8) with Courtnay Foster.
Autumn Champion grounded to second base and Acton swept her left hand across the tip of home plate before Northwestern catcher Jamie Dotson could take Ashley Crane's throw and whirl for a tag.
Go Wildcats!!