OKLAHOMA CITY — Jocelyn Erickson came up big and earned a shot at her former softball team.
Erickson homered and drove in four runs, and NCAA tournament No. 4 seed Florida beat No. 14 Alabama 6-4 on Sunday night to advance to the Women’s College World Series semifinals and eliminate the Crimson Tide.
Florida will play three-time reigning national champion Oklahoma in the semifinals Monday. Erickson’s Gators (53-14) will have to beat the second-seeded Sooners (56-6) twice to reach the best-of-three championship series, while Oklahoma will need just one win to move on.
The matchup is set for noon on ESPN, and if a second game is necessary, it would follow soon after the first.
Erickson, a catcher, won a national championship with Oklahoma last season.