OKLAHOMA CITY – Caylan Arnold and Kathryn Sandercock combined for a shutout as Florida State beat Alabama 2-0 on Sunday in a Women’s College World Series semifinal.
No. 3 Alabama was unbeaten in the double-elimination bracket at USA Softball Hall of Fame Stadium and Florida State had a loss, so the 10th-seeded Seminoles’ victory forced a winner-take-all rematch to determine who will play in the best-of-three title round.
Because of a weather delay that pushed the Alabama-Florida State game back 2 1/2 hours shortly after it started, the NCAA moved the deciding game from Sunday to Monday.
Top-seeded Oklahoma (53-3) will play unseeded James Madison (41-3) in the other semifinal Monday. The Sooners beat the Dukes 6-3 earlier Sunday, avenging a loss Thursday in the first game of this year’s WCWS. Their winner-take-all game also was moved back to Monday at 4 p.m. Eastern, with the rematch of the Crimson Tide (52-8) and the Seminoles (47-11-1) to follow.
The championship series was moved back a day and will begin Tuesday.