Alabama softball pulled off a 14-inning upset of Tennessee on Saturday, in the longest NCAA super regional game ever.
, a whisker away from playing a full doubleheader in one game. In the circle for the Lady Vols: Karlyn Pickens, who had just intentionally walked White’s Crimson Tide teammate, Kali Heivilin, to load the bases, creating a force out at the plate with no outs.
White bounced the ball of the ground toward UT shortstop Laura Mealer, then headed for first base. Lauren Johnson dashed home from third was Mealer flung the ball to her catcher, hoping to keep the longest game in NCAA super regional history going at least one more pitch. Her final stats: 10 innings pitched. Six hits. Four strikeouts. And finally, all-importantly, no runs.
The Lady Vols were never going to go quietly. Mealer, who had hit the game winning home run on Friday, tied the score with an RBI single to left in the top of the second. In extras, every play became a battle. Beaver and Pickens were fighting a war, with neither showing an ounce of give until Johnson singled, Riley Valentine doubled and Heivelen took the intentional walk in the 14th.
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