Jordan Weber threw Missouri softball’s third consecutive shutout within the SEC Match to propel the Tigers to a 3-0 win over third-seeded Tennessee on Friday in a semifinal in Gainesville, Florida. The win advances seventh-seeded Missouri to the SEC Match title sport.
Weber endured a 2½-hour climate delay that occurred with two outs within the high of the fifth inning. She allowed six hits in seven innings and pitched to contact, strolling none and placing out one.
“Jordan right now had one strikeout, nevertheless it’s 21 outs, and he or she is aware of that if she will get the ball and it’s not hit very arduous, her protection is gonna be capable to make 21 outs, and that’s actually all we ask of them,” coach Larissa Anderson mentioned.
Weber escaped hassle within the early innings. After Tennessee (39-16) started the underside of the second with back-to-back singles, it used a bunt to place runners on second and third with one out. Weber induced two groundouts to maintain the Volunteers off the board.
Tennessee once more put two runners on base within the backside of the third, however Tigers first baseman Emma Raabe snared a line drive off the bat of Zaida Puni and stepped on first for an inning-ending double play.
Going through a tough lefty in Erin Edmoundson, Missouri’s offense resorted to energy to assist Weber. Kimberly Wert’s opposite-field house run within the fourth inning and Hatti Moore’s solo shot within the fifth put Missouri (36-19) forward 2-0 earlier than the delay struck.
Weber continued to perplex Tennessee after the break.
“Truthfully, I advised Hatti, I used to be like, ‘I really feel actually rejuvenated after that,’” Weber mentioned. “I feel sitting round for that lengthy actually helped me out.”
Edmoundson pitched into the seventh however exited after Kara Daly tacked on Missouri’s third run with a solo homer down the left-field line.
Missouri will face top-seeded Arkansas, a 4-1 winner over fifth-seeded Florida within the late semifinal, for the championship. The Tigers haven’t performed the Razorbacks (43-9) this season.
“I’m so excited for these younger women and our college to be on this scenario,” Anderson mentioned. “We’ve got down to win championships, and that’s what we wanna do and that’s what we wanna accomplish. … Final 12 months we skilled what it will be wish to be one sport away from going to the School World Collection, and right here we’re one sport away from perhaps holding up the SEC championship.”
