Huskies to play for title

Taran Alvelo pitched a seven-hitter as Washington eliminated two-time defending champ Oklahoma from the Women’s College World Series with a 3-0 victory Sunday in Oklahoma City.

Julia DePonte had three hits and two RBIs. The Huskies (52-8) will try to win their second national title starting Monday, when they play Florida State in the opener of the best-of-three championship series. Washington won the title in 2009.

Oklahoma (57-5) was trying to join UCLA as the only programs to win three straight titles. The Sooners entered the World Series as the nation’s highest-scoring team, but Washington shut them out twice.

“I think Washington is an outstanding team, and they beat us twice, flatout beat us,” Oklahoma coach Patty Gasso said. “They earned everything that they got.”

Florida State defeated UCLA twice Sunday to advance.

The Seminoles (56-12) won the second game 12-6 after winning the first 3-1. The Bruins (58-7) needed just one win to advance because they had beaten Florida State earlier in the tournament.

Baseball: Second baseman AJ Graffanino doubled in three runs in the eighth to break a tie as Washington won an NCAA regional for the first time with a 9-6 victory over UConn in Conway, S.C. The Huskies advance to face Stanford Regional winner Cal State Fullerton in one of eight best-ofthree super regionals . ... Oregon State’s Kevin Abel and Jake Mulholland combined on a threehitter as the Beavers won their regional in Corvallis, Ore., by routing LSU — the 2017 NCAA runnerup — 12-0. Oregon State will host Minnesota in a super regional after Alex Bowell doubled, homered and drove in four runs to lead the Gophers past UCLA 13-8 to win the Minneapolis Regional. The Bruins had stayed alive by beating Gonzaga 10-4 earlier in the day . ... Other regional winners were Arkansas (in Fayetteville, Ark.), Auburn (Raleigh, N.C.), North Carolina (Chapel Hill, N.C.), Stetson (Deland, Fla.), Texas (Austin, Texas), Texas Tech (Lubbock, Texas) and Vanderbilt (Clemson, S.C.). Five more regional champions are to be determined Monday.