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JESSICA AS WE'VE SEEN WITH THE FRESHMAN PITCH TERSE YEAR AT THE WORLD SERIES, SO CRITICAL FOR THE VETERAN BEHIND THE PLATE TO HANDLE THE ROOKIE IN THE >> Jessica: WHEN I WAS TALKING ABOUT THE MATCHUP EARLIER IN THIS INNING, BECAUSE KENZIE FOWLER, VERY SIMILAR TO MEAGAN THAT SHE'S GOING TO GO INSIDE WITH THE SCREWBALL BREAK AWAY TO THE CURVE. HAWAII HAD HARD TIME ADJUSTING TO THE TWO PITCHES. IF HAWAII IS THEY'RE ABLE TO MAKE THAT OVERNIGHT ADJUSTMENT THEY'RE GOI REALLY AA WHOLE PLOT SO YOU'RE GOING TO GET SOME GOOD PITCHES TO SWING AT. >> Jessica: IT'S THAT POWER THAT WE'RE SEEING ONE THROUGH NINE. LOOKS LIKE AN ILLEGAL PITCH HAS BEEN CALLED. MUCH SHE CAN DO. >> Beth: GANNON RODRIGUEZ, THE JUNIOR FROM ARCADIA, CALIFORNIA. HAS RUNNER ON BOARD HERE WITH TWO OUT IN THE TOP OF THE FIRST. NINE ILLEGAL PITCHES FOR KENZIE FOWLER TODAY. 17 OF THEM IN THE FIRST THREE DAYS. >> Jessica: I THINK IT'S SO SMART WHEN SHE DID SAY THAT SHE'S NOT GOING TO THINK ABOUT IT. BECAUSE REALLY THIS IS SOMETHING SHE NEEDS TO WORK ON IN THE OFF SEASON. IF SHE'S THINKING ABOUT HER FEET, ON THAT RIGHT FOOT AS SHE'S TRYING TO THROW IN THE WORLD SERIES, SHE'S NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO THROW STRIKES. >> Beth: RODRIGUEZ REACHES OUT FOR THAT, FOULS IT OFF. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY HAVE DONE IS A LOT OF WEIGHT LIFTING EVEN THROUGHOUT THE SEASON. YOU'LL FIND MOST TEAMS MIGHT FT IN THE OFF SEASON. THEN BACK OFF DURING THE REGULAR SEASON. BUT HAWAII HAS CONTINUED AND THE STRENGTH EVIDENT IN THE NUMBERS. BUT KENZIE FOWLER GETS THE STRIKEOUT. HER SECOND OF THE INNING. ARIZONA IS COM MONDAY. THE WINNER OF THIS ONE WILL TAKE ON TENNESSEE. FIVE, SIX AND SEVEN, THE SOPHOMORE FROM TEMPLE CITY, CALIFORNIA. ALEX HAS BEEN BUSY SENDING IT OUT OF THE PARK HERE. >> Jessica: SHE WENT AWAY WITH THE OUTSIDE PITCH CURVEBALL HIT IT OUT EARLIER AGAINST MISSOURI. THEN LAST NIGHT VERSUS UCLA, ONE OF THE BEST AT-BATS I'VE EVER SEEN AT THE WOMEN'S COLLEGE WORLD SERIES. >> Beth: 17 PITCH AT-BAT. SHE RIPS ONE OUT TO CENTER FOR THE LEAD-OFF SINGLE FOR HAWAII. >> Jessica: SHE MAY NOT HAVE BEEN FAMOUS COMING IN TO THE WORLD SERIES. BUT SO MY PEOPLE HAVE JUMPED ON THE AGUIRRE BANDWAGON, BECAUSE OF THE WAY SHE CAN SWING THE BAT. THE BATTLE, IS THAT SHE HAS GIVEN HERE IN THIS BALLPARK. BATTLING OFF PITCHES AND THIS SWING HITTING THIS BALL RIGHT UP THE MIDDLE. IT'S NEIGHBORHOOD FIGURE OUT WHY TO PITCH WILL GO FOR THE LEAD RUNNER AT SECOND. NOT ENOUGH TIME. ONE DOWN. LET'S SEND IT DOWN TO HOLLY ROWE. >> Holly: PEOPLE HAVE FALLEN IN LOVE BEEN THIS HAWAII STYLE OF PLAY. A LOT OWNS TO JOHN WOODEN AS YOUNG COACH, HE READ EVERYTHING THAT JOHN WOODEN WROTE. HE SAID, I HAVE BEEN A DISCIPLE OF HIS. SOME OF MY PLAYERS TEXTED ME YESTERDAY WITH THEIR CONDOLENCES BECAUSE THEY KNEW HOW MUCH HE WENT TO ME. AFTER COACH PASSED. HE SAID EVERY TIME HE PASSES OUT AN ITINERARY WITH THE TEAM THERE'S ALWAYS A JOHN WOODEN QUOTE AT THE BOTTOM. THEN BEFORE THE GAME TONIGHT, HIS LAST SPEECH TO HIS TEAM, HE TALKED TO THEM ABOUT THE TOP BOX ON THAT PYRAMID OF SUCCESS THAT JOHN WOODEN IS FAMOUS FOR. COMPETITIVE, GREATNESS. AND THAT'S THE MESSAGE HE LEFT HIS TEAM WITH AS THEY TOOK THE FIELD. >> Beth: THANK YOU, HOLLY. OF COURSE COACH WOODEN PASSED YESTERDAY AT THE AGE OF 99. HAS HAD SUCH AN IMPACT ON COACHES OVERALL KINDS EVER GENERATIONS. AND THAT WAS COACH COOLEN TALKING TO HIS TEAM PRIOR TO THE GAME TONIGHT. COMPETITIVE GREATNESS AT THE TOP OF PYRAMID. AS HE GREW UP IN THE BOSTON AREA, MADE HIS WAY OUT TO HAWAII, HE'S BEEN WITH THE RAINBOW WAHINE NOR 19 SEASONS, IN THIS FIRST FIRST TRIP TO THE WORLD SERIES. SAID OUR PHILOSOPHY IS SIMPLE. SEE THE BALL, HIT THE BALL. THE FACT THATHEY UTILIZE JUST FOUR HITTING DRILLS AND THEY'RE ALL OUT OF THE HAND. THEY DON'T LIKE TO USE THE PITCHING MACHINE A WHOLE LOT. THAT'S IN TO THE GAP IN LEFT CENTER AND SCHUTZLER ON THE RUN MAKES A GREAT CATCH. HAULING THE DIVE BACK IN TO FIRST BASE IS PU'U-WARREN. OUTSTANDING COVERAGE IN CENTER FIELD FROM LAUREN SCHUTZLER. >> Jessica: WATCH HERE THE DISTANCE THAT SCHUTZLER IS GOING TO TRAVEL WHERE SHE STARTS FROM, AND THEN WHERE SHE ENDS UP COVERING SO MUCH GROUND, THIS IS WHERE COMBINATION OF SPEED AND REACTION. HER FIRST REACTION WAS THIS DROP STEP BACK T PUT OFF THIS ANGLE. AND KENZIE FOWLER KNOWS THAT WAS ALL THE OUTFIELD. >> Beth: THE RUNNER, PU'U-WARREN, HAD COME ALL THE WAY AROUND SECOND BASE AND WHEN SCHUTZLER MADE THE CATCH AND SHE RAN BACK TO FIRST, SHE FEY PLAYE THEIR FIRST RUN. AND THEN HAWAII WITH THE BASE RUNNING MISCUE COST THEM IN THE TOP OF THE SECOND. >> Jessica: PU'U-WARREN TRYING TO GO ALL THE WAY AROUND TO THREE, THINKING THIS BALL IS GOING TO GET IN THE GAP. SCHUTZLER MAKES A GREAT PLAY. BUT PU'U-WARREN ON HER WAY TO THIRD AS SHE'S COMING BACK TO FIRST SHE NEEDS TO TOUCH SECOND BASE. THIS IS A MISTAKE THAT IS VERY COMMON, IT'S OBVIOUSLY NOT AS COMMON BECAUSE MOST RUNNERS DON'T GET TWO BASES AHEAD. BUT YOU'LL SEE RUNNERS CUT ACROSS THE FIELD SOMETIMES TRYING TO GET BACK TO THAT ORIGINAL BASE. >> Beth: SWINGING ON THE FIRST PITCH THE LINE OUT TO THEN WINNEL TAKE ON TENNESSEE AT 3:30. UCLA AND TENNESSEE NEED ONE WIN. THE OTHER TEAMS WOULD NEED TO WIN TWICE TODVANCE TO THE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES. THE QUEUE BRUINS HAD THE DAY OFF TODAY. OF COURSE THE ENTIRE UCLA EXTENDED FAMILY, REALLY SPORTS FANS ALL AROUND THE COUNTRY DEALING WITH THE LOSS OF COACH JOHN WOODEN, THAT WILL BE THEIR FIRST GAME SINCE HIS PASSING. THE BACKHANDER FROM THE THROW TO FIRST. OUTSTANDING DEFENSE FROM MAY HAVE HURTER THIS SELF PLANTING TO THROW. THE FRESHMAN FROM KUKUA -- KAUA'I SHE IMMEDIATELY DROPPED AFTER RELEASE. SHE WAS ABLE TO RECORD THE THIRD OUT. ACTUALLY LOST HER FOOTING A LITTLE BIT ON THE THROW. SORT OF CORKSCREWED DOWN IN TO THE GROUND AFTER SHE RELEASED IT.