Texas ousted by UCLA

? Catcher Emily Zaplatosch had three hits, including a home run, and Andrea Duran had an inside-the-park home run as UCLA beat Texas, 2-0, Saturday in the Women’s College World Series.

The loss eliminated Texas (55-9) and Olympic gold-medal-winning pitcher Cat Osterman from the tournament. The Longhorns did not win an NCAA title during Osterman’s four seasons.

Zaplatosch became the first player this season to get three hits off Osterman, hitting a single in the second inning, a solo homer in the fourth and a double in the seventh inning.

Duran, the Pacific-10 Conference player of the year who had a homer and a triple in the win over Alabama, hit an inside-park-homer in the third inning against Texas to account for UCLA’s first run.

The Bruins collected five hits off Osterman, who fanned nine and walked none in her final collegiate game. She finished the year 38-4 and was 136-25 in her career.

Winning pitcher Anjelica Selden (35-6) allowed Texas only three hits, all singles, and fanned 12 batters.

Tennessee 3, Arizona State 1

Jennifer Griffin’s two-run home run in the top of the ninth inning lifted Tennessee in a losers bracket game.

Tennessee (60-11) advanced to play Arizona today, and Arizona State was knocked out of the tournament.

The Sun Devils (53-15) had won an elimination game earlier in the day.

Arizona State 3, Oregon State 1

Arizona State’s Katie Burkhart threw a two-hitter, and the Sun Devils eliminated Oregon State.

ASU (53-14) provided Burkhart with all the runs she would need in the third inning on a solo home run by Heidi Knabe and another run scored on a throwing error by OSU (43-16).

ASU added a run in the fifth on a sacrifice fly by Rhiannon Baca.

UCLA 4, Alabama 1

In an elimination game, Duran hit a triple and a solo home run to lead UCLA.

Duran tripled for UCLA in the first inning and hit her 14th homer of the season in the third. She scored in the first on Krista Colburn’s RBI single.