University of Tennessee Athletics
WCWS Postponed Fri. Due To Severe Weather
June 01, 2013 | Softball
May 31, 2013
OKLAHOMA CITY --The Tennessee softball team, its staff and the families of the teams in the Oklahoma City Sheraton are all safe after hotel guests were instructed to evacuate to the basement and lower parking garage level Friday night.
Friday's Women's College World Series games, including UT's Game 5 contest against Washington, were postponed due to the severe weather. The WCWS will resume on Saturday when Tennessee and Washington play Game 5 at 11 a.m. CT/ 12 p.m. ET on ESPN2.
The teams' coaches were first notified at about 3:15 p.m. CT to hold at the hotel due to severe weather moving towards Oklahoma City.
Then at about 6:30 p.m. a voice came over the hotel intercom and instructed all guests to head down to the basement. Once in the basement, everyone was directed to keep moving to the parking garage of an adjacent building.
After about an hour, guests were instructed it was safe to move back upstairs to the lobby. Then the tornado sirens went off again and the Tennessee group moved back downstairs, where it stayed for approximately 30-45 minutes before moving back upstairs.
UPDATED WCWS GAMES SCHEDULE
SATURDAY
11 a.m. CT - Game 5 (Washington vs. Tennessee on ESPN2)
1:30 p.m. CT - Game 6 (Texas vs. Oklahoma on ESPN2)
6 p.m. CT - Game 7 (Florida vs. Nebraska on ESPN)
8:30 p.m. CT - Game 8 (Michigan vs. Arizona State on ESPN)
SUNDAY
Noon CT - Game 9 (ESPN)
2:30 p.m. CT - Game 10 (ESPN)
6 p.m. CT - Game 11 (ESPN2)
8:30 p.m. CT - Game 12 (ESPN2)
MONDAY
Time TBD - Game 13 (if necessary)
Time TBD - Game 14 (if necessary)
If no if-necessary games are played Monday, the championship series will begin Monday as originally scheduled. Otherwise, the championship series will begin on Tuesday.
