Women's College World Series: Florida State, Oklahoma State enter another weather delay

For the second time Thursday, Florida State and Oklahoma State entered a weather delay during the Women’s College World Series. First pitch was delayed more than an hour due to inclement weather in the area of USA Softball Hall of Fame Stadium in Oklahoma City.

The latest delay came in the top of the third inning with Florida State ahead 2-0. The Seminoles struck first on a monstrous two-run home run from Michaela Edenfield in the bottom of the first inning.

FSU — the No. 3 seed — punched its ticket to the WCWS after getting back-to-back victories over Georgia in the Tallahassee Super Regional. As for Oklahoma State, the Cowgirls notched two victories over Oregon in the Stillwater Super Regional to advance to the WCWS.

Per NCAA rules, teams had to wait 30 minutes after each lightning strike to resume play.

UPDATE: The game officially resumed at 10:55 p.m. ET, putting the delay at an hour and 46 minutes, according to the ESPN broadcast.

Florida State and Oklahoma State were squaring off in the third WCWS game of the day. In the first matchup between Alabama and Tennessee, the Lady Vols took a commanding lead before the Crimson Tide came back to tighten things up. Ultimately, though, Tennessee came out with the 10-5 victory to set up a marquee matchup with Oklahoma on Saturday.

The Sooners won their 48th consecutive game Thursday in a close, 2-0 victory over Stanford. The game was scoreless until the fifth inning when Jayda Coleman hit a single to left field and advanced to second base on an error by the left fielder. As a result, Stanford will take on Alabama Friday.

NCAA announces WCWS game between Washington, Utah postponed to Friday due to weather

The latest delay of Florida State-Oklahoma State will also push back the final game of the day between Washington and Utah. That game was supposed to start at 8:30 p.m. ET and was already pushed back because of the initial delay before first pitch between the Seminoles and Cowgirls.

Ultimately, the NCAA decided to move the matchup back to Friday and announced the news amid the lengthy delay during the FSU-Oklahoma State game. First pitch had not been announced at the time of publication.

Washington enters the WCWS with a 43-13 record and is coming off back-to-back victories over Louisiana in the Seattle Super Regional. The Huskies are preparing to take on a Utah team that defeated them in the Pac-12 Tournament, 8-4, last month.