Two truths and a lie for the Florida Gators after advancing to the WCWS

It was a gritty weekend for Florida Softball, but the Gators stayed composed to fight through an inability to hit with runners in scoring position and a lightning delay to prevail over Georgia 5-2 in Game Three and advance to the Women's College World Series for the 13th time in program history.

With a bracket that has a bit of a wild setup, here are two truths and a lie for Florida as they look to win their third-ever national title.

Truth: The Florida Gators have the bats to win it all

In their Game Two loss to Georgia, the Gators left 13 runners on base and had runners in scoring position in six of the seven innings. It looked like that trend was going to repeat itself on Sunday as Florida left 14 runners on base before finally kicking into gear after the lightning delay.

But part of the frustration is that it felt more like an anomaly rather than some long-term trend, and if Florida can revert back to their own mean this week in Oklahoma City, they can absolutely power their way past anyone in this tournament.

Truth: Florida's side of the bracket is stacked

Florida will open up play against No. 6 Texas, a team that took two-out-of-three from the Gators earlier this year. The winner moves on to face the winner of No. 2 Oklahoma vs. No. 7 Tennessee, while the losers of those two games will face each other in an elimination game. Florida took the series from Oklahoma to close out the regular season and didn't face Tennessee this season.

Everything on Florida's side of the bracket was chalk-holding, which is fine until one looks at the other side of the bracket.

Thanks to an array of upsets, No. 9 UCLA is the top-ranked team on that side and is joined by No. 12 Texas Tech, No. 16 Oregon, and unseeded Ole Miss.

Lie: A loss derails Florida's pathway to the championship series

The WCWS is broken into two phases, the first of which is double elimination. While the cleanest pathway to the championship series is to just go 3-0, this year feels like a team could absorb a loss and still make it to the championship series.

Keep in mind that once the WCWS gets down to four teams, there is the "crossover" game to advance to the championship series. So, whichever team on Florida's side of the bracket is sitting at 2-1 heading into the "Final Four" will face the team that is 2-0 from the previously mentioned other side of the bracket.

That's not to say those games would be a gimmie as Texas Tech has NiJaree Canady, the only pitcher with an ERA under one, and Ole Miss is 2-2 against Florida this season.

But compared to having to beat Oklahoma, Texas, or Tennessee twice, the Gators would take their chances.