Hesson fouled off three straight pitches with a full count before taking an outside pitch from national player of the year Danielle Lawrie (39-8).
Alisa Goler and Kristin Schnake homered for the sixth-seeded Bulldogs (47-11), who overcame two home runs and a World Series-record seven RBIs by Washington's Niki Williams.
(The teams played again Sunday night, with Washington coming out on top (see separate story) and ending Georgia's dreams of advancing to the best-of-three championship series.
Georgia rallied from a three-run deficit for the second straight game and took an 8-4 lead before Williams hit a grand slam in the fifth to pull the Huskies (48-12) even.
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