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Kansas softball earned a walk-off victory in its NCAA regional opener on Friday against Michigan, winning 1-0 in Norman, Oklahoma.
Kansas sophomore Ava Wallace hit a walk-off single in the bottom of the eighth inning, as the game had gone to extra innings. KU freshman Lila Partridge pitched eight scoreless innings in the circle. The victory got the Jayhawks (36-19) off to a winning start in their first NCAA tournament appearance since 2015 for coach Jennifer McFalls and her team.
RELATED: Kansas softball vs Michigan live score updates for NCAA regional game
Both teams threatened at times to score earlier in the game, but neither quite got there. Michigan pitcher Gabby Ellis, a junior, had done well holding off KU through the first seven innings. Each team finished the game with six hits.
KU will now face Oklahoma on Saturday, May 16, after the Sooners defeated Binghamton on Friday in the other game in the Norman Regional. The loser of that game would play later Saturday in an elimination game, against either Michigan or Binghamton. The winner of that game would move forward to Sunday, and have a chance to win the regional.
Jordan Guskey covers University of Kansas Athletics at The Topeka Capital-Journal. He was the 2022 National Sports Media Association’s sportswriter of the year for the state of Kansas. Contact him at [email protected] or on Twitter at @JordanGuskey.
This article originally appeared on Topeka Capital-Journal: Kansas softball earns walk-off win against Michigan in NCAA regional
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Kansas sophomore Ava Wallace hit a walk-off single in the bottom of the eighth inning, as the game had gone to extra innings. KU freshman Lila Partridge pitched eight scoreless innings in the circle. The victory got the Jayhawks (36-19) off to a winning start in their first NCAA tournament appearance since 2015 for coach Jennifer McFalls and her team.
RELATED: Kansas softball vs Michigan live score updates for NCAA regional game
Both teams threatened at times to score earlier in the game, but neither quite got there. Michigan pitcher Gabby Ellis, a junior, had done well holding off KU through the first seven innings. Each team finished the game with six hits.
KU will now face Oklahoma on Saturday, May 16, after the Sooners defeated Binghamton on Friday in the other game in the Norman Regional. The loser of that game would play later Saturday in an elimination game, against either Michigan or Binghamton. The winner of that game would move forward to Sunday, and have a chance to win the regional.
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Jordan Guskey covers University of Kansas Athletics at The Topeka Capital-Journal. He was the 2022 National Sports Media Association’s sportswriter of the year for the state of Kansas. Contact him at [email protected] or on Twitter at @JordanGuskey.
This article originally appeared on Topeka Capital-Journal: Kansas softball earns walk-off win against Michigan in NCAA regional
Continue reading...
