Softball Regional Champions
Aubrey Staton
1
Alma ALMACO~1 27-15
8
Winner Millikin MILLIKIN 34-7
Alma ALMACO~1
27-15
1
Final
8
Millikin MILLIKIN
34-7
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Alma ALMACO~1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2
Millikin MILLIKIN 2 0 1 3 0 2 X 8 7 0

W: Armstrong, Aly (16-5) L: Haley Ullric (15-10)

Game Recap: Softball | | Morgan Vogels

Millikin Softball Wins Decatur, IL NCAA Regional, Advance to Next Week's Super Regionals

The Big Blue softball team made history on Sunday, May 15 with a win over Alma College in the championship round of the 2022 NCAA Division III Decatur, IL Regional, earning the right to advance to the Super Regionals next weekend. The win marks the first regional championship in MU history. Millikin's previous best finish was 2-2 in 1994, eliminated from the tournament by Alma. 

The Big Blue opened up the scoring in the first with a Grace Biondo double down the right field line that plated Lanie Chizmark. Camryn Skundberg delivered an RBI groundout to score Leah Foreman.

Alma answered in the top of the second inning when Hadyn Terwilliger sent a homerun over the left field fence. 

Chizmark reached base on a single, stole second, then scored on a throwing error by the Scots, giving Millikin a 3-1 advantage. In the fourth, Rylee Blake reached on a fielder's choice, with Lahner crossing the plate for a fourth Millikin run on a Scots throwing error. Chizmark tallied two RBI in the fourth to put the Big Blue up 6-1 with a single to left field that plated Blake and Lex Tennison. 

In the sixth, Skundberg pushed two more runs across the plate with a single up the middle, scoring Biondo and Chizmark. 

Aly Armstrong picked up her 16th win of the season in the circle, tossing five innings. Armstrong struck out four and allowed one hit. Addison Sargent entered the game in relief, pitching two shutout innings to seal the Big Blue victory.

With the win, Millikin advances to the Super Regionals and will face Wartburg College in a best of three series beginning Friday, May 20. 

 
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