Softball CCIW Champions 2022
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CARTHAGE CARTHA~1 14-15, 8-7 CCIW
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Winner Millikin MILLIKIN 30-5, 12-3 CCIW
CARTHAGE CARTHA~1
14-15, 8-7 CCIW
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Final
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Millikin MILLIKIN
30-5, 12-3 CCIW
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
CARTHAGE CARTHA~1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 6 1
Millikin MILLIKIN 1 0 3 0 1 0 X 5 12 1

W: Armstrong, Aly (14-4) L: Alonzo,N (10-2)

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Winner Millikin MILLIKIN 31-5, 13-3 CCIW
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CARTHAGE CARTHA~1 14-16, 8-8 CCIW
Winner
Millikin MILLIKIN
31-5, 13-3 CCIW
9
Final
1
CARTHAGE CARTHA~1
14-16, 8-8 CCIW
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Millikin MILLIKIN 1 3 0 2 0 1 2 9 14 0
CARTHAGE CARTHA~1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 1

W: Sargent, Addison (13-1) L: Conway, M (2-8)

Game Recap: Softball | | Morgan Vogels

#23 Big Blue Softball Secures CCIW Regular Season Championship with Sweep of Carthage

The Big Blue softball team earned the title of outright 2022 College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin champions on Monday, May 2 with a sweep of Carthage College at the Workman Family Softball Field. Finishing the regular season with a 13-3 conference record, Millikin has earned the right to host the 2022 CCIW Championships on May 5-7. 

Between games, the Big Blue honored their six seniors and the vital roles they have played in helping MU to their second consecutive regular season CCIW title: Aly Armstrong, Grace Biondo, Kaylee Goluch, Cassie Reed, Camryn Skundberg, and Lex Tennison. 

In game one, Millikin started off the scoring in the first when CCIW Hitter of the Week Skundberg sent a single to right field, plating Leah Foreman.

In the third, the Big Blue tacked on two more. Kendallyn Davison scored from second on a sacrifice bunt off the bat of Lanie Chizmark, then a Biondo single up the middle advanced Foreman to third before she crossed the plate on a Firebird throwing error. Skundberg tallied her second RBI of the day on a double down the left field line that scored Biondo. 

In the fifth, Skundberg crossed the plate when Tennison singled to right field to put the Big Blue up 5-1. The Firebirds chipped away at the Big Blue lead in the sixth and seventh, tallying a run each inning, but Millikin came away with the 5-2 game one victory. 

Aly Armstrong picked up the win in the circle, allowing just four hits through 6.2 innings of work and striking out six.

In game two, the Big Blue struck again in the first inning as the visitors on the scoreboard. Foreman sent a double to right center, plating Chizmark to give Millikin an early 1-0 lead.

Carthage knotted the score in the bottom of the inning when Naomi Alonzo sent an RBI single up the middle. 

Millikin quickly pulled back ahead with a Biondo double to right center that cleared the bases, scoring Davison, Chizmark, and Foreman. In the fourth, a Foreman single to right center scored two and gave MU a 6-1 advantage. Foreman tallied her fourth RBI of the contest in the sixth with a double down the left field line, then Davison was responsible for the final two runs with a single up the middle that scored Rylee Blake and Gretchen Gould. 

In the 9-1 game two victory, the Big Blue were led by Davison (4-for-4) and Foreman (3-for-3) at the plate. 

Addison Sargent took the win in game two, pitching six innings and striking out four. Bailey Coffman struck out one in a three up, three down inning of relief. 
 
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