Softball Huddle
Christy Warlow
1
North Park NPU 18-21
9
Winner Millikin MILLIKIN 28-9
North Park NPU
18-21
1
Final
9
Millikin MILLIKIN
28-9
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 R H E
North Park NPU 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0
Millikin MILLIKIN 0 5 0 2 0 2 9 13 2

W: Armstrong, Aly (15-2) L: Lafnear (9-8)

Game Recap: Softball | | Morgan Vogels

Softball Downs North Park, will Meet Illinois Wesleyan on Day Two of CCIW Tourney

The Millikin softball team traveled to Bloomington, Ill. on Thursday, May 11 for their first round matchup of the College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin Tournament against the third-seeded North Park Vikings. NPU downed Elmhurst in the afternoon on a walkoff two-run homerun in the eighth inning off the bat of Emily Reczek. Millikin downed the Vikings in a six run game by a 9-1 margin.

North Park got on the board first in the bottom of the second when Reczek crossed the plate. The Big Blue quickly evened the score in the bottom of the second when Zoie Bowman singled to left field with the bases loaded, plating Anna Enlow. Kaylee Goluch singled to the pitcher in the next at-bat, scoring Kendallyn Davison. Leah Foreman was responsible for the next RBI, plating Bowman on a single through the right side. Maddy Regan singled up the middle to allow Bowman to cross the plate and give Millikin a 4-1 lead. 

The scoring continued in the fourth with Blake finding her way home for the second time on the day on a wild pitch, then an Enlow triple to left center scored Jada Wilson, giving MU a 7-1 lead.

In the sixth, a Davison single to left center with the bases loaded scored Morgan Boward, then Lex Tennison reached on a fielder's choice that scored Wilson to end the 9-1 contest.

Enlow and Bowman each went 2-for-3 for the Big Blue. Aly Armstrong earned the win in the circle, tossing 5.1 innings and striking out seven. Armstrong allowed just two hits. Charly Warlow pitched the final two outs in relief.

The Big Blue advance in the winner's bracket and will match up with top-seeded CCIW regular season co-champions Illinois Wesleyan at 3:30 PM on Friday, May 12. 
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