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Winner Cumberlands (KY) CUMBERLA 37-18
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Saint Xavier (IL) SAINT XA 41-13
Winner
Cumberlands (KY) CUMBERLA
37-18
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Final
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Saint Xavier (IL) SAINT XA
41-13
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Cumberlands (KY) CUMBERLA 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 1 5 9 5
Saint Xavier (IL) SAINT XA 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 4 11 3

W: Jessica Cord (22-12) L: Strand, Lily (20-8)

Game Recap: Softball |

No. 2 seed SXU Clipped by No. 3 UC in Extra Innings

Williamsburg, Ky. – The No. 2 seeded Saint Xavier University softball team (41-13/26-1 CCAC) lost 5-4 in nine innings to No. 3 and host University of the Cumberlands (Ky.) in the NAIA Softball National Championship Opening Round Williamsburg (Ky.) Bracket Monday afternoon in Williamsburg, Ky. Sophomore infielder Danielle Goodman (Poplar Grove, Ill./North Boone) collected two RBIs, going 1-for-3 with a double and a walk. Junior pitcher Lily Strand (Evergreen Park, Ill./Saint Louis/Evergreen Park) went the distance (20-8), tossing 9.0 innings with nine hits, five runs (three earned), four walks and four strikeouts.

Senior outfielder Haley Matlock (Indianapolis, Ind./Southport) tied a program milestone with a base hit leading off the top of bottom of the 9th, giving her 86 on the season. She joins SXU Hall of Famer, and 2006 NAIA Softball Player of the Year, Colleen Kilduff (2003-06) who also had 86 hits in 2006. Matlock was 2-for-5 in the game and is hitting .503 on the season (86-for-171).
  • Senior infielder Mallory O'Connor (Bourbonnais, Ill./Olivet Nazarene/Bishop McNamara) went 2-for-5 with an and a triple.
  • Redshirt sophomore infielder Jazmyn Casas (Berwyn, Ill./Illinois-Chicago/Taft) doubled with a run scored and a walk, going 2-for-3.
  • Senior outfielder Fiona Crane (Evergreen Park, Ill./Northern Illinois/Mother McAuley) tallied two hits in five at-bats with a run, her team-leading 77th of the season.
  • Junior infielder Aubrey Wroble (Crown Point, Ind./Crown Point) had two hits in four trips to the plate.
  • Crane scored on a fielding error in the bottom of the 1st to give Saint Xavier a 1-0 lead.
  • The Patriots tied the game in the top of the 5th with a two-out, RBI single.
  • Goodman laced a two-run double to right field to put the Cougars up 3-1 in the bottom of the 6th.
  • UC rallied to take the lead in the top of the 7th on three RBI singles
  • Casas smashed a double off the wall in left center, and she scored the tying run after an error in the bottom of the 7th.
  • An SXU miscue brought in a run for Cumberlands in the top of the 9th.
  • Saint Xavier put the tying, and winning runs, on base in the bottom of the 9th but was unable to cash in.
No. 2 seed Saint Xavier (41-13/26-1 CCAC) plays No. 5 Oakland City University (Ind.) in the elimination bracket on Tuesday, May 12 in the NAIA Opening Round Williamsburg (Ky.) Bracket. The game is scheduled for a 11:00 am central first pitch. With a win, SXU will play again later in the afternoon at 4:00 pm central.
 
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