University of St. Thomas Athletics
40-7
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Ill. Wesleyan
33-16
Softball season ends with 3-1 loss to Linfield
5/16/2010 12:00:00 AM | Softball
Linfield (Ore.) hit two home runs and rallied from a 1-0 deficit to post a 3-1 victory over St. Thomas in Sunday's NCAA softball regional title game in Indianola, Iowa.
Linfield (39-5) capped a 4-0 run on the tournament and advances to next week's College World Series.
The Tommies (40-8) needed a win to force a Monday title game. They led 1-0 after four innings but couldn't close out the victory. UST outhit Linfield 6-5 but missed a couple of scoring chances. Rachel Tondryk went 2-for-3 for UST, which went 6-2 in the postseason.
The Tommies took second in the regional and posted the program's seventh consecutive 40-win season. After a 2-4 start, they won 38 of their last 42 games.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Radcliffe (26-4)
L: Engel (14-11)
Batting:
2B: Radcliffe 1
RBI: Wilson 1 ; Boward 1 ; Radcliffe 2
SH: Wilson 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Eischens 2 ; Wright 1 ; Boward 1 ; Pawlik 1 ; Duffy 1
SB: Eischens 1 ; Boward 1 ; Duffy 1
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Batting:
2B: J. Monaco 1
RBI: Narotsky 1
SH: S. Polich 1 ; Engel 1
Base Running:
RUNS: S. Rubright 1
