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Abby Carlin
Larry Dean
2
Grand Canyon GCUSB 2-9
3
Winner Western Illinois WIU 3-7
Grand Canyon GCUSB
2-9
2
Final
3
Western Illinois WIU
3-7
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 R H E
Grand Canyon GCUSB 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 10 2
Western Illinois WIU 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 7 0

W: Carlin, Abby (2-3) L: Y. Morrison (0-3)

Game Recap: Softball |

Walking It Off (Again)

Western’s wrapped the Getterman Classic with a walk-off win against Grand Canyon.

WACO, Texas – The Western Illinois softball team concluded its time in the Getterman Classic the same way in which it began. Its theme of the tournament was walk-offs – four games resulted in such – and the Leathernecks avenged an earlier loss to Grand Canyon with a 3-2 victory Sunday (February 16).

The Leathernecks kicked off their Texas travels with a 6-5 walk-off victory over Prairie View A&M before dropping three tightly contested matchups to GCU (4-2), Baylor (2-1), and PVAM (8-7). 

Sydney Hollings was the hero Sunday after delivering a two-out RBI single in the bottom of the eighth. 

The game sat tied at 2-2 for four innings, but both sides had their opportunities to tack in runs. The Leathernecks loaded the bases in the bottom of the third and scored just one when Maddy Anderson reached on an error. 

Abby Carlin (2-3) pitched a complete game and fanned five. 

Freshmen Kellie Marcheschi and Piper Foote were named to the Getterman Classic All-Tournament team. 

Western's travels continue with the Blues City Classic (February 28 – March 1) on the campus of Memphis. 
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