ABILENE—In just their second Southland Conference tournament appearance, the Wildcats pushed the five seed to extra innings on Wednesday night. Playing against the tournament hosts, Southeastern Louisiana, ACU fell behind early but were able to come back to tie the game late.
The Lady Lions would push a run across in each of the first three innings, while the Wildcats scored one in the top of the third. The teams would play two scoreless innings in the fourth and fifth before ACU was able to tie the game in the top of the sixth. Back-to-back doubles from
Samantha Bradley and
Avery Miloch pushed one run across before
Katelyn Belch drove Miloch in to tie the game.
After no score in the seventh, the Wildcats were unable to build off a one-out single in the top of the eighth. The Lady Lions got back-to-back hits in the bottom of the inning to earn the walk-off win.
Stat pack
- Bradley pitched the entire game giving up 11 hits on the night.
- The Wildcats struggled with errors early in the game committing four errors through the first four innings.
- Avery Miloch notched her fifth multi-hit game of the year, going 2-4 with a double on the night.
- Bradley, Miloch, and Shaylee Alani each hit doubles on the night.
This concludes the Wildcats season and their time in the Southland Conference with the school's move to the WAC this summer.
