Glenville State Box Score | Lake Erie Box Score
WINTER HAVEN, Fla. – The Southwest Minnesota State softball team (5-5) went 2-0 for the second straight day at THE Spring Games with a 14-3 victory over Glenville State (8-11) and a walk-off two-run homer from freshman
Jillian Noel, would earn the Mustangs an 8-7 victory over Lake Erie (1-7) in the bottom of the ninth, on Monday afternoon at the DiamondPlex.Â
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The Mustangs kicked off the scoring in the top of the third versus Glenville State, as
Madysson Schliinz scored on an unearned run on a single from Noel and
Lileya Kebos ripped a double to right field to score two more runs before the inning was over.Â
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The Pioneers responded in the bottom as a fielder's choice brought in one runner to trail 3-1 after three complete.Â
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SMSU scrapped together a two-run fourth inning, a four-run sixth inning, and blasted a five-run seventh inning to post its 17 hits total.Â
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Emma Grote led the Mustangs going 4-for-5 at the plate and scoring three runs, to lead the Mustangs in multiple hits as Noel went 3-for-5 with one run and two RBIs. Kebos,
Kaylee Hentges, and Schliinz all rounded out the Mustangs to finish with multiple hits (2).Â
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The Mustangs kept the bats hot in the second game of the day versus Lake Erie as the scoring started in the bottom of the first with a 2-RBI double from
Kali Tomlinson would score
Bailey Johnson and Grote, who both reached base on a walk.Â
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The teams would play four scoreless innings total and the Mustangs would speak up once again in the fourth with a three-run inning, and would hold a 5-0 lead until Lake Erie responded with a loud top of the seventh to tie the game up.Â
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After six innings of a shutout, LEC strung together four consecutive singles to score five runs off five hits to send the game into extra innings.Â
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With the international rule, LEC started off the top of the eight scoring one run on a fielder's choice. The Mustangs responded with a sac fly from Johnson to left field to score
Kristen Neumann and tie it back up.Â
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LEC earned their last run of the game off a grounder to second to take a 7-6 lead heading into the bottom of the ninth.Â
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With
Emma Grote on second to start, Tomlinson lined out to short stop before Noel, hit her first collegiate home run to score the winning run with a two-run homer of the left field fence.Â
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Noel finished game two going 4-for-5 with one run and four RBIs. Tomlinson was only other Mustang to record a multi-hit game going 3-for-5 with two RBIs and one run.Â
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SMSU continues action on Tuesday, March 10, facing Trevecca Nazarene at 1:45 p.m. EDT and Salem (W.Va) at 4 p.m., at the Auburndale Softball Complex.Â
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