Softball

Vincent's eighth-inning single earns CU spot in winner's final

TROUTVILLE, Va. - Kacie Vincent's walk-off bloop single to center culminated a comeback 3-2 win in eight innings over Cedarville and punched the Lady Tiger's ticket into the finals of the winner's bracket of the NCCAA Tournament.



Campbellsville will play California Baptist, a 9-0 winner over Judson, in a 4 o'clock matchup of the tourney's only undefeated teams.

Playing from behind ever since Cedarville went up 2-0 with solo runs in the second and third innings, CU had to call on more late-game heroics to earn their second straight one-run win.

Starter Tatylor Wroe was credited with both Yellow Jacket runs after allowing four hits and complicating matters by also walking four.

Shannon Muldowney scored on a sacrafice fly in the second and after Wroe loaded the bases with two walks and a hit in the third, she threw four balls to Courtney Teague.

Courtney Turpin came on in relief in the fifth and held Cedarville (35-22) scoreless, allowing but one hit.

Jennifer England plated pinch runner Amaris Vest in the fourth to close the Lady Tigers to within 2-1 and tied the game in the bottom of the seventh when Dillender's single scored Emma Napier.

CU (40-22) stranded nine runners in the game.

After forcing extra innings, Turpin put Cedarville down 1-2-3 in the top of the eighth - setting up Vincent's game winner.

England led off the eighth with a single and was sacraficed to second by Brooke Boils. After Alyssa Barker came within an eyelash of parking a ball to left, it was left up to Vincent with two outs.

Napier, Dillender and Cornett had two-hit games for CU. England added two hits and Vincent one.

There were no extra-base hits in the game.

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Players Mentioned

Alyssa Barker

#6 Alyssa Barker

C
Sophomore
Brooke Boils

#0 Brooke Boils

IF
Sophomore
Jennifer England

#1 Jennifer England

OF
Senior
Emma Napier

#19 Emma Napier

IF
Junior
Courtney Turpin

#10 Courtney Turpin

P/IF
Sophomore
Amaris Vest

#21 Amaris Vest

OF
Sophomore
Kacie Vincent

#3 Kacie Vincent

OF/C
Junior

Players Mentioned

Alyssa Barker

#6 Alyssa Barker

Sophomore
C
Brooke Boils

#0 Brooke Boils

Sophomore
IF
Jennifer England

#1 Jennifer England

Senior
OF
Emma Napier

#19 Emma Napier

Junior
IF
Courtney Turpin

#10 Courtney Turpin

Sophomore
P/IF
Amaris Vest

#21 Amaris Vest

Sophomore
OF
Kacie Vincent

#3 Kacie Vincent

Junior
OF/C