TOLEDO, Ohio – The Toledo softball program sent its seniors out with a bang at Scott Park on Saturday afternoon with a pair of come-from-behind walk-off victories over Western Michigan in the season finale for both teams. The two wins evened the Rockets' record in Mid-American Conference play at 14-14.
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Riley Mohr blasted a game-winning homer over the left-field fence in the opener to give the Rockets (21-25) a 3-2 (8 inn.) triumph over the Broncos (17-28, 11-14 MAC).
Aubrey Reed provided the heroics in the second game when she sent a deep fly ball to left center for a base hit to score
Leah Munson with the winning run in another 3-2 win.
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Erin Hunt (12-14) picked up the victory for Toledo in Game Two. In her final game as a Rocket, she allowed just two hits and fanned seven batters in a complete-game victory. She finished her UT career ranked second in program history with 632 strikeouts and third with 59 wins.
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Sophia Knight (9-9) earned the win in Game One by yielding two runs in seven innings.
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Aleah Marra,
Macey Moore, and Reed each collected three hits to lead Toledo offensively in the doubleheader.
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HOW IT HAPPENED
GAME ONE
- Riley Mohr's sacrifice fly provided the Rockets an early 1-0 lead in the first.
- WMU's Alyssa Kramer slugged a two-run home run over the center-field fence to put the Broncos on top 2-1 in the third.
- Aubrey Reed knotted the contest at 2-2 in the sixth inning with a solo blast over the left-fence.
- Mohr gave Toledo the victory with a walk-off home run with one out in the eighth inning.
GAME TWO
- The Broncos plated single runs in the second and third innings to take a 2-0 advantage.
- Toledo evened the score at 2-2 in the fifth on consecutive one-out RBI singles from Anna Dixon and Jenna Kroll.
- Reed's two-out single to deep left-center brought home Leah Munson with the winning run and gave the Rockets the doubleheader sweep.