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2014 CCIW Softball Tournament Website

BLOOMINGTON, Ill. - Rallying from an early 8-2 deficit, the Illinois Wesleyan softball team topped Augustana 10-9 to claim the championship of the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin tournament and earn the league's automatic berth into the NCAA postseason tournament.

Illinois Wesleyan won for the 18th straight time and has a record of 37-5 while Augustana slipped to 33-11. llinois Wesleyan will play in the NCAA Division III Regional Tournament, beginning on Friday, May 9 at a site to be announced on Monday morning at 9 a.m. on NCAA.com selection show.

IWU will be making its 13th NCAA tournament appearance and third in a row. IWU teams have posted a 23-24 record (.489 winning percentage) in NCAA competition.

The Titans got a two-run home run from senior Sara Daley in the first inning to take a 2-1 lead but surrendered seven runs in the top of the second to trail 8-2. The Titans put up three in the second to close to within three at 8-5, then exploded for five runs on five hits in the fourth to snare a 10-8 lead.

IWU banged out 11 hits with three each from Daley, who finished with four runs batted in, and junior rightfielder Hannah Bowen and two each from Chloe Montgomery and senior shortstop Amanda Fazzari.

Montgomery (6-0) got the win in relief of senior Molly McCready. Montgomery pitched 3 1/3 innings and allowed one run on one hit with two walks and two strikeouts. McCready struggled through two innings and allowed eight runs (five earned) on five hits with five walks and three strikeouts.
Sophomore Jenna Noland got the save, her third of the year, by pitching the final 1 2/3 innings, striking out four and allowing one hit.

HOW IWU SCORED
Illinois Wesleyan 1st - Rogers, S. struck out swinging. Bowen, H. singled to center field. Daley, S. homered to center field, 2 RBI; Bowen, H. scored. Riordan, A. flied out to cf. Montgomery doubled down the rf line. Caulfield flied out to lf. 2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Illinois Wesleyan 2nd - Saufley to 1b. Fazzari, A. hit by pitch. Whitaker, V. reached on a fielder's choice; Fazzari, A. out at second p to ss. McKeown, K. walked; Whitaker, V. advanced to second. Rogers, S. reached on a fielder's choice; McKeown, K. advanced to second; Whitaker, V. out at third p to 3b. Bowen, H. reached on a throwing error by c, advanced to second; Rogers, S. advanced to third; McKeown, K. scored, unearned. Daley, S. singled to left center, 2 RBI; Bowen, H. scored, unearned; Rogers, S. scored, unearned. Riordan, A. singled to center field; Daley, S. advanced to third. Montgomery to 1b for Platt, S.. Montgomery flied out to cf. 3 runs, 2 hits, 1 error, 2 LOB.
Illinois Wesleyan 4th - Bowen, H. singled to right field. Daley, S. singled to right center; Bowen, H. advanced to second. Anderson to dh. Wiersema to p. Riordan, A. walked; Daley, S. advanced to second; Bowen, H. advanced to third. Anderson to p. Wiersema to dh. Montgomery singled to center field, RBI; Riordan, A. advanced to second; Daley, S. advanced to third; Bowen, H. scored. Anderson to dh. Hintz to p for Wiersema. Caulfield reached on a throwing error by ss; Montgomery advanced to second; Riordan, A. advanced to third; Daley, S. scored, unearned. Fazzari, A. singled to left field, RBI; Caulfield advanced to second; Montgomery advanced to third; Riordan, A. scored, unearned. Whitaker, V. infield fly to 2b. McKeown, K. walked, RBI; Fazzari, A. advanced to second; Caulfield advanced to third; Montgomery scored, unearned. Rogers, S. reached on a fielder's choice; McKeown, K. advanced to second; Fazzari, A. advanced to third; Caulfield out at home p to c. Bowen, H. singled to right field, RBI; Rogers, S. advanced to third; McKeown, K. advanced to third, out at home rf to c; Fazzari, A. scored, unearned. 5 runs, 5 hits, 1 error, 2 LOB.

NOTES: Illinois Wesleyan has won 12 CCIW regular season championships and this is their fourth CCIW postseason tournament title... IWU has a 42-23 in CCIW postseason play ... IWU has set a team record with 78 doubles this year and the 31 home runs is tied for second most with the record being 33 in 2007 ... Sara Rogers has 15 doubles and the record is 17 by Keri Leach (2013) ... The 37 wins is tied for fourth best in a season with the record being 39 wins in both 2001 (39-14) and 2012 (39-8) ... The pitchers have 331 strikeouts and the season record is 338 (2010) ... Noland's 8.53 strikeouts per 7 innings is third best in IWU season records ...

What's Next?
Illinois Wesleyan will play in the NCAA Division III Regional Tournament, beginning on Friday, May 9 at a site to be announced on Monday.