BLOOMINGTON, Ill. -- Junior Shelby Fulk had two hits and drove in two runs to support a two-hitter thrown by junior Ally Wiegand as the Illinois Wesleyan softball team closed to within one win of a regional title with a 4-1 victory over Milwaukee School of Engineering at the IWU Softball Field on Friday, May 10.

Photo Gallery, IWU vs. MSOE, May 10

The Titans improved to 35-7 while MSOE is 34-11. IWU will play next at 12 p.m. on Saturday, May 11, whole MSOE will meet the winner of the elimination game between Otterbein and Calvin later on Friday afternoon. Go here to see entire regional schedule and complete box scores with regional statistics.

The Titans scored two runs in the third when, with two outs, junior shortstop Sam Berghoff walked and came around to score when Fulk doubled down the leftfield line. A single by freshman first baseman Colleen Palczynski chased home Fulk to put IWU ahead 2-0.

IWU tacked on two unearned runs in the seventh on hits by senior Jillian Runyon, junior Mia Massaro, and Fulk along with a throwing error by the MSOE catcher.

Wiegand was dominant in the circle again, striking out 12 and allowing just two hits with a solo homer. Her record improved to 21-2, just one short of tying the IWU single-season mark of 22 shared by Christy Engel (22-5, 2009) and Molly McCready (22-4, 2014).