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5
Pitt-Johnstown UPJ-S 0-1
6
Winner Urbana URBANA 2-5
Pitt-Johnstown UPJ-S
0-1
5
Final
6
Urbana URBANA
2-5
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 R H E
Pitt-Johnstown UPJ-S 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 0 5 11 2
Urbana URBANA 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 1 6 9 0

W: Allen, Carly (1-1) L: Emily Moore (0-1)

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Urbana URBANA 2-6
6
Winner Concordia-St. Paul CSP 9-4
Urbana URBANA
2-6
3
Final
6
Concordia-St. Paul CSP
9-4
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Urbana URBANA 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 9 2
Concordia-St. Paul CSP 0 1 1 4 0 0 X 6 9 0

W: Knoche, A. (4-2) L: Allen, Carly (2-4)

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Game Recap: Softball | | @UrbanaU_Sports

Faulkner Delivers Eighth Inning Walk-Off Double

UU moves past UPJ (6-5) but falls in Game 2 to CSP (6-3)

CLERMONT, Fla. -- Urbana softball split another pair of games Sunday with a thrilling 6-5 walk-off victory over regional foe Pitt-Johnstown, followed by a 6-3 setback against Concordia St. Paul (Minn.). The Blue Knights are 2-2 during their 10-game Spring Break trip and return to action Monday with games against Lynn (9 a.m.) and Grand Valley State (11:30 a.m.).

GAME 1 (UU 6, UPJ 5)
Urbana jumped out to an early lead and built a 4-2 advantage after five innings with RBI hits coming from Margo Jackson (3-3, 3 RBI, 2B), Mykee Holtz (1-4, RBI) and Bailee Faulkner (2-4, 2 RBI, 2B).

Then, Pitt-Johnstown found its stroke at the plate and embarked on a comeback with a run in the sixth and three more in the seventh to take a 5-4 lead.

Down to its final at-bat, UU kept battling as senior Bri Bamber reached base to ignite UU's come-back bid and that was all UU needed to get back in the contest. Three batters later, Jackson came up clutch by producing a two-out single through the left side as Bamber slid in just ahead of the throw to even the score and force extra innings.

The international tie-breaker rule came into effect but UU reliever Carly Allen worked her way out of the jam by stranding a runner on third in the eighth. Then, Faulkner stepped up and launched the first pitch thrown in the bottom half over the left fielder's head for the walk-off blast that scored Holtz.

Riley Curtis (2-4) and Courtney Kennedy (1-4) also contributed to the hit total as the Blue Knights racked up nine base knocks.

UU left five base runners aboard but was able to work itself out of jams by stranding nine total UPJ runners.

The Blue Knights won back-to-back games, improving to 2-5 overall, while the Mountain Lions dropped their season opener.

GAME 2 (CSP 6, UU 3)
Jackson (1-4, 3 RBI) provided all the offense for the Blue Knights with her first home run of the season, a three-run blast in the top of the third to put UU ahead 3-1.

However, the Golden Bears responded with five unanswered runs over the next two frames and held UU scoreless the rest of the way. With the score 3-2 in UU's favor, the Bears cashed in four runs in the fourth after a pair of singles and a walk began the inning.

UU threatened with three runners in the fourth and two in the fifth, but failed to convert on the scoring opportunity.

Riley Curtis (2-4), Holtz (2-4) and Faulkner (2-4, 2B) registered multi-hit efforts. Jenna VanHoose and Bri Bamber also singled. UU starter Carly Allen was saddled with the loss in the circle.

UU dropped to 2-6 overall following the loss and CSP improved to 9-4 on the season.

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Players Mentioned

Carly Allen

#17 Carly Allen

P
5' 8"
Sophomore
R/R
Riley Curtis

#8 Riley Curtis

OF
5' 5"
Senior
L/R
Bailee Faulkner

#10 Bailee Faulkner

C/IF
5' 7"
Sophomore
R/R
Mykee Holtz

#4 Mykee Holtz

IF
5' 8"
Sophomore
R/R
Margo Jackson

#13 Margo Jackson

C
5' 4"
Senior
R/R
Courtney Kennedy

#3 Courtney Kennedy

OF
5' 4"
Senior
R/R
Jenna VanHoose

#2 Jenna VanHoose

OF
5' 8"
Junior
L/L

Players Mentioned

Carly Allen

#17 Carly Allen

5' 8"
Sophomore
R/R
P
Riley Curtis

#8 Riley Curtis

5' 5"
Senior
L/R
OF
Bailee Faulkner

#10 Bailee Faulkner

5' 7"
Sophomore
R/R
C/IF
Mykee Holtz

#4 Mykee Holtz

5' 8"
Sophomore
R/R
IF
Margo Jackson

#13 Margo Jackson

5' 4"
Senior
R/R
C
Courtney Kennedy

#3 Courtney Kennedy

5' 4"
Senior
R/R
OF
Jenna VanHoose

#2 Jenna VanHoose

5' 8"
Junior
L/L
OF