JANESVILLE, Wis. — The Lawrence University softball team scored two runs in the bottom of the eighth inning Sunday for a 4-3 walk-off win over Lake Forest College at the Midwest Conference Classic.
Lawrence (16-7, 5-2 MWC) trailed 3-2 heading to the bottom of the eighth, but Sam Belletini led off the inning with a single. After an error on Kori Looker’s bunt attempt, Lawrence had runners at second and third.
Lake Forest retired the next two hitters with no damage, but Tierney Duffy’s two-out, two-run single to center field scored both runners to give Lawrence the victory.
Belletini, who homered, and Duffy both went 2-for-4, and Duffy finished with three runs batted in.
A two-run homer gave Lake Forest (22-5, 8-1) a 2-0 lead in the top of the fifth, but Lawrence countered in the bottom of the sixth. Belletini led off the sixth with a homer to trim the lead to 2-1, and Looker followed with a single. After a pair of outs, Duffy doubled to score Looker and tie the game at 2-2.
Jessi Werner came on in relief for the eighth inning and took the loss.