MUNCIE, Ind. – In another down-to-the-wire finish, the Ball State softball team brought the tying run to the plate in the bottom of the seventh inning, but visiting Toledo was able to hold on and spoil the Cardinals' senior day with a 5-2 victory Saturday at the Softball Field at First Merchants Ballpark Complex.
Despite the loss, the Cardinals (29-21; 13-5 Mid-American Conference) picked up their sixth MAC series victory of the season courtesy of a doubleheader sweep of the Rockets (21-30; 9-9 MAC) on Friday.
One day after throwing Ball State's first no-hitter since the 2010 season, junior pitcher Carolyn Wilmes (Evansville, Ind.