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No. 7 ECU Outlasts Tulsa in Extra Innings Behind Poepping’s Arm to Advance in American Softball Championship

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HOUSTON, Texas – Erin Poepping allowed three runs in the bottom of the first inning before responding with seven shutout innings as No. 8 ECU pushed across a run in the eighth inning to advance past No. 2 Tulsa in the quarterfinals of the 2019 American Softball Championship.

Olivia Narron led off the top of the eighth with an infield single before advancing to third on a pair of groundouts to bring Rachel McCollum to the plate. McCollum’s grounder got through the left side of the Tulsa infield to put the Pirates ahead.