NORMAL, Ill. – The Illinois State softball team (23-6, 9-2 MVC) used a seventh-inning rally to come within one of Southern Illinois (29-9, 11-6 MVC), but the Salukis held on for a 3-2 win to take the final game of the three-game series.
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- The Salukis jumped on the board in the opening frame, holding a 1-0 lead early.
- Mack Leonard settled into the circle in the second inning, recording a pair of strikeouts and a ground out, before Jayden Standish bombed her fourth home run of the season over the right field wall to knot the score.