Steed comes through with heroic hit in Cats win

Junior pitcher Kelsey Nunley (33) pitches during the softball game against WKU on Wednesday, April 22, 2015 in Lexington, Ky. Kentucky won the game 1-0 in the bottom of the ninth inning. Photo by Hunter Mitchell | StaffBy Kris Reid

UK’s coach Rachel Lawson lamented on Tuesday about her team’s lack of toughness and that message sunk in on Wednesday as UK overcame 18 strikeouts to grit out a 1-0 lead against WKU behind its star pitcher Kelsey Nunley.

Lawson was proud of the resiliency of her team, especially after suffering an embarrassing run-loss rule to rival Louisville just 24 hours ago.

“Before the game we knew it was going to be tough,” Lawson said. “We talked about taking each at-bat one…