NORMAL, Illinois – The University of Northern Iowa softball team could not overcome a four-run fourth inning by Southern Illinois and the Salukis held on for a 4-3 victory in the 2017 Missouri Valley Conference Tournament championship held at Marian Kneer Stadium.
UNI (33-19 overall) broke through to score the first run of the game in the bottom of third. Courtney Krodinger ripped a one-out double off the wall in left field and then scored on a Brittany Roby single to left.
SIU (33-22 overall) used a two-out rally to plate four runs in the top of the fourth.