Lexington, Ky. – The Toledo softball team battled to the very end but saw its dream season come to an end on a two-run walk-off home run in a 2-0 loss to Illinois at the NCAA Lexington Regional today.
Sophomore Erin Hunt pitched a brilliant game, shutting down the Illini until Kiana Sherlund belted a 2-0 pitch just over the left-field wall with two outs in the bottom of the seventh. The loss ended the season and the Cinderella story for Toledo (29-28), which made its first appearance in the NCAA Championships since 1992 after winning the MAC Tournament as a No.