Sydney Stewart’s 2nd grand slam of the season was a walk-off winner
TUCSON – Miranda Stoddard and Sydney Stewart homered for Arizona as the No. 13 seed Wildcats opened the NCAA Tournament with a 13-5 run-rule win over Santa Clara in the 1st game of the Tucson Regional on Candrea Field at Hillenbrand Stadium.
The Broncos Hope Alley hit a solo home run off Stoddard in the 1st inning to open the scoring but it was all UA after that.
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Arizona scored in every inning. The Wildcats took the lead with four runs in the 2nd. Stoddard smacked a solo home run in the 3rd to give the Wildcats a 5-1 advantage. She also pitched four innings, allowing just a run on three hits.
Santa Clara sliced their deficit to 6-5 with a four-run 4th off Arizona reliever Ryan Maddox.
Stewart’s second grand slam of the season ended the game in the bottom of the 5th.
UA (46-11) will play in the winner’s bracket game on Saturday at 1 p.m. against Mississippi. The Rebels beat Grand Canyon 7-4, snapping the Antelopes 23-game winning streak.
Santa Clara (32-21) will face Grand Canyon (46-7) in an Elimination game at 3:30.
You can hear that came on Freedom 1400 KTUC-AM with Derrick Palmer on the call. The game will be televised on ESPN+ with Chuckie Kempf and Arizona Softball alum Kenzie Fowler-Quinn.
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