EVANSTON, Ill. – The No. 12 Northwestern Wildcats beat Kentucky 10-8, coming back from 6-2 down by using an eight-run third inning to knock off Kentucky and move into the Evanston Regional Final on Sunday afternoon.
Similar to 2021, Kentucky will turn around and play an elimination game against the winner of Eastern Illinois and Miami (OH) later tonight, with the winner needing to beat Northwestern twice on Sunday to advance to NCAA Super Regionals.
Erin Coffel and Kayla Kowalik both hit home runs in the game and the Wildcats led 6-2 after 2.5 innings, but an eight spot off of seven hits and a UK error spun out of control for the UK pitching staff and Northwestern never looked back.
All three games that Kentucky could play for the remainder of the weekend are elimination games.
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Eight-Run Third Sends Northwestern Into Evanston Regional Final – UK Athletics​
Similar to 2021, Kentucky will turn around and play an elimination game against the winner of Eastern Illinois and Miami (OH) later tonight, with the winner needing to beat Northwestern twice on Sunday to advance to NCAA Super Regionals.
Erin Coffel and Kayla Kowalik both hit home runs in the game and the Wildcats led 6-2 after 2.5 innings, but an eight spot off of seven hits and a UK error spun out of control for the UK pitching staff and Northwestern never looked back.
All three games that Kentucky could play for the remainder of the weekend are elimination games.
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Eight-Run Third Sends Northwestern Into Evanston Regional Final – UK Athletics​