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Walk-Off Winner: No. 9 'Cats Down No. 23 Michigan

4/1/2022 6:33:00 PM | Softball

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EVANSTON, Ill. – No. 9 Northwestern toppled No. 23 Michigan, 4-3, at Sharon. J Drysdale Field thanks to a walk-off single by Jordyn Rudd in the ninth inning.  
Northwestern improves to 23-4 on the season and is riding a 13-game winning streak.
 
Danielle Williams was sensational yet again for the 'Cats, striking out 16 batters over nine innings, one short of her career-high of 17 Ks set last weekend against Michigan St., while allowing just five hits and two earned runs.
 
After falling into an early 3-0 hole, the 'Cats clawed back with solo home runs. Maeve Nelson destroyed a ball onto the roof of Welsh-Ryan Arena in the second inning to put the Wildcats on the board.  
Down 3-1 in the bottom of the sixth, Rachel Lewis and Jordyn Rudd blasted back-to-back homers to tie up the game.  
It took until two outs in the ninth inning to break the deadlock, as Jordyn Rudd delivered a game-winning single with the bases loaded to give Northwestern its first home win over Michigan since 2009.
 
The 'Cats look to grab the series win against Michigan tomorrow at 1 p.m. CT on BTN.
 

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W, 6-4

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Team Stats

Pitching:

W: Williams, Danielle (14-1)

L: Storako (14-3)

Michigan

Batting:

2B: Blair 1 ; Sieler 1

RBI: Blair 2

SH: Bump 1

Base Running:

RUNS: Burkhardt 1 ; Bump 1 ; Sieler 1

CS: LeClair 1

HBP: Livingston 1

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Batting:

2B: Shellmyer, Skyler 1 ; Nelson, Maeve 1 ; Cady, Hannah 1

HR: Lewis, Rachel 1 ; Rudd, Jordyn 1 ; Nelson, Maeve 1

RBI: Lewis, Rachel 1 ; Rudd, Jordyn 2 ; Nelson, Maeve 1

Base Running:

RUNS: Lewis, Rachel 1 ; Rudd, Jordyn 1 ; Nelson, Maeve 1 ; Lindsey, Ayana 1

HBP: Caldrone, Lauren 1

Game Leaders

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Maeve Nelson

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Rachel Lewis

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Rachel Lewis

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Jordyn Rudd

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