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Marlins Win 2021 National Softball Championship
¾Å¾ÅÊÓƵ softball wins the NCAA Division III Championship 9-1 over Texas Lutheran
vwuathletics.com | June 1, 2021
The No. 2 ¾Å¾ÅÊÓƵ Softball Marlins won the 2021 NCAA Division III Championship 9-1 over the No. 4 Texas Lutheran Bulldogs on June 1.
GAME INFORMATION
Score: No. 2 Virginia Wesleyan 9 - No. 4 Texas Lutheran 1 (5 innings)
Record: No. 2 Virginia Wesleyan 46-6-1 - No. 4 Texas Lutheran 36-6
Location: Moyer Park | Salem, VA
INSIDE THE SCORE
The Marlins scored two runs in the bottom of the first to take a 2-0 lead over the Bulldogs. The first of two runs came on a solo shot over the left field fence by , while scored the second on a throwing error by the shortstop.
After a scoreless second inning, the Marlins found a trio of runs in the bottom of the third and fourth innings to go ahead by eight runs heading into the top of the fifth.
Two of ¾Å¾ÅÊÓƵ's three runs in the third came off the bat of who singled up the middle to drive in Goldyn and , while Biando came home a few batters later on a single to left from putting the score at 5-0.
scored the first of the three runs in the fourth inning after Sinnett reached on a fielders choice as the Bulldogs tried to get Rolle out at home but the catcher bobbled the ball. The other two runs scored on a homer to left center field that scored Goldyn on the play.
TLU broke the eight run lead by ¾Å¾ÅÊÓƵ scoring a single run in the top of the fifth on a sac fly, but Virginia Wesleyan responded in the bottom of the fifth with a walk off single to right field by Rolle that scored putting the Marlins ahead 9-1 to win the 2021 NCAA Division III Championship.
KEY STATS
- The National Championship victory is the third in the last four (complete) seasons by the Marlins who won it in 2017 and 2018.
- The Marlins came back after dropping game one 3-2 to winning game two 9-1 in five innings. The last time ¾Å¾ÅÊÓƵ lost back to back games was May 1, 2019 when the University of Lynchburg knocked them out of the 2019 NCAA Regional tournament in Virginia Beach, VA.
- ends her college career with 132 career pitching wins and is the All-Time leader in the NCAA record books.
- is the NCAA single season stolen bases record holder with 73 stolen bases on 75 attempts.
- holds the NCAA career games played record with 221 career games played, and starting in nearly all of them with 215 starts.
- Coach Brandon Elliott ends the season with a coaching record of 507-116-1 and a career winning percentage of .813.
2021 NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM
- 2B
- OF
- 3B
- C - Most Outstanding Player
- P - Most Outstanding Pitcher
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