Box Score ARKADELPHIA, Ark. -
Kate Lacina homered twice and drove in five runs in front of her hometown crowd of Bentonville, Arkansas to give the Tigers a 7-5 in over Minnesota-Duluth in the UAM 8-State Classic.
Delaney Bedunah picked up her second win of the season.
Lacina opened up the scoring with a three-run homerun in the top of the third to give the Tigers a 3-0 lead. She hit a two-run shot in her next at bat to break and 3-3 tie and give Ouachita a 5-3 lead.
Jade Sones followed Lacina's lead with a solo shot of her own in the top of the sixth and
Sarah Johnson's single in the same inning allowed
Kailey Madden to score giving the Tigers a 7-3 lead.
Minnesota-Duluth scored two runs in the bottom of the sixth, but the Tigers closed it out in the seventh to get the 7-5 victory.