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Southern Indiana's Mackenzie Bedrick (3) hauls in a fly ball during their NCAA Division II Midwest Super Regional game at the University of Southern Indiana softball field Thursday, May 19, 2022. USI went on to win their game against Grand Valley State 2-1.
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Southern Indiana's Sammie Kihega (16) celebrates a strikeout of Grand Valley's Morgan Spicer (3) in the sixth inning of their NCAA Division II Midwest Super Regional game at the University of Southern Indiana softball field Thursday, May 19, 2022. The called third strike ended the Lakers' threat in the inning.
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Southern Indiana's Jordan Rager (23) appears to put the tag on Grand Valley's Lydia Goble (9) at second base, but Goble was called safe by the umpire in the sixth inning of their NCAA Division II Midwest Super Regional game at the University of Southern Indiana softball field Thursday, May 19, 2022. USI won the game 2-1 and they'll play the next game of the best of three Friday.
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Southern Indiana's Allie Goodin (7) delivers a pitch to a Grand Valley batter during the first game of the NCAA Division II Midwest Super Regional at the University of Southern Indiana softball field Thursday, May 19, 2022. USI beat Grand Valley State 2-1.
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Grand Valley's Taylor Rieger (2) fields a grounder during the first game of the NCAA Division II Midwest Super Regional at the University of Southern Indiana softball field Thursday, May 19, 2022. USI beat Grand Valley State 2-1.
Grand Valley's Megan Koenigshof (5) hauls in a foul ball in front of the Southern Indiana dugout during the first game of the NCAA Division II Midwest Super Regional at the University of Southern Indiana softball field Thursday, May 19, 2022. USI beat Grand Valley State 2-1.
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Southern Indiana's Mary Bean (22) throws to first base for the out during the first game of the NCAA Division II Midwest Super Regional at the University of Southern Indiana softball field Thursday, May 19, 2022. USI beat Grand Valley State 2-1.
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Grand Valley's Morgan Wagner (7) and Southern Indiana's Sammie Kihega (16) meet at the plate for the force out during the first game of the NCAA Division II Midwest Super Regional at the University of Southern Indiana softball field Thursday, May 19, 2022. USI beat Grand Valley State 2-1.
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Southern Indiana's Jordan Rager (23) cheers for teammate Katie Back after her RBI single in the fifth inning during the first game of the NCAA Division II Midwest Super Regional at the University of Southern Indiana softball field Thursday, May 19, 2022. USI beat Grand Valley State 2-1.
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Southern Indiana's Hannah Long, left, and Southern Indiana's Sammie Kihega work on their bat tossing skills during a rain delay during the first game of the NCAA Division II Midwest Super Regional at the University of Southern Indiana softball field Thursday, May 19, 2022. USI beat Grand Valley State 2-1.
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Southern Indiana's Sammie Kihega (16) celebrates as Home Plate Umpire Chris Brawner calls strike three on the Grand Valley batter for the third out of the seventh inning at the University of Southern Indiana softball field Thursday, May 19, 2022. The out clinched the NCAA Division II Midwest Super Regional win for the Screaming Eagles 2-1.
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The Southern Indiana Screaming Eagles cheer from the dugout during the first game of the NCAA Division II Midwest Super Regional at the University of Southern Indiana softball field Thursday, May 19, 2022. USI beat Grand Valley State 2-1.
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Southern Indiana's Mackenzie Bedrick (3) hauls in a fly ball for the second out in the sixth inning during their NCAA Division II Midwest Super Regional game at the University of Southern Indiana softball field Thursday, May 19, 2022. USI went on to win their game against Grand Valley State 2-1.
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Grand Valley's Megan Koenigshof (5) throws to first during the first game of the NCAA Division II Midwest Super Regional at the University of Southern Indiana softball field Thursday, May 19, 2022. USI beat Grand Valley State 2-1.
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Southern Indiana Head Coach Sue Kunkle applauds her teams effort against Grand Valley State during the first game of the NCAA Division II Midwest Super Regional at the University of Southern Indiana softball field Thursday, May 19, 2022. USI beat Grand Valley State 2-1.
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Grand Valley's Kaitlin Lynch (10) slides into third base ahead of the throw to Southern Indiana's Mary Bean (22) during the first game of the NCAA Division II Midwest Super Regional at the University of Southern Indiana softball field Thursday, May 19, 2022. USI beat Grand Valley State 2-1.
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Grand Valley's Hannah Beatus (11) delivers a pitch during the first game of the NCAA Division II Midwest Super Regional at the University of Southern Indiana softball field Thursday, May 19, 2022. USI beat Grand Valley State 2-1.
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Southern Indiana's Jordan Rager (23) collects a hopper to make the out during the first game of the NCAA Division II Midwest Super Regional at the University of Southern Indiana softball field Thursday, May 19, 2022. USI beat Grand Valley State 2-1.
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Grand Valley's Morgan Spicer (3) earns a walk against Southern Indiana during the first game of the NCAA Division II Midwest Super Regional at the University of Southern Indiana softball field Thursday, May 19, 2022. USI beat Grand Valley State 2-1.
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Jerzi and Sonia Casebolt of Newburgh, Ind., take in the first game of the NCAA Division II Midwest Super Regional at the University of Southern Indiana softball field Thursday, May 19, 2022. USI beat Grand Valley State 2-1.
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Southern Indiana's Emma Tucher (4) hauls in a fly ball in right field during the first game of the NCAA Division II Midwest Super Regional at the University of Southern Indiana softball field Thursday, May 19, 2022. USI beat Grand Valley State 2-1.
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Grand Valley's Megan Koenigshof (5) fields a grounder during the first game of the NCAA Division II Midwest Super Regional at the University of Southern Indiana softball field Thursday, May 19, 2022. USI beat Grand Valley State 2-1.
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Southern Indiana coaches, clockwise from left, Mackenzi Dorsam, Sue Kunkle and Emily Goodin take in action from the dugout during the first game of the NCAA Division II Midwest Super Regional at the University of Southern Indiana softball field Thursday, May 19, 2022. USI beat Grand Valley State 2-1.
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A rain delay comes to an end as the tarp is removed from the infield during the first game of the NCAA Division II Midwest Super Regional at the University of Southern Indiana softball field Thursday, May 19, 2022. USI beat Grand Valley State 2-1.
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Southern Indiana's Katie Back (10) drives in a run with a single in the fifth inning during the first game of the NCAA Division II Midwest Super Regional at the University of Southern Indiana softball field Thursday, May 19, 2022. USI beat Grand Valley State 2-1.
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Southern Indiana's Kennedy Nalley (17) scores after a Katie Back single to left field in the fifth inning during the first game of the NCAA Division II Midwest Super Regional at the University of Southern Indiana softball field Thursday, May 19, 2022. USI beat Grand Valley State 2-1.
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Grand Valley's Lydia Goble (9) eludes the tag of Southern Indiana's Jordan Rager (23) at second base and Goble was called safe by the umpire in the sixth inning of their NCAA Division II Midwest Super Regional game at the University of Southern Indiana softball field Thursday, May 19, 2022. USI won the game 2-1 and they'll play the next game of the best of three Friday.
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Southern Indiana's Jordan Rager (23) drives in a run in the fifth inning during the first game of the NCAA Division II Midwest Super Regional at the University of Southern Indiana softball field Thursday, May 19, 2022. USI beat Grand Valley State 2-1.
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Southern Indiana's Mikaela Domico (9) celebrates after scoring a run on Jordan Rager's RBI single in the fifth inning during the first game of the NCAA Division II Midwest Super Regional at the University of Southern Indiana softball field Thursday, May 19, 2022. USI beat Grand Valley State 2-1.
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Southern Indiana's Mary Bean (22) makes the throw to first base during the first game of the NCAA Division II Midwest Super Regional at the University of Southern Indiana softball field Thursday, May 19, 2022. USI beat Grand Valley State 2-1.
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Southern Indiana's Katie Back (10) celebrates the second out of the sixth inning during the first game of the NCAA Division II Midwest Super Regional at the University of Southern Indiana softball field Thursday, May 19, 2022. USI beat Grand Valley State 2-1.
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Southern Indiana's Josie Newman (11) pitches in relief during the first game of the NCAA Division II Midwest Super Regional at the University of Southern Indiana softball field Thursday, May 19, 2022. USI beat Grand Valley State 2-1.
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Southern Indiana's Allie Goodin (7) congratulates Josie Newman (11) after she shut down the threat in the sixth inning in relief of Goodin during the first game of the NCAA Division II Midwest Super Regional at the University of Southern Indiana softball field Thursday, May 19, 2022. USI beat Grand Valley State 2-1.
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