AURORA, IL - The Benedictine University softball team grabbed a second win on Friday to reach the NACC South Championship.

FINAL SCORE
Benedictine 9, Rockford 4

THE DETAILS
- Rockford opened the scoring with a leadoff homer to begin the game
- Benedictine responded with four runs in the bottom of the inning and did not trail again the rest of the game
- Benedictine needed just two batters to tie the score
- Taylor Skraba drew a leadoff walk and scored from first on a double from Megan Fast
- With two outs and the bases loaded, Neena Franklin tripled home three to put Benedictine in front
- Benedictine tacked on three more runs in the fifth to lead 7-1
- Ashley Fisher and Alyssa Gill led off the inning with singles and two runs would score on an error
- Sara Allison doubled home the seventh run
- Rockford scored three runs on just one hit in the sixth to pull within 7-4
- Colleen Schmit doubled home two in the bottom of the inning to account for the final

STAT LEADERS
- Fast worked 6.2 innings to earn the win
- Benedictine finished with 12 hits
- Fisher finished with three hits while Franklin totaled two with three RBIs
- Fast helped her own cause with two hits
- Fisher and Gill both scored three runs

UP NEXT
Benedictine (31-12) will need to defeat Aurora twice on Saturday to win the South. The first game is at 12:00 p.m.