Big East Tournament play continues Friday afternoon as UConn and Villanova meet at Glay Field.
On Friday afternoon, second-seed UConn will take on top-seeded Villanova at Glay Field, but only one team can come out on top as they work toward a Big East tournament title. The Huskies have now won four straight games with their most recent being a 3-1 win over third-seeded Creighton in the second round of play on Thursday afternoon. In the second inning, Creighton took a 1-0 lead, but UConn’s Grace Jenkins hit a two-run homer to center field in the third to give the Huskies the lead. In the fourth, Kaitlyn Kibling hit an RBI fly out to center field to bring home the final run. Payton Kinney improved to 12-4 on the season, pitching six innings and striking out an impressive nine batters.
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The Wildcats made it past their first game in tournament play, but only by a one-run margin in a narrow 5-4 victory. Lilly St. Jean opened the scoring with a ground out in the bottom of the fourth, but St. John’s countered with four runs in the top of the second to take the lead. It wasn’t until the bottom of the fifth when Villanova tied things up with a run coming home on a wild pitch, Elaina Wagner stealing home and St. Jean hitting an RBI double to left center. The game went to the eighth inning and the Wildcats secured the win with a walk-off double from Kelsey White to bring home Ava Franz. Caroline Pellicano earned the win in the circle with 2.1 innings of work in which she struck out two batters to keep the bases clear.
When UConn and Villanova met during regular season play, the Wildcats won the first and third games to secure the series victory.
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