COLUMBIA, Mo. – It took the No. 7 seeded University of Missouri softball team (46-16) the better part of 16 innings over two games to solve the riddle of Omaha (43-14) pitcher Kamryn Meyer as the Tigers plated five runs in the top of the seventh of an elimination game to defeat the Mavs 5-1 and force a deciding game 7 in the 2024 NCAA Columbia Regional Sunday at Mizzou Softball Stadium.
Mizzou picked up its 1,500-win in program history to become the 15th program in NCAA history to reach the milestone and second SEC school (Texas A&M).
Trailing 1-0 in the top of the seventh, Kara Daly led off the frame with a walk and later advanced to third on a single from pinch hitter Madison Walker. Jenna Laird grounded out to second and plated pinch runner Danielle Blackstun to knot things up at one run apiece.
The Tigers weren’t done there as Alex Honnold hammered a no doubter to right-center field to score Blackstun and pinch runner Mya Dodge. Maddie Gallagher and Abby Hay drew back-to-back walks on 3-2 counts and Meyer was lifted for Sydney Nuismer, the first time Omaha went to its bullpen in the Regional. The runners advanced to scoring position on a wild pitch and a Julia Crenshaw single plated both to make the count 5-1 entering the bottom of the frame.
Reliever Taylor Pannell gave up a leadoff single in the bottom of the seventh but retired three-straight Mavs to force the winner-take-all Regional final which was set for a 4 p.m., CT…
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