Box Score COLUMBUS, Ga.- The Southeastern University Fire have secured a spot as one of only four teams remaining in the NAIA with a come-from-behind 4-2 victory over the No. 6 seeded Indiana Wesleyan in game four of the World Series.
In the bottom of the third, a walk and an error allowed a Wildcat double to bring home the first two runs of the contest.
Three innings later, the Fire's offensive silence was broken after a single by
Jamie Mead and a walk by
Haleigh Harrell set up an RBI situation for
Erica Stahl. Stahl continued her clutch streak, lining a single into center field and scoring Mead to cut the deficit in half.
Ashley Ellison would immediately follow it up with a two-run double into right field, giving her team the 3-2 lead.
In regards to her game-clinching double, Ellison stated "I just wanted to get a good pitch, hit it hard, and score the runs because I knew our pitching staff would be able to hold the lead."
Chapel Cunningham added one more insurance run in the sixth with a single up the middle, concluding the four run inning.
A groundout, popout, and strikeout by Sekinger in the bottom of the seventh secured the Fire victory and a spot in the final four.
Sekinger advanced to 25-6 on the season with a complete game, allowing just five hits and two earned runs and striking out seven Wildcat hitters.
The freshman stated, "I felt really strong on the mound, especially with my changeup, and I knew my team had my back the whole time and they pulled through."
The Fire will now play tomorrow at 4 p.m. against the winner of Freed-Hardeman and Science and Arts.
