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#7 Akron Softball Upsets #6 Miami, 10-2, to Advance in MAC Tourney

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AKRON, Ohio– The seventh-seeded Akron softball team upset the sixth-seeded Miami, 10-2 in five innings, in the second round of the 2017 Mid-American Conference Championship on late Thursday night at Firestone Stadium.

The Zips (27-29 overall) will now face No. 8 seed Western Michigan on Friday, May 11, at 1 p.m. in the third round of the MAC's double elimination tournament.

Akron started the first inning getting on the board from a solo home run from senior OF Savannah Fruin (Delray Beach, Fla.