Illinois Wesleyan's softball team scored two runs in the bottom of the seventh inning to upset No. 15-ranked Otterbein, 3-2, in an NCAA Division III Alma Regional first-round game Friday at Alma, Mich.
IWU improved to 32-12 and faces Alma (28-8) at 10 a.m. (CST) Saturday. Otterbein (34-7) meets DePauw (23-20) in an elimination game at 12:30 p.m.
The Titans trailed 2-0 until the sixth. Freshman Shelby Funk's single off Gabby Johnson (16-1) scored pinch-runner Miam Massarro. Johnson's two-out wild pitch in the seventh scored Brittany Murphy to tie the game before Fulk's fielder's choice grounder scored Jillian Runyon with the winning run.