COLUMBIA, Mo. — One swing sucked the air out of a record crowd at Mizzou Softball Stadium, but a few others sealed it.
A solo home run by left fielder D’Auna Jennings in the top of the ninth inning snapped a scoreless tie in the Columbia super regional and started an offensive onslaught for 10th-seeded Duke as it beat No. 7 Missouri 4-3 in the title game of a best-of-three series. The Blue Devils (52-7) thus advance to the Women's College World Series in Oklahoma City that begins Thursday. They'll meet No. 2 Oklahoma first.
“I’ll give credit to Duke; they’re an unbelievable team,” Missouri coach Larissa Anderson said.