A game which began at 7pm and had crawled into its fourth hour was mercifully ended by the eighth batter in the Michigan order, Ava Costales, who smacked a bomb to left center in the bottom of the ninth inning to give the Wolverines a sloppy 4-3 victory - which counts in the standings just as much as the works of art.
Neither staff was putting their best arm forward as Nebraska and Michigan pitching combined for 17 walks (8 by Wolverine ace, Lauren Derkowski, and 6 by the Huskers’ Kaylin Kinney) and 5 hit batsmen (4 by Derkowski including 3 in one inning).