Photo Gallery (by Sandy King)

Eastern Illinois softball had a pair of walk-off wins coming in two different fashions on Sunday as the Panthers finished their weekend OVC series sweep against Southern Indiana.
 
EIU won the opener 3-1 in eight innings before posting a 9-1 run-rule win in six innings in the final game of the series.
 
EIU improved to 22-17 overall, 14-3 in the OVC.  USI fell to 10-21 overall, 7-9 in the OVC.
 
EIU 3, USI 1 (8 innings)
Sophia Olman hit a two-run home run in the bottom of the eighth inning to lift to Eastern Illinois to a 3-1 win in pitchers dual in the circle.
 
Karlie McKenzie carried a no-hitter through six and third innings before Jordan Mackey broke up the no-hitter with a pop-up single in the infield that a severe wind carried away from the nearest EIU fielder.   Kate Satkoski followed with an RBI double to left field that tied the game at 1-1 at the time.
 
McKenzie finished out the game allowing just three hits and the one run as she improved to 7-3 on the season.  She had eight strike outs in the game.
 
She was matched by USI starter Kylie Witthaus (4-7) who allowed seven hits while striking out seven in the loss. 
 
EIU scored its opening run in the fifth with Olman pounding a double off the centerfield fence.  Pinch runner Emily Konkel came home to score on a wild pitch for the first run of the game.
 
In the eighth, Abbi Hatton had a one out single and moved to second on a ground out for the second out of the inning.  Olman then delivered the game winner to left center for her first home run of the season.  She was 2-for-4 in the game.  Abbey Crain also added two hits for EIU. 
 
Kennedy Nalley joined Mackey and Satkoski as Screaming Eagles with hits in the opener.
 
EIU 9, USI 1 (6 innings)
In the second game EIU was able to take advantage of early Southern Indiana errors and eventually break open the game for a run-rule, 9-1 win.
 
Leading 6-1 heading into the sixth inning EIU strung together two hits and took advantage of another USI error to score its first run of the inning on an Abbi Hatton single through the left side.  Morgan Hance then capped the game with a two-run double to right field as the freshman went 3-for-4 in the series finale.
 
Sophia Olman, Kendall Grover ad Hatton all finished with two hits for EIU in the second game as EIU scored four unearned runs against USI starter Josie Newman (6-13).
 
Alisha Frederick drove home a run in the first for EIU while Maddux Marshall had an RBI single in the third.
 
Southern Indiana scored its run in the top of the third against EIU starter McKenzie Oslanzi (12-10) who allowed five hits and no earned runs in the complete game win.
 
Whitley Hunter singled in the Screaming Eagles run with a single to right.  No USI players had more than one hit in the game.