Photos: Arizona Wildcats 2, Auburn 1, NCAA softball regionals
The Wildcats got all the offense they needed with a two-run fourth inning and held on despite an Auburn solo homer in the top of the seventh for a 2-1 win to advance undefeated to Sunday's NCAA Regional final at Hillenbrand Stadium in Tucson.
Arizona vs Auburn
Arizona's Tamara Statman (88) gets surrounded by her teammates s she comes back to the dugout after slashing a two RBI single against Auburn in the fourth inning in their winner's bracket game on the second day of the NCAA regionals at Hillenbrand Stadium, Friday, May 17, 2019, Tucson, Ariz. The two runs were all the Wildcats could generate as they held on to defeat the Tigers 2-1
Arizona vs Auburn
Arizona's starter Taylor McQuillin (18) deals a pitch against Auburn as the sun sets over their winner's bracket game on the second day of the NCAA regionals at Hillenbrand Stadium, Friday, May 17, 2019, Tucson, Ariz.
Arizona vs Auburn
Arizona's Rylee Pierce (36), left, and Izzy Pacho (15) jumps for joy after Pierce came home on Tamara Statman's single against Auburn in the fourth inning in their winner's bracket game on the second day of the NCAA regionals at Hillenbrand Stadium, Friday, May 17, 2019, Tucson, Ariz.
Arizona vs Auburn
Arizona's Reyna Carranco (5) watches her single get through the left side of the Auburn infield in the fourth inning in their winner's bracket game on the second day of the NCAA regionals at Hillenbrand Stadium, Friday, May 17, 2019, Tucson, Ariz.
Arizona vs Auburn
Arizona's first baseman Rylee Pierce (36) gets a slow roller up the line from Auburn's Makenna Dowell for an easy out in the fifth inning in their winner's bracket game on the second day of the NCAA regionals at Hillenbrand Stadium, Friday, May 17, 2019, Tucson, Ariz.
Arizona vs Auburn
Arizona's second baseman Hanah Bowen (7) turns the pivot over Auburn's Alyssa Rivera (21) but can't quite get the second out on Auburn's Kendall Veach's fielder's choice in the sixth inning in their winner's bracket game on the second day of the NCAA regionals at Hillenbrand Stadium, Friday, May 17, 2019, Tucson, Ariz.
Arizona vs Auburn
Auburn's Chardonnay Harris (13) warms up her pitching arm in the bullpen just before the Tigers take on Arizona in winner's bracket on the second day of the NCAA regionals at Hillenbrand Stadium, Friday, May 17, 2019, Tucson, Ariz.
Arizona vs Auburn
Arizona's Alyssa Palomino-Cardoza (32), left, and Rylee Pierce (36) greet Reyna Carranco (5) as she comes across with the second run on Tamara Statman's single in the fourth inning agains Auburn in the winner's bracket game on the second day of the NCAA regionals at Hillenbrand Stadium, Friday, May 17, 2019, Tucson, Ariz.
Arizona vs Auburn
Arizona's Alyssa Palomino-Cardoza (32) and the Auburn players line the baselines during the national anthem kicking off their game in the winner's bracket on the second day of the NCAA regionals at Hillenbrand Stadium, Friday, May 17, 2019, Tucson, Ariz.
Arizona vs Auburn
Arizona's catcher Dejah Mulipola (8) ranges to the backstop to get to pop-foul by Auburn's Kendall Veach (24) that ended the top of the third inning with the bases loaded in their winner's bracket game on the second day of the NCAA regionals at Hillenbrand Stadium, Friday, May 17, 2019, Tucson, Ariz.
Arizona vs Auburn
Arizona's second baseman Hanah Bowen (7) gets a gentle fly ball to erase Auburn's Makenna Dowell (32) in the third inning in their winner's bracket game on the second day of the NCAA regionals at Hillenbrand Stadium, Friday, May 17, 2019, Tucson, Ariz.
Kelly Presnell
Photojournalist
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