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Extra-Inning Thriller Sends Duke To NCAA Regional Championship Game
5/18/2025 1:14:00 AM | Softball
DURHAM, N.C. – After falling to Georgia in their opening game, the Blue Devils used an explosive eight-run frame to defeat Coastal Carolina, 16-8, in eight innings Saturday night at Duke Softball Stadium.
With the win, the Blue Devils improve to 40-17 on the year and advance to the NCAA regional championship game for the fifth-straight year.
Graduate student Dani Drogemuller and junior Cassidy Curd split the circle during the two games. Drogemuller tossed 12.1 innings in her two appearances, working a complete game against Georgia and 5.1 innings of relief against Coastal Carolina. The Frankfort, Ill., native allowed 11 runs off 18 hits while fanning seven.
HOW IT HAPPENED VS. GEORGIA
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With the win, the Blue Devils improve to 40-17 on the year and advance to the NCAA regional championship game for the fifth-straight year.
Graduate student Dani Drogemuller and junior Cassidy Curd split the circle during the two games. Drogemuller tossed 12.1 innings in her two appearances, working a complete game against Georgia and 5.1 innings of relief against Coastal Carolina. The Frankfort, Ill., native allowed 11 runs off 18 hits while fanning seven.
HOW IT HAPPENED VS. GEORGIA
- A pair of two-out doubles knocked in the first two Georgia runs in the top of the first.
- Back-to-back Bulldog home runs from Mua Williams and Dallis Goodnight extended Georgia's edge to 4-0 in the top of the second.
- The Blue Devils answered in the home half after sophomore Amiah Burgess slipped a base hit through the left side to plate redshirt sophomore Kairi Rodriguez and make it a 4-1 ballgame. Rodriguez led off with an infield single before advancing on a passed ball and a single to left field.
- The Bulldogs tacked on three additional runs off four hits to pull ahead, 7-1, in the top of the fifth.
- Duke connected a pair of infield singles, a Georgia throwing error and a sacrifice bunt to push another run across the plate, making it a 7-2 game heading into the final two frames.
- Georgia's Lyndi Rae Davis added a solo home run in the top of the seventh to put the game away, 8-2.
- Junior Aminah Vega opened the scoring in the nightcap, sending a solo home run straight out of center field in the top of the first.
- Coastal Carolina's McKennah Metzger blasted a solo shot to right center field to knot the score at 1-1 in the bottom of the second.
- Duke pushed ahead again in the following frame, using two hits and a pair of Chanticleer errors to stretch a 3-1 lead.
- The Chanticleers' sparked their offense again with a five-run frame in the third, highlighted by home runs from Delaney Keith, Georgia Hood and Maddy Jennings, to create a 6-3 gap.
- The Blue Devils answered with a five-run frame of their own in the top of the fourth, using RBI-singles from redshirt junior Jada Baker and junior Aleyah Terrell and a bases-clearing double from graduate student Thessa Malau'ulu to regain the lead, 8-6.
- Coastal Carolina continued to fight back, adding a pair of runs over the final two frames to even the score at 8-8 and force extra innings.
- The Blue Devils' offense erupted in the top of the eighth, scoring eight runs off five hits and two errors to seal the victory, 16-8.
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- Vega recorded her 12th home run of the season during the nightcap against Coastal Carolina.
- Drogemuller moves her ledger to 18-9 on the year.
- Malau'ulu has successfully reached base in a team-high 24 straight games.
- Curd made her 35th appearance of the season after tossing the first 2.2 innings against the Chanticleers.
- The Port St. Lucie, Fla., native collected a game-high four strikeouts to bring her season total to 148.
- The Blue Devils are 21-11 all-time in extra-inning games, including 4-0 this season.
- Duke's 16 runs against Coastal Carolina set a program single-game NCAA record.
- The Blue Devils are now 15-11 in NCAA play.
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