CLERMONT, Fla. – The Kentucky Wesleyan College softball team opened its annual trip to the Sunshine State in dramatic fashion. The Panthers walked-off a 2-1 victory over Nova Southeastern as Maci Brown earned the victory with a complete game, one-hitter.
 
In a rapidly moving game, where Brown got nine ground-outs to go along with two strikeouts. Brown face two batters over the minimum through six innings. However, Suka Van Gurp led off the top of the seventh with a solo homerun, breaking-up the no-hit bid. Van Gurp's blast carried over the left-centerfield wall and through the teeth of the wind, giving the Sharks (9-8) the 1-0 lead.

Unphased by the blemish, Brown continued to produce strikes. The next three batters went down in order setting the table for the middle of the Panthers' (3-4) order in the bottom half of the inning. Jaylin Tidwell led-off with her second single of the game. Lexie Mullen followed with a ringing double to the opposite field to put runners in scoring position with no-outs.
 
Abbey Winstead, down in the count, battled back to coax a walk. On ball four the ball got away from Sharks' catcher Aubry Hernandez, as Tidwell bolted for home. Tidwell slid under the tag to tie the game. Delaney Mixer then ended the game with a solidly hit single into leftfield.  
 
The Panthers played an exhibition game earlier in the against the Czech Republic National Team where they produced six hits and lost 3-0.
 
Wesleyan has two more games as the National Training Center on Tuesday. The Panthers will play Davenport at 11AM CT and Florida Southern at 1:15PM CT.
 
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