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TAMPA (March 11, 2018)
 
In Short
Keenan Dolezal pitched 3.1 innings of scoreless relief and Brooke Wilson belted a two-run home run in a decisive three-run fourth inning to lead Loyola University Chicago (12-9) to a 6-2 victory over Lehigh (2-10) this morning at the USF Tournament. The Ramblers have now won five of their last six contests.
 
How It Happened
Loyola answered a first-inning Lehigh run with a pair of its own in its first turn at bat to seize a 2-1 lead. Shannon McGee got the offense cooking with a lead-off triple to right, but later was retired on a fielder's choice. The Ramblers got the rest of the rally moving with two outs, and scored their runs on a Hawks error and Peyton DeChant's bases-loaded walk.
 
Lehigh made it a brand-new ballgame with a run in the third on Mary-Hannah Smith's RBI single, but the Ramblers would counter with a three-run fourth inning to reclaim and lead and take control of the contest.
 
Once again, McGee was the table setter, coaxing a lead-off walk and later coming around to score the go-ahead run on Katie Kasubke's double to center. One out later, Wilson smashed her first roundtripper of the season, clubbing a 2-1 pitch over the right field fence, for a two-run blast that pushed the Ramblers' lead to 5-2.
 
The Ramblers added an insurance run in the fifth on McGee's two-out, run-scoring single, her third hit of the day, and Dolezal was sensational in relief, allowing only two hits in 3.1 innings of work, striking out one.
 
A Look At The Numbers

• McGee notched her second three-hit game of the season, going 3-for-3 with a walk and a RBI.
• Kasubke doubled and scored a pair of runs, while Wilson knocked in two and hit her first home run since April 22, 2017.  

 
Up Next
The Ramblers open Missouri Valley Conference play on Saturday, March 17, when they play a doubleheader at Southern Illinois.