Overview
- West Virginia rallied for an 11-9 ninth-inning win to force a deciding game and then won 6-5 on a 10th-inning walk-off to eliminate Kentucky.
- The decisive win came Monday at Kendrick Family Ballpark and ends Kentucky’s season after a dramatic two-game stretch in Morgantown.
- Kentucky entered the tournament as one of the final regional selections and finished the year with a noted 0-7 record in elimination games.
- West Virginia improved its record and advanced to the Super Regional for the third straight year while hosting a Super Regional for the first time.
- Reports show a small discrepancy in Kentucky’s final record between outlets (listed as 33-22 in one box score and 33-23 in another) but all sources confirm West Virginia advanced and Kentucky was eliminated.