UIS fell to the Drury Panthers on Friday in an elimination game at the Great Lakes Valley Conference softball tournament. 

The Prairie Stars entered the tournament as the No. 5 seed and faced No. 4 Maryville in the first game. That matchup went to the eighth inning where the Saints ended it with a walkoff single. 

No. 5 UIS was then set to face No. 8 Drury in their second game of the double elimination tournament. It was an eleven-inning battle that went on for over three hours before the Panthers scored on a wild pitch to win it. The Prairie Stars were therefore eliminated, but await a bid to the NCAA DII Midwest Regionals after being ranked fourth in the Midwest again this week.

GAME ONE RECAP
Danielle Dennis responded to an early run by the Saints with an RBI double for Kelsie Burrows to score. The Prairie Stars built a two run lead when Ashley Klinzing and Rosie Bartletti scored on a single by Isabella Wilson. UIS held the lead in the seventh before Maryville had back-to-back RBI hits to tie it 3-3. They went ahead to hit a walk-off single in the eighth and send the Prairie Stars to an elimination game. 

GAME TWO RECAP
Another dominant pitching performance from UIS Female Athlete of the Year Reagan Miles kept the Prairie Stars afloat for eleven innings. She ultimately fell to 13-6 with the loss. 

UIS started off scoring in the first when Isabella Wilson doubled to left field for Ashley Klinzing to score. Klinzing and Danielle Dennis scored in the third inning on a triple by Wilson. Klinzing scored twice on two walks. The fifth through tenth innings were quiet as Reagan Milles pitched nine innings and Bettis from Drury went all 11. The Panthers ended it with Kolb scoring on a wild pitch with two out. 

The NCAA DII Softball selection show will go live on Monday at 9:00 a.m. central time on NCAA.com