University of Arizona Athletics

DURHAM, N.C. – No. 21 Arizona's season concluded in game seven of the Durham Regional on Sunday afternoon.
 
Game 1 | #12 Duke 8, #21 Arizona 6
Arizona dropped the first game of the day, 6-8, to require a deciding game 7 of the Durham Regional. The Wildcats scored six runs on six hits and Regan Shockey went 2-for-3 at the plate.
 
Duke struck first with one run in the first inning on a solo home run but Arizona's defense ended the inning with the team's 44th double play of the season.
 
The Wildcats used a two-out rally to take a 2-1 lead in the bottom of the second. Addison Duke brought in the first run of the game with an RBI single through the left side. Shockey created some chaos with an RBI bunt single to score Kiki Escobar for the lead.
 
In the third, the Blue Devils retook the lead with a two-run home run to make it a 3-2 game in the top of the inning. The Wildcats plated two in the bottom of the inning to regain the lead. Jenna Sniffen drew a bases-loaded walk to tie the game, and Escobar drove in the go-ahead run with a sac fly and give Arizona a 4-3 lead.
 
Duke scored three in the fourth to take a 6-4 lead. The Blue Devils used a pair of home runs, a solo homer and a two-run shot, to take a two-run lead over the Wildcats.
 
Arizona tied the game in the bottom of the fourth at 6-6. With two outs, Shockey and Sereniti Trice scored on a Duke error to knot the game up.
 
The Blue Devils plated two runs in the top of the sixth to regain the lead. Duke scored two runs on a throwing error to go up 8-6.
 
Rylie Holder entered in relief in the fifth and pitched the final 2.2 innings to pick up the loss and fall to 11-6 on the season. She allowed two runs on two hits. Jalen Adams started the game and went two innings, allowing three runs on five hits before Jenae Berry entered in the top of the third. Berry gave up three runs on three hits and struck out one Blue Devil in 2.1 innings.
 
Game 2 | #12 Duke 9, #21 Arizona 4
The Wildcats lost the second game of the day, 4-9, to conclude the season. Arizona scored four runs on eight hits and Shockey went 2-for-3 for the second straight game.
 
Duke took an early 1-0 lead over Arizona in the bottom of the first inning. The Blue Devils used a sac fly to plate their run.
 
The Blue Devils added two runs in the second inning to take a 3-0 lead. A solo home run and the second sac fly of the game for Duke extended the lead.  
 
Arizona put two runs on the board in the fourth to make it a one-run game. Emma Kavanagh hit a pinch-hit RBI single to put the Cats on the board and Shockey singled to left to bring in another run and make it a 3-2 game.
 
Duke extended its lead to 7-2 in the bottom of the fourth with a pair of two-run home runs.
 
In the top of the fifth, the Wildcats took advantage of a Blue Devil error to score a run and cut Duke's lead to three with an RBI single from Kiki Escobar.
 
Duke scored two runs to take a 9-4 lead in the sixth. The first run came across on an RBI double and Duke's fourth home run of the game scored the second run of the inning.
 
Adams picked up the loss to fall to 21-10 on the season after pitching two total innings in the game. She pitched the first inning and allowed two runs to score. Holder entered in relief and went 2.2 innings, giving up four runs on six hits before Berry entered. Berry went 1.1 innings and gave up one run before Adams re-entered in the bottom of the sixth to close out the game.