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Sydney Strelow s single in the top of the 10th inning drove in the winning run as the Gophers edged No. 22 Northwestern 3-2 on Friday in Evanston, Ill., in Big Ten softball.
Amber Fiser pitched nine innings, threw 156 pitches and got the win; she is 8-4. The fifth-year righthander gave up two runs and six hits and struck out 12 for Minnesota (16-5).
Autumn Pease pitched the 10th for her fourth save this season. The conference-leading Wildcats (18-3) scored two runs in the sixth to tie it.
Natalie DenHartog hit her seventh homer for the Gophers in the third inning, and MaKenna Partain hit her first in the fifth.