WEST LONG BRANCH, NJ. -Monmouth rallied for a dramatic 7–6 walk-off win over Penn on Wednesday afternoon at MU Softball Park.

Sammy Miller delivered the game-winning moment in the bottom of the seventh inning, lining a two-out single to score pinch runner Gianna Scotti from third. Scotti had entered to run for Carah Sumpter, who worked a key walk to set the stage.

Penn came out strong, taking a 2–0 lead in the first inning with a solo home run followed by a triple and a double. The Quakers added another run in the third to extend their advantage to 3–0.

Monmouth broke through in the fourth when Sumpter launched a solo home run. Penn answered in the fifth to make it 4–1, but the Hawks responded with two runs in the bottom half, capitalizing on an error and a sacrifice fly from Mackenzie Bloss to cut the deficit to one.

Penn pushed its lead to 6–3 with two RBI singles, but Monmouth refused to back down. In the sixth inning, Bloss crushed a three-run home run to even the score at 6–6, setting up Miller's heroics in the seventh.

NOTES AND NUMBERS 

• Sammy Miller, Liv Smith and Carah Sumpter finished with a game-high three hits apiece, tallying nine of Monmouth's 12 hits
• Sumpter hit her second home run and as many games and her third long ball of the season. Sumpter also finished with a career-high three hits on Wednesday
• Mackenzie Bloss tallied her fifth home run of the season, hitting a three-run shot. Bloss led the way with four RBIs and now has a team-leading 23 RBIs
• Monmouth has now hit two walk offs at home on the season
• Olivia Lewis came in to relieve Izzy Bonacci, allowing just one earned run on the day
• Monmouth captured its second straight win on Wednesday
• The Hawks held a 12-10 edge in hits

UP NEXT 
Monmouth will host Stony Brook in a three-game series starting Friday at 2 p.m. Friday's game will be broadcast on FloCollege.