Salem, Va. – Center fielder Ally Homa threw out the tying run at the plate in the bottom of the fifth inning to stop the Wheeling Jesuit's late surge. Millersville tacked on two insurance runs in the top of the seventh inning to get its eighth win of the season by a 7-4 score Friday.

The Marauders (8-6) took an early 2-0 lead over the Cardinals (5-8) after fielding errors by the shortstop and second baseman kept the inning alive. Allison Chew and Casey Coker both drove in runs after the Wheeling Jesuit mistakes.

The lead increased to 3-0 in the third inning when Kelly Fitzgerald and Taylor Odell-Smith both hit doubles. Odell-Smith's double drove in Fitzgerald from third.

The Cardinals rallied in the bottom of the fourth inning to take their first lead of the game going into the fifth inning. The four-run, fourth inning rally came on six hits by the Wheeling Jesuit line up.

Stacy Spicer led off the inning with a single. Two batters later, Caity Ferrell hit a double to put runners in scoring position with Erika Jusko on deck. Jusko stepped up to the plate with her team down 3-0 and runners on second and third. She tied the game with one swing, sending the ball over the left field fence.

The Cardinals scored one more run before the side was retired to take their first lead of the game, 4-3.

Millersville responded quickly in the fifth inning with two runs on three hits to regain the lead, 5-4.

The biggest play of the game came in the bottom of the fifth inning. Wheeling Jesuit's Ferrell hit her second double of the game, putting her in scoring position with two outs and Jusko coming to the plate in hopes to make magic happen a second time.

Jusko singled up the middle with a clean pick up by Homa in center field. Ferrell was waved home as she rounded third base, but an accurate throw by Homa hit Fitzgerald's mitt, and she put the tag on Ferrell to end the inning and keep the 5-4 lead going into the sixth.

The Marauders collected two insurance runs in the top of the seventh inning to go ahead 7-4 with three outs to play.

Courtney Eckman (2-1), who came in relief for Sarah Signore in the fifth inning, closed out the bottom of the seventh to pick up her second win in as many games.

The Marauders continue play at the West Virginia Wesleyan tournament tomorrow when they take on Fairmont State at 9 a.m., followed by Alderson-Broaddus at 1 p.m.