By TYLER HENRY
Lead Sportswriter - Salina Post
The Southeast of Saline softball team secured yet another NCAA league title on Monday, securing a split in a Trojan War with Beloit.
SES would claim a 12-3 victory in game one before Beloit came back to take the regular season finale 6-4.
Game One: SE of Saline 12, Beloit 3
The Lady Trojans knew from the jump that they needed just one league win to claim the crown, and wasted no time making it happen, plating two runs in the first, another in the third and fifth, and four in the fourth and seventh.
Kyiah Samualson was lethal at the plate, finishing her day 3-5 with 4 RBI and three runs scored.
Everyone got in on the fun as eight different Lady Trojans recorded a hit, and four drove in at least one run.
Karlee Zurfluh was excellent in the circle, allowing just two earned runs, issuing no walks, and recording seven strikeouts, the last of which was a game-winner and her 100th of the season.
Game Two: Beloit 6, SE of Saline 4
Beloit would have the last laugh in this series, coming back with a four-run fifth inning to flip a 4-2 deficit into a 6-4 lead.
From there, pitching would allow Beloit to hold on for the win as the Southeast came up empty in the sixth and seventh innings.
Despite ending the season on a loss, Southeast of Saline will be riding high going into regionals, as undisputed league champs at 11-1, and with an overall record of 20-4.
SES will be the one seed in the Silver Lake regional, while Beloit (15-8) will enter the Minneapolis regional as the two seed.