Brent Yarina, BTN.com Senior Editor, May 8, 2015
Iowa used a pair of long balls to erase a 3-1 deficit in its Big Ten tourney opener vs. Rutgers on Thursday night in Columbus, Ohio.
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First, it was Kaitlyn Mullarkey blasting a two-run shot in the top of the sixth inning to tie the score.
An inning later, Sammi Gyerman stepped to the plate and followed with another two-run homer, this one to put the Hawkeyes ahead 5-3, which proved to be the final ledger.
Gyerman and the 10th-seeded Hawkeyes will face No. 2-seed Minnesota in the quarterfinals at 8 p.m. ET Friday night.
That ball is outa here! Sammi Gyerman blasts a two-run home run to give @Iowasoftball a 5-3 lead! http://t.co/imYTASvB1T
— Iowa On BTN (@IowaOnBTN) May 8, 2015
