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- ↑ "Seattle U softball team wins in walkoff fashion, advances to WAC title game". The Seattle Times . Retrieved 10 May 2019.
- ↑ "Kelsey Horton walk off home run lifts New Mexico State to next round of WAC Tournament". Las Cruces Sun-News . Retrieved 10 May 2019.
- ↑ "2019 WAC Softball Tournament Bracket". wacsports.com. Retrieved 4 May 2019.