PEORIA, Ill. – Bradley scratched across a run in the bottom of the seventh to force extra innings and freshman Kealia Wysocki delivered a walk-off two-run homer in the bottom of the ninth as the Braves ended the season with a 5-3 extra-inning victory over Indiana State Sunday at Petersen Hotels Field at the Louisville Slugger Sports Complex.
 
Indiana State (24-29 overall, 8-18 MVC) led 3-2 in the seventh, before Bradley (21-32 overall, 7-19 MVC) scratched out a run in the bottom of the inning to force extra innings.  Sophomore Gabby Stoner drew a walk to leadoff the Bradley half of the seventh and the Braves tied the game up at 3-3 when pinch runner Sydney Young came around to score on a two-out double off the fence in right center by senior Caitlyn McCarron. 
 
The Braves threatened in the eighth inning after junior Elizabeth Leonard and sophomore Katie Habryle both walked to open the inning.  Indiana State starter Kenzie Ihle returned to the circle and got a pair of popouts and a strikeout, however, as the teams went to the ninth knotted at 3-3. 
 
Sophomore Julie Kestas retired the final seven batters she faced following a two-out single in the top of the seventh and sat the Sycamore down in order in both the eighth and ninth innings. 
 
In the bottom of the ninth, junior Maria Schroeder ripped a one-out double to left center, but was thrown out at the plate for the second out of the inning on a McCarron single to right.  Wysocki belted the second pitch she faced over the fence in left center to give the Braves the 5-3 walk-off victory.  The homer was Wysocki's team-best seventh of the year as she tied the school record for home runs by a freshman set by Trish Kowalewski in 2005. 
 
Bradley opened the scoring with a run in the bottom of the third.  Stoner had a one-out double and the Braves had runners at second and third after a single by senior Kelly Kapp.  Schroeder drove in Stoner from third with a bloop double to center as Bradley grabbed a 1-0 lead. 
 
Indiana State tied it up at 1-1 with a run in the top of the fifth.  A pair of singles and sacrifice bunt to open the inning gave the Sycamores runners at second and third with only one out.  Rylee Holland drove in the first Indiana State run of the afternoon with a groundout to second. 
 
The Braves answered with a run in the bottom half of the inning to go back in front 2-1.  Stoner, who was 2-for-3 with two runs, singled to open the inning and advanced all the way to third on a Sycamore error on the play.  Kapp drove in Stoner with a sacrifice fly to right. 
 
The lead was short lived, however, as Indiana State got two runs in the top of the sixth.  Bradley appeared to get out of the inning unscathed, but Kestas was called for an illegal pitch on a strikeout which would have ended the frame.  With new life, Erika Crissman ripped the first pitch she saw to the fence in right center as both runners scored to put the Sycamores in front 3-2. 
 
Kestas earned the victory out of the bullpen for the Braves, limiting Indiana State to two hits in five innings of work as she closed the season with a 7-10 record. 
 
Schroeder hit a pair of doubles in a 3-for-4 effort at the plate and finished the season with 16 doubles for the fifth-best season total in school history.  McCarron came through in the clutch, collecting both of hits in her final two at bats and closed the season with a .428 batting average for the second-best average in school history.  Her team-best 40 RBI rank fifth among Bradley season marks. 
 
Kapp, who was 1-for-4 on the day with an RBI, finished off her career by posting the highest season-batting average in school history (.438) in addition to owning the highest career batting average in Missouri Valley Conference history (.407). 
 
Bradley starter Jaelen Hull scattered seven hits and struck out three with no walks in her final outing as a Brave.
 
Bradley won the final home game of the season for the fifth consecutive season.