With one more out left in the seventh inning, Blair Hall smiled at her catcher Anna Jackson, excitement coming over Kay Williams Field. As the ball popped straight up Jackson came down with it, she and Hall embraced followed by the dugout and coaches as the No. 2-ranked Vikings (36-4) claimed their second straight Southern Athletic Association title Saturday, the program's sixth.   

The Panthers got on the board first putting up a single run. But the Vikings answered the next inning with a run of their own when Sydney Moroney was caught stealing, allowing Casey Holloway to come and score. In the fourth, Holloway singled into left field bringing home Grace Hamilton to give Berry the lead.

The Vikings extended their lead in the fourth when Morgan Frye doubled to left field bringing Moroney to home plate, now up 3-1. A Panther homerun in the sixth inning cut the lead in half, but that's all they would get as Hall and the Berry defense kept working.

The Vikings broke it open in the seventh inning bringing life to Kay Williams.

The bases were loaded as the top of the lineup came up to bat with no outs on the board. Aleeya Thornton took advantage of that as she doubled down the left field line scoring Hall and Moroney. Anna Jackson capped off the scoring as she doubled to center field to bring home Thornton and Lauren Cothern, a final score of 7-2.

Hall pitched all seven innings in the circle allowing two runs on eight hits, and struck out four.
 
The Vikings will see how and where their season continues on May 15 during the NCAA D-III Softball Selection Show.