FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Arizona advanced to its 17th Super Regional with a 9-4 victory over Villanova on Sunday afternoon and a sweep of the Fayetteville Regional.
 
Four home runs lifted Arizona to the win in the regional final led by Dakota Kennedy who went 2-for-4 with two home runs to drive in three RBI. Emily Schepp and Allie Skaggs each hit solo home runs for the Cats.
 
In the first, Skaggs drove in Arizona's first run of the game with a sacrifice fly to score Regan Shockey.
 
Arizona jumped out to a four-run lead after plating three in the second inning. Kaiah Altmeyer grounded out to bring in the first run and Kennedy hit a two-run home run – her 12th homer of the season.
 
The Cats scored three more in the third inning to take a 7-0 lead over Villanova. Skaggs hit a solo homer to lead off the inning and Tayler Biehl hit a two-RBI triple – her third of the season.
 
Villanova scored four in the fourth to cut into Arizona's lead on a pair of RBI singles and a two-run double.
 
Arizona scored two in the fifth to take a 9-4 lead over Villanova. Schepp led off the inning with a solo home run – her sixth of the season – and Kennedy hit her second home run of the game and 13th of the year.
 
Aissa Silva secured the win for Arizona with a strikeout to end the game. Miranda Stoddard got the start and went three innings, giving up the first two runs to Villanova. Brooke Mannon entered in relief and allowed two runs to score in the fourth before Silva took over in the circle. Silva closed out the game with 3.1 innings and kept Villanova scoreless on two hits to pick up the win and improve to 22-5.
 
Up Next
Arizona will head to fifth-seed Oklahoma State for Super Regionals beginning Friday, May 24 in Stillwater, Oklahoma.