GALLERY: Missouri softball secures regional win

May 20, 2012 | 7:10 p.m. CDT

Missouri edged Illinois State 2-1 on Sunday to win its fifth-straight regional championship.

Missouri's Kelsea Roth fields the ball near first base. The Tigers made two errors in the game Sunday and neither one resulted in a run. | Parker Miles Blohm/Missourian

Missouri's Corrin Genovese went 1-for-2 in Sunday's game. After a double in the fourth inning, she scored on Ashtin Stephens' single. | Parker Miles Blohm/Missourian

Missouri softball has made winning the Columbia regional a routine occurrence, beating the Illinois State Redbirds 2-1 on Sunday at University Field to claim its fourth straight. The Tigers also won the regional the year before, although not in Columbia. | Parker Miles Blohm/Missourian