The No. 19 Washington University softball team came through in the clutch with an extra-inning victory in the final game of the Warrior Spring Fling last weekend in Conway, Ark.

The offense came to life on Saturday, with Wash. U. picking up a 9-0 victory against MacMurray College before clobbering University of Dallas 21-6 in the nightcap. Both games were ended by the five-inning mercy rules.

“When everyone is doing their job, that’s a scary thing for teams in the other dugout,” head coach Leticia Pineda-Boutté said.

The Bears piled on the runs early against Dallas, with nine in the first inning and another six in the second. Junior Alyssa Abramoski hit two triples in the first inning, tying a school record for most triples in a game.

Abramoski was named University Athletic Association (UAA) player of the week, with three triples and eight runs over the weekend. Abramoski hit .545 and had a career-high four RBIs against Dallas.

With the Bears stringing hits together, the Wash. U. pitchers were able to pitch with a large margin for error.

“I’m really impressed with our pitching staff,” said Claire Voris, a senior and the ace of the staff. “We complement each other really well. We all have different styles and different strengths.”

Sunday was a much more challenging day for the Bears, playing a doubleheader against Hendrix College.

Hendrix struck first with a leadoff homerun off Voris in the bottom of the first inning.

That would be the lone run until the top of the sixth inning, when the Bears responded with one of their own. Sophomore Ashley Janssen scored on a sacrifice fly from senior co-captain Ally Berenter. The Red and Green was poised to tack on a few more, loading the bases with two outs, but the side was retired on a fly out.

Hendrix came back, taking advantage of an error to score two runs in the sixth. The Warriors inserted relief pitcher Ashley Halbert, who retired three Wash. U. batters to end the game in a 3-1 victory.

The Bears got their revenge in the championship game. “The loss was so fresh that it just motivated us to want the win even more,” Berenter said. “It was also the first time we were presented this season to prove to ourselves what we could do.”

Both teams traded runs before Wash. U. took a four-run lead in the top of the third inning. Abramoski started the Bears off with a triple before scoring on a double by junior co-captain Corissa Santos. Berenter walked before Voris hit a homer to left-center field.

The Warriors chipped away at the Bears’ lead before tying the score at the end of the sixth. Abramoski scored again, off another sacrifice fly from Berenter, but Hendrix knotted the score once more in the seventh.

Freshman Maggie Mullen was placed on second for the Bears to start the eighth inning due to the international tiebreaker rule, and the Warriors called in a reliever. Sophomore Alex Fjeldheim laid down a sacrifice bunt, advancing Mullen to third.

With freshman Kelsey Neal at the plate in her third collegiate at-bat, Hendrix’s Jaclyn Herrera threw a wild pitch. Mullen came home and scored what would be the game-winner.

“There was absolutely no silence in that eighth inning,” Berenter said of the Bears’ cheering in the eighth.

Sophomore Kathy Peter sealed the win, shutting out the Warriors in their final inning.

The Red and Green head to Florida for the UAA Championships on Thursday, facing No. 20 Emory at 11:30 a.m. The championships will be played in Altamonte Springs, Fla.