Hillsdale freshman sends Knights to NorCal D-III softball championship with walk-off heroics

SAN MATEO – As gusting winds swirled around Hillsdale’s softball field and a soft Thursday evening golden hour light began to bathe the turf diamond, freshman Giuliana Brum patiently worked a full count with the bases loaded and the score tied in the bottom of the eighth inning. 

The righthanded infielder had taken three wayward pitches for balls, and fouled off another trio in search of an inside fastball. 

The seventh offering by Liberty-Madera’s pitcher was exactly that, and Brum...