Senior Sara Tucholsky’s college softball career was winding down with just a few games left.

She had never hit a home run and she had no idea her first home run last Saturday would also be her last.

Playing against Central Washington University, Tucholsky came to the plate for Western Oregon.

“You know when you hit a ball really good you don't really feel it? It hits the sweet spot and just goes,” she said. But in her excitement, she didn’t pay enough attention to where she was going.

"I’m rounding first base and as I'm supposed to be touching the bag I glanced up as it was crossing over the fence and I missed first base,” Tucholsky said.

She turned back and crumpled.

“My cleat kind of stuck and my knee went some other way,” she said. "My knee gave out…I don't think I remembered I hit a home run. I was just in a lot of pain."

If Tucholsky couldn't round the bases, her home run wouldn't count. And there was no way she could round the bases the way things stood.

What happened next surprised not only Tucholsky but coaches, the fans and the sports world.

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“I went and asked the home plate umpire if we could carry her around the bases, and he kind of looked at me a little awestruck and dumbstruck at first,” said Central Washington senior Mallory Holtman.

Tucholsky said Holtman and Central Washington shortstop Liz Wallace came over and asked if they could take her around the bases.

Holtman didn’t think twice about her decision to help.

“If you hit it over the fence, you totally deserve it,” Holtman said. “Our coaches always taught us it’s more than a game and if someones hurt or injured, you do the right thing.”

So they hoisted Tucholsky up and carried her.

Photos: Players carry injured opponent

“They knelt me down at each base and I touched it with my left foot,” Tucholsky said. "We were in kind of a bubble, the three of us, as we went around the bases. I didn't really recall what was going on outside of us."

With the help, Tucholsky’s team won the game. She never would have scored if not for the selflessness of her opponents.

Holtman doesn’t have any regrets.

“You’re not going to remember if you won or lost. You're going to remember this,” she said.

Tucholsky will have an MRI on her knee on Friday.

Doctors said it’s likely her softball career is over.

But, as Tucholsky says, what a way to go out.