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Watch this softball player leap right into the center-field wall for an amazing catch

Occasional outfield shenanigans aside, baseball and softball generally aren't what you'd consider to be contact sports. No one ever told that to Mississippi State center fielder Amanda Ivy, though. 
With MSU clinging to a one-run lead against Arkansas on Sunday, the Razorbacks put runners on the corners with one out in the top of the sixth. Arkansas infielder Madison Yannetti lifted a fly ball to deep center field. Ivy's choice was clear: Give up the potentially game-winning double, or meet the wall. Guess which one she chose:

Arkansas went on to win the game, 5-4, but it was Ivy who struck the decisive blow in humanity's eternal war against outfield fencing. 

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