OREFIELD - Northwestern plays with pride and never gives up.

And when you combine those two factors, that's when you have a dangerous ball club.The Tigers had the odds against them when they trailed by six runs with three outs left during the Colonial League semifinals against top-seeded Southern Lehigh on Tuesday night at Parkland.However, those two intangibles kicked in during the top of the seventh inning. Northwestern roared back with seven runs in the final frame, en route to a storybook comeback victory over the Spartans and a trip to the Colonial League championship, 11-10."You have to let these guys play," said first-year Northwestern head coach Bob Fatzinger. "It showed here today. There's no quit in them. I'm sure everyone counted us out, but they didn't count themselves out."We preach to get the next guy up. You get the right guy up in the right spot and it proves to be successful. That was unbelievable. I don't know if I ever played in a game or seen a game like that."The Tigers initially struck in the top of the second inning with three runs.Deven Bollinger smacked an RBI single to the opposite field to produce the first run with a Spartan error allowing a second run to score. An Austin Stasko single and another Southern Lehigh miscue brought home the inning's final run."The young guys came up big today," Fatzinger said. "I couldn't believe it. We had two ninth graders (Nate Goodolf and Bollinger) start today and they both had big hits for us."But the Spartans illustrated why they earned the top seed in the tournament by scoring 10 unanswered runs during innings two through four.Niko Fager relieved Tiger starter Drew White after Southern Lehigh had scored five times in the second inning. Things didn't start well for Fager, but he eventually settled down.After Fager's first strikeout in the third, he went on to fan eight more batters during his time on the mound. His electricity on the bump could have sparked the explosion that the Tigers unleashed in the top of the seventh.Tyler Schreiner led off the final inning with a double, and Fager brought him home with a single. Trevor Scheriner then drew a walk from Spartans' starter Connor Murtaugh, who was yanked in favor of Daulton Musselman before Tyler Wiik approached the plate. Wiik reached on yet another error and the bases were full for Jake Haas, who continued to chip away at the lead with an RBI groundout.And the Tigers kept clawing and clawing.Zach Stanley followed with an opposite-field RBI single that made it 10-7. Andrew Goodolf hit a seeing-eye single between short and third for run number eight. Bollinger singled and the bases were loaded for the last man in the order, Stasko, who reached base for the third time with a walk that pulled the Tigers to within a run. That set the stage for Tyler Schreiner.Schreiner hit a missile that appeared to be gone at the crack of the bat, but it ended up finding a pocket between the Spartans' right fielder and the wall. Although Schreiner was eventually retired in a rundown between second and third, two runs crossed the plate and Northwestern was ahead, 11-10. Fager lined out to end the inning, but the damage had been done."That's just our way," said Tyler Schreiner. "We basically came together as a team and said that we can do anything."We definitely want to put a gold around our neck on Thursday and avenge the last two years where we came in second. We have a good feeling about this year."PITCH COUNT … As if there wasn't enough drama, Fager reached his pitch limit and was relieved by Haas with two outs. Haas walked Stephen Hoyer on four pitches, but then struck out Andrews to end the game.NEXT UPS … The Tigers will square off with No. 2 seed Notre Dame Green Pond on Thursday in the CL title game at Parkland at 6 p.m.MORE … Check out the Times News Sports Facebook for an interview with the Schreiners and brief footage from the final inning.N'western 030 010 7 - 11 13 2So. Lehigh 053 200 0 - 10 14 5White, Fager (2), Haas (7) and Wiik; Murtaugh, Musselman (7) and Amory. W - Fager. L - Musselman.