ALBERTVILLE, Ala.—Junior pitcher Allie Goodin (Evansville, Indiana) went 3-for-3 with a triple and three RBI at the plate and racked up five strikeouts in the circle to lead University of Southern Indiana Softball to a 10-2, five-inning victory over Shorter University as the Screaming Eagles salvaged a split on the final day of the UAH Charger Chillout Sunday.

USI (3-3) suffered a 14-4 setback to Mississippi College in its first game of the day.

Sophomore first baseman Lexi Fair (Greenwood, Indiana) went a combined 5-of-7 at the plate with a double and two RBI to lead USI at the plate.

Mississippi College 14, USI 4
USI gave up three runs in the top of the first and two more in the second as it fell behind 5-2 early in the contest.

Junior shortstop Jordan Rager (Fishers, Indiana) hit a two-run home run in the home half of the second as USI answered the Choctaws’ first-inning surge.

Mississippi (4-4), however, followed their two-run second inning with a tally in the fourth and two more in the fifth to build a commanding 8-2 advantage.

Freshman outfielder Kennedy Nalley (Huntingburg, Indiana) and junior second baseman Rachel Martinez (Chicago, Illinois) each drove in a run in the last half of the fifth inning to cut the Choctaws’ lead to 8-4, but a six-run seventh inning for Mississippi laid to rest any thought of a USI comeback.

Freshman pitcher Josie Newman (Indianapolis, Indiana) was charged with the loss after giving up four runs off four hits in one-plus innings of work. Newman (0-1) had a pair of strikeouts.

USI 10, Shorter 2 (5)
USI scored three in the first and two in the second to build a commanding 5-0 lead in its five-inning win over the Hawks. Four different players drove in runs for the Eagles during the first two innings, which saw Rager hit an RBI-triple for her second RBI of the game.

Shorter (2-6) found the scoreboard with a tally in the third, but a sacrifice fly by senior Maddie Duncan (Elberfeld, Indiana) in the home half of the third frame put USI up 6-1.

USI, once again, answered a Shorter tally in the last half of the fourth inning when Goodin hit a sacrifice fly to put USI up 7-2.

Goodin (1-0), who earned the win in the circle after giving up two runs, one earned, off five hits, hit a walk-off, RBI-single to cap off a three-run fifth for the Eagles, who won via the eight-run rule.

Up next
The Eagles return to action Friday when they Tiffin University (Noon) and Trevecca Nazarene University (2 p.m.) at the Music City Invitational in Smyrna, Tennessee.