Aces set for three games in Terre Haute
  The University of Evansville softball team looks to make it four series wins in a row as the Purple Aces make the short trip to Terre Haute for a 3-game set this weekend.
On Saturday, a doubleheader will begin at noon ET with the final game on Sunday also set for a noon ET start. Evansville is 6-1 in its last seven conference games and has turned a 2-8 mark into 8-9 in a matter of two weeks. The streak is the best for UE in the MVC since winning six out of seven in 2002. That streak saw UE win 9 out of 11 leagues games in March and April of that year.
UE’s freshman class was stellar on Tuesday as the Aces swept a doubleheader on the road at Southern Illinois. In game one, Morgan Florey pitched a complete game one-hitter and struck out nine Saluki batters in a 1-0 win. Florey needed just one run and Kristin Koepke delivered. In the top of the sixth inning, Koepke hit her second home run in three games to put the Aces on the board
Florey handled it from there, sitting down SIU in order to give the Aces the win. Evansville jumped right on top in game two, plating a pair of runs in the top of the first inning. After the Salukis scored single runs in the first and second frames, the score was tied at 2-2 until the top of the 6th.
Courtney Land laid down a perfect squeeze to score Tess Hupe as the Aces hung on for the 3-2 win to even their overall record at 20-20 and stand at 8-9 in Missouri Valley Conference play.
Indiana State sits at 13-27 overall and 7-8 in league play. A dangerous Sycamore squad is led by pitcher Taylor Lockwood, who threw a no-hitter earlier this week and has given up just two runs in 21 innings of work since returning from injury. Offensively, Alexa Cavin has a .361 average while Brooke Riemenschneider is hitting .344 with a team-high 33 hits and nine doubles.
