Aces head back to Evansville for final four home games
Michal Luckett finished with two hits and a pair of RBIs while Chandra Parr hit her sixth home run of the season to lead the University of Evansville softball team to a come-from-behind 6-5 win on Sunday at Price Field.
Evansville (22-21, 10-10 MVC) is on a streak that has seen them take wins in five of the last six games and 8 out of 10 overall. In the circle, Morgan Florey picked up her 15th victory of the season as she threw the final two innings, taking over for starter Emily Lockhart
This week, the Aces wrap up their home schedule, playing Southern Illinois in a single game on Tuesday at 5 p.m. before welcoming Missouri State to Cooper Stadium for a 3-game weekend set.
“Positions 4-8 in the conference are still up for grabs. Having these next four in a row at home is huge,†UE head coach Mat Mundell said. “It is going to be great to play in front of the home crowd. Evansville has an exciting team to watch.â€
Chandra Parr led the game off with a home run as the Aces scored four runs off of Indiana State (14-29, 8-10 MVC) starter Taylor Lockwood. Two quick outs followed Parr’s blast before the UE offense strung together four hits in a row. Morgan Lambert and Hayli Scott each singled to bring Luckett to the plate. She responded, doubling to center to score Lambert and Scott. Susan Norris laced another double to left-center to bring home Luckett.
The Sycamores scored a pair of runs in both the first and third innings before taking their first lead in the 4th as Erika Crissman hit a solo shot to center.
Things remained that way until the game entered the seventh wi9th the Aces down to their final three outs. Tess Hupe started the inning off with a single before Parr reached on a fielder’s choice with Hupe out on the play. Next up was Courtney Land, who singled. An ISU error in centerfield allowed Parr to score the tying run. Great base running by Land saw her advance all the way to third in the sequence. That gave the next opportunity to Florey, who hit a sacrifice fly to left, bringing home what would be the game-winning run.
Luckett, Scott and Lambert each had two hits on the day as the Aces plated six runs on 12 hits. Lockwood pitched all seven innings for ISU, giving up the six runs, four of which were earned. Lockhart made the start for UE, going three innings while allowing four runs. Florey went the final four innings and gave up just one run on two hits.
