Aces top Northwestern State in finale
NORMAN, Okla. – After a furious rally saw Northwestern State overcome a 6-run deficit to tie it up in the top of the seventh, Brittany Hay came through in the bottom, hitting a walk-off home run to give the University of Evansville softball team an 8-7 win over the Demons on Sunday.
“This was a great way to end the weekend,†UE head coach Mat Mundell said. “This team showed a lot of grit and fight this weekend. This tournament was meant to challenge us and get us ready for MVC play and it certainly did that.â€
Hay went 2-3 with two runs scored and the homer in the game. Catcher Hayli Scott also had a pair of hits as the Purple Aces (5-9) outhit NSU, 10-9. Emily Lockhart made the start, going 5 1/3 while Ashleigh Downing (1.0) and Samantha Fleming (2/3) finished up the contest. Fleming was credited with the win.
Evansville got off to a nice start, scoring a run in each of the first four innings. Mackenzie Johnson opened the scoring with an RBI single in the first. Two more runs crossed the plate in the second as Chandra Parr and Morgan Florey each had RBI knocks.
After a pair of unearned runs scored for the Aces in the third, Susan Norris continued the offensive onslaught with a 2-RBI double in the fourth. Just when it looked like the Aces would run away with the win, Northwestern State saw five runs scored in the sixth before tying it up in the top of the seventh.
Brittany Hay and the Aces did not let the adversity impact them as she led off the seventh with the walk-off shot.
The Aces remain in the state of Oklahoma until Tuesday when the face Oklahoma State at 5:30 p.m.
