Purple Aces welcome Northern Illinois
EVANSVILLE, Ind. – With the first 19 games being played away from home, the University of Evansville softball team will finally be at the friendly confines of Cooper Stadium on Tuesday as the Purple Aces welcome Northern Illinois for a doubleheader. Game one is set for a 3 p.m. start with the second match-up beginning at approximately 5 p.m.
Live stats will be available for both games.
Evansville begins its home schedule with a 7-12 mark playing one of the toughest schedules in program history. Over the weekend, the Aces faced a pair of top 19 squads, going 2-2 in the John Cropp Classic in Lexington, Ky. The Aces picked up victories over Dayton and Drexel while the lone losses came to #19 Kentucky and #17 Michigan.
Hayli Scott leads the way for UE with a .367 batting average. One of the top clutch hitters on the team has notched several big hits thus far and has been rewarded with 9 RBIs for her work.
Sophomore Morgan Florey has done it all in the circle and at the plate. Florey has batted .306 with two home runs and a team-high 10 RBIs. She has pitched in 57.2 innings while striking out 74 batters. Florey’s ERA stands at 2.31 while she has won five games on the season.
Senior Chandra Parr continues to chase history as she currently has 28 home runs in her UE career. She is just two away from tying the all-time program mark of 30, which was set by Krista Price in 2010.
Northern Illinois is an even 9-9 on the season and is coming off of a 1-3 showing at the Murray State Tournament as they split a pair of games against Austin Peay while dropping both match-ups against the host Racers.
Kayti Grable and Jessica Rio lead NIU with a .380 average. Grable is a strong power hitter who leads the team with three home runs and 12 RBI. Rio has gotten the job done when getting on base, pacing the Huskies with 13 runs scored.
