Aces play Friday and Saturday
The second weekend of action will see the University of Evansville softball team travel south to Baton Rouge for a 4-game series against Southern on Friday and Saturday.
UE will take on the Jaguars in a doubleheader on Friday with game times set for 3 and 5 p.m. with Saturday featuring 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. games. The series will be held at Central High School in Baton Rouge.
Last weekend, the Aces finished the Total Control Sports Invitational in Rosemont, Illinois with a 5-4 win over Green Bay. Ashleigh Downing helped the team overcome a 4-1 deficit by pitching 3 2/3 innings of 1-hit ball to finish the game.
Evansville rallied with four runs in the bottom of the sixth with Katie McLean notching a 2-run double in the frame. McLean notched seven hits in 15 at-bats in the opening weekend to finish at .467. Eryn Gould had an excellent weekend of play, notching a home run and four hits while Bailee Bostic hit .333 through the opening five games.
Toni Galas had a perfect showing at the plate, recording a pair of hits in her two pinch hit appearances. She also scored a pair of runs and had a steal.  Mackenzie McFeron led the way on the basepaths notching five steals in UE’s five contests.
Southern completed its first weekend with a 1-3 mark, earning a 6-3 victory over Howard in a game last Friday. Cayln Scott was their top performer, batting .444 with four hits in nine at-bats with three runs scored and three runs batted in.
