Aces host Purdue Fort Wayne in 4-game series
 Sporting a 4-2 mark over their last six games, the University of Evansville softball team is set to open its home schedule this weekend with a 4-game series against Purdue Fort Wayne.
The teams will meet for an 11 a.m. doubleheader on Saturday and Sunday. This weekend marks the first action of the 2021 campaign for Purdue Fort Wayne.
Interestingly enough – the last home game for the Purple Aces came against the Mastodons on March 10, 2020 with UE earning an 11-0 shutout. That was the only game the Aces would play at Cooper Stadium in 2020. Izzy Vetter threw a 1-hit shutout on that contest while Haley Woolf led the offense with a double and three RBI.
UE is coming off of a doubleheader sweep at Bellarmine on Wednesday. Trailing 3-0 in the opener, the Aces rallied to tie it up at 3-3 after the 6th inning. In the seventh, UE broke the game open, plating six runs. Jessica Fehr hit a 3-run home run in the frame to lift Evansville to a 9-5 win. Starter Izzy Vetter threw a complete game and struck out six Knight batters.
In game two, Eryn Gould set the early tone, leading the game off with a homer. UE added two more runs in the second before adding three to its total in the fourth inning before taking a 6-0 victory. Jaime Nurrenbern scattered three hits across six innings of work before Megan Brenton finished the shutout in the seventh.
