Aces face Bradley in 3-game series
With the Missouri Valley Conference Championship under two weeks away, the University of Evansville softball team is set to play its final home weekend of the regular season, welcoming Bradley to Cooper Stadium this weekend.
Setting the Scene
– A noon doubleheader gets things started on Saturday before the final game takes place on Sunday at 11 a.m….ESPN 3 will have the broadcast of the first two games
– Following Saturday’s doubleheader, the seven seniors on the team will be recognized…that group includes Mea Adams, Allison Daggett, Halie Fain, Eryn Gould, Katie McLean, Jaime Nurrenbern and Lindsay Renneisen
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Last Time Out
– Playing its first extra inning game of the season, the Purple Aces outlasted Indiana State, taking a 7-5 win in Terre Haute on Tuesday
– Katie McLean was the hero, belting a 2-run home run in the top of the tenth to score Eryn Gould, who walked for the fourth time in the game
– Gould’s four walks was two shy of the all-time NCAA single game mark of six
– McLean led UE with three RBI while Jessica Fehr matched McLean’s 2-hit effort
– Throwing the final five innings of relief, Izzy Vetter picked up her 11th win of the year
One of the Best
– Eryn Gould drew a career-high four walks on Tuesday at Indiana State to improve her on-base percentage to .567, which is 14th in the nation
– Her career walk tally stands at 92, which is third in the UE record book and just five away from tying Nicole Farris’ program mark
– Over the weekend, she recorded her 100th at-bat, which made her eligible for UE’s single season marks…her current batting average of .429 is on pace to break the program mark that Staci Hatz set in 1998 when she batted .408…Hatz was the only player in program history to finish a season batting over .400…Gould also has an on-base percentage of .567, which is also on pace for the program mark…Brittany Herald currently holds the UE record of .511, which she accomplished in 2007
– Her average is currently one of the top 11 in Missouri Valley Conference history
– Her .567 on-base tally ranks 14th in the country while her average is 42nd…she has reached base safely in 34 out of 38 games this season and has gotten even better in MVC games – reaching base 60.9% of the time…between March 20 and 28, Gould reached base in 21 out of 26 plate appearances – a rate of 80.7%
Finishing on a High Note
– Senior Katie McLean is putting up some of her best numbers as her career at UE comes to a close…over the last six games, McLean has put up three multi-hit efforts while picking up a hit in 7 of her last 18 at-bats
– Three of her five career home runs have come this season with two being in the last five games
