UE defeats Oakland and Green Bay
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EVANSVILLE, Ind. – Opening day at Cooper Stadium saw the University of Evansville softball team pick up a pair of victories, defeating Oakland by a 9-1 final before hanging on to defeat Green Bay, 6-4.
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Game One – UE 9, Oakland 1
Alexa Davis hit her first home run of the season to highlight a 9-1 win over Oakland on Friday morning. She had four RBI and scored twice. Jenna Nink also added a pair of scores in the 5-inning win.
Things got off to a fast start for the Aces, who scored five times in the first inning. Jessica Fehr led off with a single before a Marah Wood walk and a Nink single loaded the bases with one out. Alyssa Barela picked up the first RBI of the day with the first of four bases loaded walks in the frame. Hannah Hood picked up the other RBI in the inning when she was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded. Nink scored on a passed ball in the second to extend the lead to 6-0.
Oakland came through with a run in the fourth, but Izzy Vetter limited the damage on the way to her 8th win of the spring. The UE offense got back to work in the fifth, recording three more runs to clinch the win. All three runs came from the bat of Davis, who launched her first career homer to bring in Barela and Elyse Hickey. After allowing a single to open the fifth, Vetter recorded the final three outs to finish the win. She gave up one run on two hits and struck out seven.
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Game Two – UE 6, Green Bay 4
In the nightcap, the Aces fended off a furious rally by the Phoenix to take a 6-4 win. Jessica Fehr and Alexa Davis recorded two hits apiece while earn scoring a run. Marah Wood scored twice.
Following a scoreless three innings, both teams scored a run in the fourth. The Phoenix took a 1-0 lead before the Aces got the run right back when Marah Wood singled through the left side before Jenna Nink brought her home with a double down the right field line.
UE erupted for four runs in the bottom of the fifth with Zoe Frossard scoring the first run of her career on a Davis single. Nink added a sacrifice fly for the second run before Davis came home on a wild pitch. Alyssa Barela singled up the middle to cap off the rally and make it a 5-1 game.
Green Bay chopped the lead in half when Alicia Peters hit a home run to right in the top of the sixth before Davis added another RBI in the bottom of the inning to give Evansville a 6-3 edge. The Phoenix took one last crack at it in the seventh, adding a run while loading the bases, but a pop out to first ended the threat and gave the Aces the win.
Sydney Weatherford made the start and recorded the second win of her career. She threw 5 1/3 innings. Paige McAllister tossed the final 1 2/3 on the way to the first save of her career. On Saturday, the Aces will take on Morehead State at 11:30 a.m.
