Four Home Runs Push Sycamores To Win Over Softball Aces
Aces are back home this weekend to face Salukis
 EVANSVILLE, Ind. – Solo home runs by Marah Wood and Jenna Nink gave the University of Evansville softball team a 2-0 lead after the second inning, but four homers by Indiana State saw them finish with a 12-4 win on Wednesday evening at Cooper Stadium.
Leading the way for the Purple Aces (23-21, 8-13 MVC) was Marah Wood, who was 2-for-3 with three RBI and her 8th home run of 2022.
Wood opened the scoring with a solo home run to deep left field in the bottom of the first. It was her 8th of the season. In the next frame, it was Jenna Nink’s turn. Her first homer in an Aces uniform put her team up 2-0 after two innings.
A wild sequence of events led to four Sycamore runs in the third. Evansville committed two errors while ISU added four hits in the inning. Home runs by Amanda Guercio and Annie Tokarek made it an 8-2 game in the middle of the fourth. The long balls continued to fly for ISU with Kennedy Shade and Guercio each hitting 2-run shots to push the advantage to 12-2. In the bottom of the 5th, Wood hit a 2-run double to wrap up the scoring with ISU taking the 12-4 win.
Sydney Weatherford suffered the loss for UE, giving up eight runs, seven earned, in four innings.
UE looks to get back on the winning track with its final home weekend against Southern Illinois. The Aces and Salukis open the 3-game series on Saturday at 12 p.m. with a doubleheader. It will also mark Senior Day. Full details will be released prior to the weekend.
