Aces welcome Missouri State for 3-game series
EVANSVILLE, Ind. – Home action comes to a close for the 2024 season this weekend when the University of Evansville softball team plays host to Missouri State at Tri-State Orthopaedics Field at Cooper Stadium. The series runs Friday through Sunday and ESPN+ will have the coverage of the final two contests.
Senior Day
– Saturday’s game against the Bears will mark Senior Day as seven Purple Aces players will be recognized
– The 2024 senior class includes Megan Brenton, Alexa Davis, Hannah Hood, Mikayla Jolly, Brooke McCorkle, Jenna Nink and Marah Wood
Win #300
– UE head coach Mat Mundell picked up the 300th win of his career on April 24 as UE earned a 3-0 win at Indiana State
– Mundell won 117 games as the head coach at Illinois-Springfield with the remainder of his victories coming at Evansville
Last Time Out
– Wednesday’s game at Indiana State was a pitcher’s duel as the Aces clinched the season series with a 3-0 win
– A dropped third strike and error led to the Aces first run in the 5th before Niki Bode had a 2-run single in the 7th to add some insurance
– In the circle, Sydney Weatherford allowed just three hits in the shutout win
Locked In
– Over her last three starts, Sydney Weatherford has been lights out, allowing four earned runs on 18 hits in 22 innings of work
– That translates to a 1.27 ERA over the three contests
– She is coming off one of her top performances of the season, throwing a 3-hit shutout on Wednesday against the Sycamores
– Last Friday’s 8-inning win saw her go the entire distance allowing three runs on six hits; in Sunday’s win, she allowed two runs, just one being earned
Locked In
– Over her last three starts, Sydney Weatherford has been lights out, allowing four earned runs on 18 hits in 22 innings of work
– That translates to a 1.27 ERA over the three contests
– She is coming off one of her top performances of the season, throwing a 3-hit shutout on Wednesday against the Sycamores
– Last Friday’s 8-inning win saw her go the entire distance allowing three runs on six hits; in Sunday’s win, she allowed two runs, just one being earned
At Her Best
– Taylor Howe has gone 4-for-6 in the last two games for the Aces
– Following a 2-3 effort in the series finale against Murray State, Howe went 2-3 with two runs scored in victory at Indiana State
– Howe has recorded a hit in five of the last eight games and is batting .381 over that time with 8 hits in 21 at-bats
