Game one set for 12 p.m. CT start
EVANSVILLE, Ind. – On Tuesday, the University of Evansville softball team makes the trip north on Route 41 to Terre Haute for a doubleheader against Indiana State. Game one is set for a 12 p.m. CT start while the second contest will begin at 2 p.m.
Sophomore Niki Bode led the Purple Aces in the weekend series against Belmont. Facing one of the top teams in the league, Bode batted .455 with five hits in 11 at-bats. She had a home run, three RBI, and three runs scored. As a team, the Aces gave the Bruins everything they could handle, dropping three games by a total of four runs.
Morgan Adams batted .333 versus Belmont while picking up her 11th home run of the season. Adams led Evansville with four RBI in the series and scored twice. Jess Willsey completed the 3-game series with a .300 average. She accumulated three hits in 10 at-bats.
Freshmen Cassidy Gall and Kate Ridgway excelled in the circle. Gall gave up three runs, one being earned, in three innings of work. Ridgway made two starts in the series. Over the course of 10 innings, Ridgway gave up five runs while holding the Bruins to a .263 batting average.
Sunday’s contest saw the Aces stage a furious late rally. Trailing by a score of 10-3 in the middle of the 6th, UE scored five runs in the bottom of the inning to cut the deficit to just two. With two outs in the bottom of the 7th, Niki Bode came just inches away from hitting the game-tying home run.
