Southern Indiana comes into tomorrow night’s contest with a 21-26 overall record while sitting at 8-11 in the OVC for sixth in the conference. The Eagles have had similar struggles to UE, only going 2-6 in their last two weeks of play, dropping conference series to UT Martin and Eastern Illinois. But Southern Indiana has had success at the plate as they lead the OVC in team batting average at .312, led by a trio of batters that have hit .400 or better over the past three weeks. The Eagles have been led at the plate by sophomore outfielder Cameron Boy,d who has hit .447 (17-38) with 10 runs scored, three home runs, and 13 RBIs over USI’s last 10 games.
While it was a difficult weekend for Evansville as a whole, being swept by Belmont, the team did have some big individual performances at the plate. Sophomore outfielder Charlie Longmeier (Seymour, Ind. / Seymour HS) led the Aces over the weekend with five hits, four RBIs, and one run scored. Longmeier’s best game was Sunday afternoon’s contest, where he hit .600 (three-of-five) with his sixth home run of the year and drove in four runs. Senior outfielder Harrison Taubert (Casper, Wyo. / Northeast CC) also had a better weekend hitting with three hits, three RBIs, and three runs scored.
The Aces also had a better time with multi-base hits over the past week. UE added four home runs and six doubles against the Bruins over the weekend while also having four doubles against Indiana during the week. Evansville has now had six games with a season-high four doubles, with three of those six games coming in the past eight days. The Aces will look to keep the doubles trend going at USI and then over the weekend in their final road conference series of the year.
