Evansville travels to Kansas this week
Another hard-fought game saw the University of Evansville softball team come up just one run short as they fell to Drake by a final of 3-2 on Sunday afternoon in the series finale.
Evansville (11-12, 0-3 MVC) fell behind by a 2-0 score in the third inning, but tied it up behind a Morgan Florey double in the bottom half of the frame. The Bulldogs (12-10, 3-0 MVC) came right back with what would be the winning run in the top of the fourth inning, taking the 3-2 win.
Florey and Danielle Freeman notched the Aces two hits on the day. Amanda Blankenship made the start, throwing the first two innings, giving up just two hits. Florey went the rest of the way, allowing three runs in five innings of work. She took the loss. Nicole Newman picked up her third win of the weekend for DU. She went the distance, giving up two runs on two hits.
Drake pushed the first two runs of the game across the plate in the top of the third inning before Evansville had its first chance in the bottom of the frame. Chandra Parr was hit by a pitch and advanced to third as Danielle Freeman hit one through the left side. The duo advanced to second and third on the throw.
With two outs, Courtney Land drew a walk to bring Morgan Florey up to the plate. Florey hit a high pop to left field that was dropped, allowing the tying runs to score. The Bulldogs had a response of their own, posting a single run in the top of the next frame to retake the lead at 3-2.
Newman took care of business from there as she threw all seven innings on her way to her third victory of the weekend.
A trip to Lawrence, Kan. is up next for UE as they will play Kansas in a doubleheader on Tuesday. Game one is set for 11 a.m. with the second to follow.
