UE resumes Valley play at UNI on Saturday
McKenzie Johnson and Toni Galas posted two hits apiece, but Butler scored three times in the first inning before finishing with a 7-1 win over the University of Evansville softball team on Tuesday night.
Galas and Johnson combined to register four of the Purple Aces (12-17) six hits. Bailee Bostic and Allison Daggett had the other two. Johnson drove in UE’s run. The Bulldogs (11-19) scored their seven runs on eight hits. Maddie Moore had two hits and scored twice.
Butler grabbed the early lead, scoring a pair of runs on a UE error before extending the lead to 3-0 in the top of the first. They tacked on another run in the third inning.
UE managed to get baserunners, recording four hits while loading the bases up in the fourth inning, but they could not push any across the plate.
That changed in the bottom half of the sixth when Allison Daggett led off with a double to right. McKenzie Johnson followed that up with a double to the same part of the field to score Daggett and end the shutout.
The Bulldogs plated their final run on a homer by Christina Candotti in the seventh as they would finish with the 7-1 win. Izzy Vetter made the start for UE and tossed three innings. Jaime Nurrenbern and Emily Lockhart also saw time in the circle.
Next up for UE is a conference series at UNI. The Aces travel to Cedar Falls for two games on Saturday and a single matchup on Sunday.
