UE faces Indiana State
EVANSVILLE, Ind. – With the regular season complete, the University of Evansville softball team opens the Missouri Valley Conference Championship against Indiana State on Wednesday evening. The 11th-seeded Purple Aces faces the No. 6 seed Sycamores at 7 p.m. at Buel Field in Des Moines, Iowa with ESPN+ having the broadcast.
Senior Weekend
– Zoe Frossard and Sydney Weatherford were recognized over the weekend as UE held its Senior Day festivities on Saturday
– The 2022 MVC Newcomer of the Year, Frossard is former member of the league’s All-Defensive Team and was recognized on the 2025 Preseason All-League squad
– Frossard has earned MVC Scholar-Athlete honors as well as Easton NFCA All-America Scholar accolades
– Weatherford has contributed to the program in all aspects as a pitcher and hitter
– She has accumulated 22 pitching victories and a career ERA of 3.57 while her top offensive season came in 2022 where she finished with 20 RBI
– Weatherford has also earned Easton NFCA All-American
Set for the Sycamores
– Evansville took two out of three games against the Sycamores in 2025
– The squads opened with a doubleheader in Terre Haute on April 8 with each team picking up a victory
– In the opener, UE held a 3-2 lead in the 6th before ISU rallied for three runs in the bottom of the 6th to take the win
– Gracie Hollingsworth tossed a shutout while Morgan Adams posted four RBI in a 6-0 win as UE split the doubleheader
– Adams and Taylor Howe belted home runs to lift the Aces to a 4-2 home win on April 15 to seal the series win
Looking Back
– In last seasons MVC Championship opener, the Aces picked up their first tournament win since 2013 as they defeated Drake by a final of 4-1
– Early RBI’s by Alexa Davis and Marah Wood helped UE hold a 2-1 edge before Hannah Hood’s 2-run single in the 5th added some insurance
– Sydney Weatherford scattered nine hits and two walks over seven innings of work
Walking Towards a Record
– Morgan Adams recorded her 39th walk of the season in the opener against SIU and is just one away from tying the UE single-season record of 40
– She also ranks second in program history with 14 home runs, three off the record
– Adams’ 14 homers is the second-most in a single season in program history and ranks third in the MVC
– Her 38 RBI are 7th in the Valley and is the 5th best single-season total in UE program history
– She leads the MVC with 39 walks while ranking fifth in slugging (.664), sixth in OPS (1.123), and 8th in on-base percentage (0.459)
