UE welcomes Indiana State at 5 p.m.
EVANSVILLE, Ind. – Missouri Valley Conference action begins on Tuesday and Wednesday for the University of Evansville softball team, who welcomes Indiana State to Tri-State Orthopaedics Field at James & Dorothy Cooper Stadium. First pitch for both games will be 5 p.m.
Evansville enters its MVC slate having won four of its last five games. In its 4-1 finish to the last week, UE hit .357 as a team while outscoring the opposition by a 49-31 margin. UE also slugged .593 as a team with its runners reaching base 43.1% of the time.
Marah Wood put together a big week at the plate for the Purple Aces, batting .429 with two home runs, seven RBI and six runs scored while slugging .857. After going 1-3 in Wednesday’s opener against Lindenwood, Wood picked up the biggest hit of the year for the Aces in game two. With her team trailing 1-0 in the bottom of the 6th, Wood launched a 2-run home run that would prove to be the game winner while giving Evansville its first win of the season.
UE pitcher Megan Brenton won three games over the last week while striking out 12 batters and posted a 3.59 ERA. On Wednesday against Lindenwood, Brenton tossed a complete game gem to help the Purple Aces to their first win of the season.
Batting .357 and scoring eight runs on the week, freshman Brooke Voss played a large role in the Aces’ 4-1 finish to the week. Voss accumulated five hits in 14 at-bats while slugging .786 and reaching base 47.1% of the time. All five hits came in her final eight at-bats of the weekend. Voss put together her top day of collegiate softball on Sunday. In the opener against St. Bonaventure, she was a perfect 3-3 with a home run, two RBI and four runs scored. She followed that up with a 2-for-5 performance in the weekend finale versus Bellarmine. Voss added her second home run of the day while picking up two RBI and two more runs.
Indiana State comes into Tuesday’s contest with a record of 11-12. Kennedy Shade leads the Sycamores with a .413 batting average. She has recorded two home runs, 20 RBI and 10 runs scored through the opening month of the season.
