Aces look to win series finale on Saturday
 EVANSVILLE, Ind. – Sophomore Marah Wood blasted two home runs for the University of Evansville softball team in Friday’s doubleheader against Missouri State at Cooper Stadium. After taking an 8-2 win in the opener, the Bears held on for a 4-1 victory in game two.
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Game One – Missouri State 8, UE 2
Marah Wood hit a pair of solo home runs, but three long balls from Missouri State gave them an 8-2 victory. The Bears opened the scoring in the top half of the second when Annie Mueller hit a 2-run shot to left. Wood got one of the runs right back in the bottom of the frame, hitting a solo shot to left.
Missouri State used the long ball once again to make it a 3-1 game when Olivia Krehbiel hit a shot to left. Mueller struck again with a 2-run double in the sixth before the Bears tacked on three more in the seventh. Wood hit her 7th home run of the season in the bottom of the 7th to make it a final of 8-2. Steffany Dickerson picked up the win for MSU, allowing one run on three hits in six innings. Izzy Vetter suffered the loss and fell to 14-8 on the season.
Game Two – Missouri State 4, UE 1
An unearned run opened the scoring for the Bears in the top of the first to open game two. Another run crossed the plate in the third when a double by Madison Hunsaker scored Daphne Plummer, who tripled to lead off the inning.
Picking up right where she left off from game one, Marah Wood had the big RBI knock to get UE on the scoreboard. Her 2-out single in the third brought in Zoe Frossard to make it a 2-1 game. Frossard reached on a leadoff double. The Bears countered in the top of the sixth when a McKenzie Vaughan single plated the third run of the contest before an unearned run in the seventh capped off the scoring.
Hannah Hood gave the Aces some life with a leadoff walk in the bottom of the seventh before MSU pitcher Steffany Dickerson recorded the final three outs on the way to her second win of the day. She tossed the final four innings and gave up two hits. Sydney Weatherford had a solid start in the circle. In seven innings, she gave up four runs, two of which were earned.
UE looks to pick up a win in the final game of the series on Saturday at 12 p.m.
