Oakland University scored three runs in the first two innings before adding three more to take a 6-1 win over the University of Evansville softball team in the second game of the Racer Classic.
Evansville (6-14) notched five hits on the day as Elyse Hickey went 2-for-3 while Eryn Gould, Lindsay Renneisen and Alex Latoria added one hit apiece.
Pacing the Golden Grizzlies was Cammie Brummitt who went 3-4 with four RBI and a run scored. Rachel Zerona went 2-3 and scored twice.
In the first, OU plated the first run of the game before adding two more in the second. Three in the sixth capped off their scoring with two coming home on a Brummitt single.
Evansville got on the board in the bottom of the seventh on an RBI single by Latoria. Hickey doubled with one out before scoring on Latoria’s base knock.
Haley Zemmer got the win for Oakland, going the distance while allowing five UE hits and one earned run. Jaime Nurrenbern got the start for Evansville, tossing twp innings and giving up three runs, two of which were earned. Ashleigh Downing gave up three unearned runs in four frames of work before Emily Lockhart pitched a scoreless seventh.
Tomorrow, the Aces open the day at 4:30 p.m. against Kent State before playing a rematch against Oakland at 7 p.m.
