Aces drop finale to Buffalo
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CHARLESTON, S.C. – Sunday’s finale of the Low Country Classic saw the University of Evansville softball team drop a 13-6 game to Buffalo.
The Bulls opened the game with 6-spot in the top half of the first inning, chasing UE starter Mikayla Jolly after just 2/3 of an inning. Tianna Williams and Alyssa Wasielewski each had 2-RBI hits in the frame. Three runs in the third and two more in the fourth extended the UB lead to 11-0.
Evansville got on the board in the bottom of the fourth when Jess Willsey hit a leadoff home run to left center. Marah Wood and Hannah Hood each posted hits in the inning with Brooke Voss later picking up a RBI. Zoe Frossard drew a bases loaded walk for the fourth run of the frame before Willsey singled with two outs to make it an 11-5 game.
In the fifth inning, both squads scored a single run with UE’s coming from a Hood single. The final run for the Bulls scored and that would make it the final of 13-6. UB out-hit the Aces by an 18-7 margin with four different players picking up three hits apiece.
Willsey recorded three of the Purple Aces’ seven hits. UE is home on Wednesday for a 3 p.m. doub
