Softball splits DH against Saint Louis; Aces return home Sunday/Monday
UE finishes Thursday with win over Billikens
PEORIA, Ill. – After dropping the front end of Thursday’s doubleheader against Saint Louis, the University of Evansville softball team finished with an 11-1 win in game two at the Louisville Slugger Dome.
UE is set to return home on Sunday and Monday as the schedule has been updated with three games each day. On Sunday, the Aces face Western Michigan at 11 a.m. before taking on UT Martin at 1:30 p.m. UTM and WMU will meet at 4 p.m. at Cooper Stadium. On Monday, the Skyhawks and Broncos open the day at 10 a.m. before Evansville faces WMU at 12:30 p.m. The final game will see UE and UTM meet up at 3 p.m.
Game 1 – Saint Louis 12, UE 2
Saint Louis scored eight runs in the first inning and would pull away to take a 12-2 win in Thursday’s opener. The Billikens chased UE starter Sydney Weatherford after 2/3 of an inning. Gracie Hollingsworth came in and gave up three runs in 1 1/3 frames while Elle Jarrett allowed two unearned runs in one inning. Cassidy Gall threw a scoreless final frame.
Taylor Howe got the Purple Aces on the board with a 2-run home run in the fourth before the Billikens finished with the 12-2 victory in five innings. Aside from Howe’s homer, Brooke Voss and Keghan Pye also picked up a hit.
Game 2 – UE 11, Saint Louis 1
Scoring five runs in the first inning, the Aces pulled away to take an 11-1 win in six innings to complete the doubleheader. Following hits by Taylor Howe and Zoe Frossard, Jess Willsey launched a 3-run home run to give UE a 3-0 lead. Jenna Donohoo and Keghan Pye also had RBI in the opening frame.
Two more runs scored on the fourth with Willsey picking up a sacrifice fly and Brooke Voss notching an RBI single. UE put the finishing touches on the day with a 4-run sixth inning. Taylor Howe registererd her second home run of the doubleheader to bring in Pye, who hit a leadoff single. Eliza Piggott had a 2-run fielder’s choice to push the lead to 11-0. Saint Louis scored once in the bottom of the sixth, but that was as close as they would get.
Kate Ridgway earned the win, throwing the entire six innings with one run scoring on four hits. UE accumulated 12 hits with Howe, Frossard, Willsey, and Niki Bode picking up two apiece while Keghan Pye was a perfect 3-3 with two runs scored.
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