Game time set for 5 p.m. on Wednesday
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EVANSVILLE, Ind. – Missouri Valley Conference seeding and a series victory is on the line on Wednesday when the University of Evansville softball team welcomes Indiana State to Cooper Stadium for a 5 p.m. game. The teams split a doubleheader last Wednesday in Terre Haute and both have an 8-12 league mark entering the game, which will be carried on ESPN+.
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Last Time Out
– Things turned around quickly over the course of the weekend for the Purple Aces in their series at Bradley; after dropping the opener by a 10-1 final, UE stormed back to split Saturday’s doubleheader with a 7-3 win before taking a 6-3 decision on Sunday to clinch the series
– Sydney Weatherford recorded both wins in the circle, allowing three earned runs in 14 innings of work
– Alexa Davis paced the offense in the two wins over the Braves, accumulating three RBI in each contest
Three in a Row
– Freshman Sydney Weatherford was a perfect 3-for-3 in the circle last week, earning three conference wins
– After helping UE rebound in game two at Indiana State, Weatherford won the final two contests of the road series at Bradley
– In 21 innings, she accumulated a 1.33 ERA while walking just two batters
– The effort against the Sycamores lowered her season ERA to 2.73, which is 6th in the MVC
– She had the best start of her career at Loyola, throwing a 2-hit shutout while tossing her fourth complete game in the last five starts
Raising the Bar
– Over the course of the last week, Alexa Davis is batting .437 with nine RBI, four doubles and a total of seven hits in 16 at-bats
– Davis recorded three RBI in each of the two UE wins over the Braves
– She provided one of the biggest hits of the season on April 20 at Indiana State, connecting on a 2-run home run in the 5th inning of the 3-2 win
– Davis completed the doubleheader against the Sycamores with four hits in seven at-bats
– In the series finale against UNI, she was 2-3 with two doubles, two runs scored along with a walk and steal to help the Aces take a 6-3 win
– Her season average checks in at .279
Run Rule
– Over the last four games, senior Mackenzie McFeron has posted five hits in 11 at-bats while scoring a total of 10 runs
– Her efforts have been pivotal in UE going 3-1 over that span
– Through the opening 20 games of the MVC slate, she leads the team with a .327 batting average and her efforts in conference have seen her season average rise to .291
– She had the first 3-hit game of her career in the April 10 finale at Illinois State
– McFeron has 12 RBI in her career with nine of them coming in 2022
