UE won’t get used to being home after this weekend. Evansville will hit the road for the next 18 games on its schedule. The Aces don’t return to the Braun until over a month later for a midweek game with the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers on March 25.
Southern Indiana comes into Sunday’s doubleheader on a high note, taking three of four from Alabama State University. USI took the opener 3-1; split a doubleheader on day two, winning 12-8 and losing 9-2; and won the series with a 15-13 victory on the final day. USI is currently being led by senior centerfielder/leadoff hitter Khi Holiday who in the three wins, started the game with a hit, a stolen base, and a run scored. He batted .444 with eight runs scored, six RBIs, and six stolen bases in USI’s first four games.
Evansville will hope to find some home cooking this weekend after opening the season with four losses on the road. UE came close to earning its first win at Lipscomb heading into the bottom of the 9th leading by six runs. But a Bison comeback in the 9th forced extra innings where the Aces fell 11-10 in the 13th.
The Aces last gave up a six-run lead in one inning almost 10 years ago in their 2017 opening weekend at Central Arkansas. After holding a 9-0 advantage in the 6th, UE gave up three runs in the 6th and 6 runs in the 9th to go into extra innings against the Bears. The Bears would win the game in the bottom of the 10th.
