Schedule reduced to four games
Week three of the season for the University of Evansville softball team will see them in Statesboro, Ga. for the Eagle Round Robin. Originally scheduled for five games, the schedule will now see four contests being played due to record low temperatures.
UE too part in the Jaguar Challenge last weekend in Mobile, Ala. Despite going 1-3 in the tournament, the Purple Aces have been competitive in each and every game this season. The five losses on the season have been by a combined six runs. The victory for UE at the Jaguar Challenge came against defending Conference USA champion Louisiana Tech on Friday. Emily Lockhart earned her third win of the season while Jessica Fehr, Katie McLean and Lindsay Renneisen had two hits apiece.
Jessica Fehr continued her outstanding start to the 2020 season, batting .385 in the Jaguar Challenge. Over the course of her four games, Fehr registered five hits in 13 at-bats while finishing with four RBI, three doubles, three runs and two walks. Fehr began the weekend with a 2-3 game in the win over Louisiana Tech. She added a run, RBI and a double. Her single in the fourth inning proved to be the game-winning hit as her knock scored Eryn Gould in a 5-4 win. She got Saturday started with a 1-4 game with an RBI and double in the rematch against the Lady Techsters before going 2-3 with two runs, two RBI, a double and walk versus South Alabama.
The bat of sophomore Alyssa Barela continued to come alive at the Jaguar Challenge as she finished the weekend batting .417 while reaching base 53.3% of the time. She had five hits, four RBI and three walks. Friday’s second game saw her go 2-4 against Austin Peay while the opener on Saturday had her check in with two more hits in three at-bats along with a RBI. In the weekend finale against South Alabama, Barela add three RBI and her third walk of the weekend.
Georgia Southern is the first opponent of the weekend. The tournament hosts are 8-2 on the season and were 4-1 in last weekend’s Citrus Classic in Orlando. They are led by Mekhia Freeman, who is batting .469 while scoring a team-best 12 runs.
Saturday’s action begins against Furman. The Paladins are 1-7 and have lost their last seven games after defeating Ohio University in the opener. Natalie Morgan is batting a team-best .444 and leads the squad with six RBI. Maryland is 2-7 through their first nine games, but came away with a 10-9 win in last weekend’s finale against Pittsburgh. The duo of Regan Kerr and Taylor Liguori are batting .333.
Monmouth will mark the final opponent on Sunday morning. The Hawks begin the weekend with a 2-4 mark, but picked up a big win over Purdue in last weekend’s Madeira Beach Invitational. Their top batter is Kayla Rosado, who has hit .450 while leading the team with five RBI and a .750 slugging percentage.
