UE softball to open home season Saturday

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Aces and Phoenix tangle at 12:30 p.m.

 

EVANSVILLE, Ind. – At long last Tri-State Orthopaedics Field at James & Dorothy Cooper Stadium will see its first official game with the University of Evansville softball team set to open the facility on Saturday.

In a 3-day tournament, a total of 10 games will be played with the full schedule below.  Live stats will be available for all games.

Saturday February 18th

10:00am – Green Bay vs USI

12:30pm – Kansas City vs UE

3:00pm – UT Martin vs Green Bay

5:30pm – UT Martin vs Kansas City

Sunday February 19th

9:00am – USI vs Green Bay

11:30am – Kansas City vs UT Martin

2:00pm – Kansas City vs UE

4:30pm – Green Bay vs UT Martin

7:00pm – USI vs UE

Monday, February 20th

11:00am – Green Bay vs UE

The Purple Aces opened the season at the DePaul Dome Classic and won four of its five games with the only setback being a 2-1 loss to DePaul in extra innings.  Mikayla Jolly opened her Purple Aces career with 12 scoreless innings of work.  She fanned 17 batters while holding the opposition to a .103 batting average.  Taylor Howe and Alexa Davis each batted .357 in the opening weekend with five hits in 14 at-bats.  Both also scored four times apiece.

Lacy Smith and Hannah Hood wrapped up the first weekend batting .333 and .308, respectively.  Jess Willsey led UE with two home runs while Zoe Frossard recorded seven RBI in the first five games.