UE softball travels to Missouri State for weekend series
Aces and Bears open play on Friday
EVANSVILLE, Ind. – Week two of the Missouri Valley Conference schedule will see the University of Evansville softball team travel to Missouri State for a 3-game series. Friday’s game is set for a 5 p.m. start time while Saturday and Sunday’s contests take place at 2 and 12 p.m., respectively with the final two games set to be carried on ESPN+.
Last Time Out
– Evansville staged late rallies in the final two games of the series against UNI, but the Panthers held on both times to sweep last weekend’s series
– Sunday’s finale saw Niki Bode go 3-4 with three runs and two RBI while Eliza Piggott and Brooke Voss added two RBI apiece
On a Streak
– Jess Willsey heads into the weekend riding a team-best 7-game hitting streak
– Over that span, Willsey has seen her average rise from .279 to .326
– Willsey is the MVC leader with 24 runs scored and 89 at-bats while her 23 RBI and seven home runs are each tied for second in the conference
– With eight doubles, she is tied for the Valley lead
Pacing the League
– Morgan Adams has established herself as one of the top offensive players in the MVC and leads the league in multiple statistics
– Her season tally of ten home runs paces the conference and is 22nd in the nation
– Adams also leads the conference in slugging (.743) and OPS (1.191)
– She hit a home run in each of the first two games of the UNI series
On a Roll
– Since March 9, freshman Eliza Piggott has seen her average rise nearly 100 points from .229 to its current mark of .328
– With five home runs, she is tied for sixth in the Valley
– Piggott put together one of her top performances in the second contest versus UNI as she went 3-4 with a home run, two RBI, two runs, and a sacrifice
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