Vetter tosses third no-hitter in win over Morehead State
EVANSVILLE, Ind. – For the third time in her career and second instance this season, Izzy Vetter tossed a no-hitter to lead the University of Evansville softball team to an 11-0 victory over Morehead State on Saturday afternoon.
Vetter struck out 12 MSU batters in the win and allowed just one baserunner in five innings of work. She picked up her 9thwin of 2022.
Evansville improved to 12-5 with the win and scored 11 runs on 11 hits. Alyssa Barela, Haley Woolf, Hannah Hood and Zoe Frossard recorded two hits apiece. Hood paced the team with three RBI with Barela and Bella Coffey adding two apiece. Marah Wood, Barela and Woolf scored two runs each.
Vetter set the early tone, recording the first six outs of the day via the strikeout. Barela and Woolf got the offense going in the second inning, hitting back-to-back singles to bring up Hood. Her single to center plated the first run of the game. Woolf scored later in the inning on a double steal. UE doubled its advantage in the third when Barela connected on a 2-RBI single. Wood and Jessica Fehr scored on the play.
Eleven batters stepped to the plate in a 7-run fourth inning that cemented the win. Zoe Frossard doubled to center to bring in Dori Brown before the final six runs came with two outs. Hood and Coffey picked up 2-run knocks to highlight the inning.
Needing just three more outs to clinch the victory, Vetter retired the Eagles in order to finish off the fifth and pick up the 11-0 shutout. On Sunday, the Aces are set to face Creighton (11:30 a.m.) and Bowling Green (4:30 p.m.).
