Box Score

EVANSVILLE, Ind.—The University of Evansville softball team swept their first Missouri Valley Conference series this season over the visiting Indiana State Sycamores with a 3-0 shut out in the final game of the series on Sunday at Cooper Stadium.

 

Jacki Bradley completed her second shut out of the weekend against the Sycamores, pitching seven scoreless innings and giving up just five hits over the stretch.

 

The Aces got on the board first. Krista Price led off the inning with a walk and advanced to second on a passed ball. Kristen Shirk hit a single to move Price up to third before scoring on a groundout by Brittany Herald.

 

Bradley ran into a jam in the fourth inning with runners on second and third and one out, but was able to get Kelsey Anderson to ground out and Katie Iocangeli to pop out to end the threat.

 

The Aces would add two insurance runs in the fifth inning on a two-run home run by Price, her eighth of the season to give the Aces a 3-0 lead.

 

The Sycamores put a runner on in both the sixth and seventh innings, but the Aces were able to close out the game to complete the sweep.

 

Meagan McCurdy took the loss, going six innings and giving up three runs o six hits.

 

Price was 1-for-2 with two RBI and two runs scored. Cassey Kemna had two hits in her three trips to the plate. Jennifer Stahlhut, Shirk, and Amanda Ockomon all contributed base hits in the game.

 

The Aces (25-20, 11-12) will now travel to the State Farm MVC Tournament to face Missouri State in the first round at 1:30 p.m. on Thursday at Charlotte West Stadium in Carbondale, Ill.