Game One Box Score (PDF)
Game Two Box Score (PDF)

EMERSON, Ga. – The University of Evansville baseball team (4-2) won both games of a doubleheader from Western Kentucky on Sunday with an 11-10, 10 inning victory in game one and a 9-8 win in game two. With the victories, UE has earned a series win from the Hilltoppers and has won their first two series of the season.  
 
"It was a great series win for us this weekend against a very good Western Kentucky baseball club," said UE head coach Wes Carroll. "We played a Valley type of weekend against a good team and we are happy to come away with a series win."
 
Outfielder Korbin Williams fueled a game one victory for the Purple Aces. The Castle grad replaced an injured Josh Jyawook and hit two home runs in the opening game. Williams hit his first career home run, a three run blast, in the fifth and then the go-ahead winner in the 10^th.
 
Evansville took an early first inning lead on an RBI double from Boomer Synek. WKU then took the advantage back with a pair of runs in the second inning. Down 2-1, UE staged a five-run rally in the third to regain the lead. Synek evened up the score on a fielder's choice as the Aces went ahead on a two-run triple from infielder Shain Showers. Designated hitter Max Foley and first baseman Eric McKibban both added RBI singles for the 6-2 edge. Ahead 7-3, Evansville extended their lead with the Williams home run. Down by seven, the Hilltoppers would rally back though with a run in the fifth, five in the seventh and one more in the eighth to tie the game. Williams' home run in the 10^th and a scoreless bottom of the inning from reliever Ryan Brady sealed the game one Aces win.
 
The final game of the doubleheader started with UE going ahead on a first inning sacrifice fly from Williams and another three-run surge in the third. Down 4-0, WKU scored twice in the bottom of the frame only to see UE widened the lead with four more runs in the fifth and another run scored in the sixth.  Trailing 9-2, the Hilltoppers chipped away by batting around in the seventh and plating five runs. Reliever Conor Gilligan ended the rally in the seventh, threw a scoreless eighth and maneuvered around a WKU rally in the ninth to prevail for the 9-8 Aces win.
 
"In game one, Williams gave us the lift off the bench with a Josh Jyawook injury, hitting two home runs including the go-ahead," added Carroll. "In game two, we came out offensively on a four run lead. We were able to hold on and piece it together with our bullpen. It was a great effort from Gilligan to shut the door."
 
Williams ended the doubleheader with two home runs, four runs scored and five runs batted in. Designated hitter Max Foley and outfielder Kevin Kaczmarski each totaled five hits in the doubleheader.
 
Evansville's next game will be the Aces' home opener at Braun Stadium on Friday, February 27 when they play Oakland as part of a three-game weekend series.