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UT Martin 2

Evansville, IN– The University of Evansville Women's Softball Team (7-21, 1-2 MVC) headed to Tennessee on Tuesday for a double header with the UT Martin Skyhawks.  The Skyhawks were able to defeat the Aces in both games.  Game one started out with an 11-0 lead for the Skyhawks.  The Aces fought back but it wasn't enough taking a 14-11 loss.  Game two was much closer resulting in a 5-1 loss for the Aces.
 
In game one, the Skyhawks jumped out to a quick 5-0 lead in the bottom of the first.  Kenzi Tate got it started with a three run home run.  The Skyhawks then added two more runs off passed balls in the inning.  In the bottom of the second, Carly Gonzales homered to again add to the total for the Skyhawks making the score 6-0.  In the third, the Skyhawks grabbed a run from Kelsey Dixon off of an Aeron Smith single.  Gonzales then followed with a grand slam making the score 11-0 in favor of the Skyhawks.
 
The Aces finally got something going in the top of fourth when Danielle Freeman connected for her fourth home run of the season.  Abbi Fahse followed that with a three run home run of her own scoring Brooke Childress and Mariah Ferguson cutting the score to 11-4.  In the fifth, Freeman had an RBI single scoring Michal Luckett to cut the score to 11-5.  Ferguson then homered scoring Freeman to make the score 11-7.
 
The Skyhawks were able to get more production from Gonzales in the bottom of the fifth when she connected for her third home run of the game.  This one was a two run shot that scored Aeron Smith.  Later in the inning, Samantha McClure was able to score off of a wild pitch making the score 14-7.
 
In the top, of the sixth Morgan Lambert kept the Aces going by hitting a solo home run of her own making the score 14-8.  Freeman was then able to grab another single scoring Ashlee Kawall making the score 14-9.  Ferguson then came to the plate with the bases loaded and singled scoring three more runs making the score 14-11 in favor of the Skyhawks, which would be the final score in the end.
 
In game two, Freeman got things going quick with a fifth home run of the year.  The solo shot gave the Aces a quick 1-0 over the Skyhawks.  It wasn't until the bottom of the fourth that the game finally saw some more action.  Kenzi Tate was able to reach off of an error which allowed Samantha McClure to score tying the game at 1-1.  Alicia Hansen followed that with a single scoring Tate and giving UT Martin a 2-1 lead.  After advancing around the bases Hansen was then able to steal home making the score 3-1.  In the bottom of the Skyhawks were able to grab two more runs off a pair of singles to make the score 5-1 to secure the victory.
 
The Aces are back in action this weekend when they head to Des Moines, IA to take on the Drake Bulldogs.  Evansville will see its first home action on March 28^th and 29^th when they take on Illinois State.