Evansville, IN – The University of Evansville Women's Softball team (4-14, 0-0 MVC) head to Oklahoma State this weekend to compete in the Mizuno Classic.  Evansville will be joined at the tournament by the University of Missouri-Kansas City, Connecticut, and the host Oklahoma State. 
 
The Aces took part in the Black and Orange Challenge last weekend.  Evansville went 1-4 on the weekend.  The Aces were able to pick up a 6-4 victory over host Mercer in the tournament.  The Aces also had an impressive offensive showing against Buffalo but were defeated by a score of 14-13 in 8 innings.
 
The Aces are led at the plate by stand out sophomore Chandra Parr who so far this season has 19 hits in 54 at bats putting her average at a team leading .352.  Parr currently also has 3 doubles, 3 homeruns, 7 RBIs, 10 walks, 17 runs, accounting for 31 total bases so far this season. On the mound the Aces are lead by Amanda Blankenship.  Blankenship has endured a majority of the time on the mound so far this season.  Blankenship currently has a record of 3-11 while pitching a total of 86 innings so far this season.  Blankenship has a 5.05 ERA and has struck out a total of 41 batters at this point in the season.
 
First up for the Aces will be UMKC.  The Kangaroos are currently 8-5.  A couple of their key wins include Georgetown and UT-Chattanooga.  The Aces and UMKC will face off on Friday at 12:00 p.m. CT.  At 3:00 p.m. CT the Aces will face host Oklahoma State.  The Cowgirls are currently 5-11 on the season.  Evansville and Oklahoma State have faced off once already this season with an 8-5 for the Aces being the result. On Saturday March 7^th the Aces will face Connecticut for the second time this season.  The Huskies are currently 4-6 and defeated the Aces earlier this year in Troy, AL by a score of 6-3. 
 
Evansville will have two more games on the weekend but the time and opponent will not be known until the seeding is established.  All the information for the Mizuno Classic can be found at the following link.
 
http://www.okstate.com/sports/w-softbl/spec-rel/mizuno-classic.html
 
The Aces will finally see home action on March 14^th when they take on conference opponent Loyola.