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Evansville, IN – The University of Evansville Softball Team (10-41, 2-19 MVC) headed to Wichita State this weekend to take on the Shockers. Saturday featured a doubleheader with the Shockers taking both games. Game one went final with a score of 6-2. Game two ended in five innings with the Shockers taking the 8-0 win.
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UE was able to jump to a quick 1-0 lead in the top of the third when Chandra Parr scored off a Michal Luckett sacrifice fly. Cacy Williams for the Shockers doubled in the bottom of third scoring two runs and then later scored herself making the score 3-1 in favor of the Shockers.Â
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The Shockers then turned right around in the bottom of the fourth and added three more runs to increase their lead to 6-1. The Aces were able to get one more when Luckett scored off a Abbi Fahse sacrifice fly making the score 6-2, which would be the final as the Shockers took the victory.
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It took until the bottom of the third to get any scoring in game two. Mackenzie Wright was finally able to get the Shockers a lead when she hit a two RBI single to make the score 2-0. Wichita State then added another run in the bottom of the fifth off a solo homerun hit by Macklin Hitz. Michelle Dixon followed that up with two run homer of her own to increase the Shockers lead to 5-0. The Shockers then grabbed three more runs in the inning to secure the 8-0 victory.
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Michal Luckett finished the day 2-4 at the plate for the Aces. She also scored a run and had an RBI which accounts for both of the UE runs on the day.
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The Aces and the Shockers will finish up their series with the start time set for 12:00 p.m. CDT. The Aces will wrap up their regular season next weekend when they take on the Bradley Braves at home.
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