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EVANSVILLE, Ind. – Fresh off of an opening weekend the saw the Purple Aces softball team win four of its first five games, the squad will be back in action this weekend, heading to the Tiger Classic.

Hosted by Tennessee State, the tournament will take place at Tiger Stadium on the campus of TSU in Nashville.  The schedule includes:
 
2/19 – at Tennessee State – 6:15 p.m.
2/19 – vs. East Tennessee State – 8:30 p.m.
2/20 – vs. Louisiana Monroe – 6 p.m.
2/20 – vs. Butler – 8:15 p.m.
2/21 – vs. Northern Kentucky – 2 p.m.
 
The season got off to a quick, yet productive start for the Purple Aces, who won four of their first five contests at the Trojan Invite.  The 4-1 start for Evansville is its best since doing the same in 2007.  That season saw UE win 12 of its first 13 games on its way to a 33-20 mark.
 
In the first weekend of the season, Valley Player of the Week Danielle Freeman showed just why she is one of the top offensive players in the MVC as she batted .571 in the opening weekend while leading Evansville to a 4-1 mark.  Freeman opened the season going 1-2 while drawing two walks versus Eastern Michigan. 
 
She followed with her top game of the weekend, going 3-4 with 4 RBIs and three runs scored against Alabama State as she notched her first home run of the season.  She recorded another 2-hit outing at Troy while posting one hit in the other two games.  Freeman notched four doubles on the weekend while walking three times.  She struck out just three times in 14 plate appearances.
 
In her first official weekend of collegiate action, freshman Morgan Florey made four appearances while pitching a total of 12.1 innings.  She picked up two saves while finishing with an unbelievable 22 strikeouts and an ERA of 3.65.  Florey went 4 innings in Friday's win over EMU, fanning eight batters.  In Saturday's victory over Alabama State,
 
Florey saw two scoreless innings of work, striking out four on the way to her first save.  Florey completed the weekend with two shutout innings against Eastern Michigan as she earned her second save of the season.
 
 

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