Indiana Classic Tournament Central

EVANSVILLE, Ind. – One last weekend of non-conference play awaits the University of Evansville softball team as they make the quick trip north on Interstate 69 to Bloomington where they will play in the Indiana Classic on Saturday and Sunday.
 
Evansville opens the tournament at 4:45 p.m. ET on Saturday against Indiana before playing twice on Sunday.  UE faces Ohio University at 10 a.m. ET before taking on the Hoosiers once again at 12:15 p.m. ET.
 
Through three weekends of action, the Purple Aces have already matched their win total from all of 2015.  The team has gotten it done on both sides of the ball with Michal Luckett, Danielle Freeman and Chandra Parr leading the offense.  Luckett is the 6th-ranked hitter in the Missouri Valley Conference, batting .449 through the first three weekends.  She has notched a team-best 22 hits and is tied for the team lead with 12 runs scored.  Just as impressive, Luckett is a perfect 7-7in steals.
 
Freeman has also had a solid start, batting .350 so far while posting 11 RBIs.  She has drawn five walks while getting on base 43.8% of the time.  Parr begins the home slate with 12 RBIs, tops on the squad.  She is batting .327 with an MVC-best seven doubles.
 
Morgan Florey and Amanda Blankenship have taken care of business in the circle thus far.  The duo has combined to pitch 80 1/3 out of the Aces' 100 innings of work.  Florey, who was named the MVC Pitcher and Newcomer of the Week in February, is a perfect 5-0 with two saves.  In her 38 1/3 innings of work, Florey has accumulated a 2.11 ERA.  She ranks third in the MVC with 63 strikeouts and has walked just eight batters.
 
Blankenship leads the conference with 15 appearances and 14 starts in 2016.  She has a pair of victories while working 42 innings.
 
Indiana enters its home-opening weekend with an 11-8 record.  Anchoring their pitching staff is Josie Wood, who has notched a 2.46 ERA in 65 1/3 innings of work.  Leading the Hoosier offense is Rebecca Blitz, who has batted .367 through the first 19 games.  She has swiped nine bases so far in 2016.
 
Ohio U. begins the weekend with an 8-6 record.  Mikayla Cooper leads the Bobcats with a .500 average and an on-base percentage that stands at .523.  Taylor Saxton has also been impressive, recording an average of .429.  In the circle, Danielle Stiene has pitched to the tune of a 2.86 ERA in 41 2/3 frames.
 

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