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BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Two hard-fought games saw the University of Evansville softball team complete the Indiana Classic on Sunday afternoon in Bloomington. 
 
Evansville (10-8) fell into a 7-0 hole in game one against Ohio University, but rallied back with four runs.  The second game of the day against Indiana University was a pitcher's duel that saw the Purple Aces fall by a 2-1 final.
 
"You can't win every game but what you can do is respond to challenges and fight on every pitch," Aces head coach Mat Mundell said.  "That is what we did the last few innings in the Ohio game and against IU.  I am proud of the mentality we came out with in the final game of the day."
 
Both Indiana and UE notched four hits in a defensive battle to complete the day.  The Hoosiers took the early 2-0 lead in the bottom of the first inning off of Amanda Blankenship before Morgan Florey came in to shut the door.  Limiting the damage, the Aces clawed their way back in as Chandra Parr hit a solo home run in the top of the fourth.
 
Despite the pitching by Florey, Josie Wood of IU was able to make the two first inning runs hold as she went the distance to help IU take the win.  Parr registered two of UE's four hits in the game.
 
Game one saw Ohio U. score the first seven runs of the game on their way to a 9-4 win.  The Bobcats did that damage in the first four frames before UE's offense scored its four runs in the bottom half of the fourth.
 
In that inning, Danielle Freeman hit a leadoff double to get it started.  Chandra Parr followed that up with a single and was pinch run for by Ashlee Kawall.  Freeman scored and Kawall advanced on a wild pitch, marking UE's first run of the day.  With one out, Alex Latoria brought Kawall home on a double to center to make it a 7-2 game.
 
Later in the inning, Courtney Land had an RBI single and Michal Luckett completed the scoring with an RBI knock of her own.
 
The Bobcats were able to limit the damage before adding two more runs to take the 9-4 win.  Evansville finished with five hits while the Bobcats scored their nine runs on 16 hits.  Amanda Blankenship pitched the first three innings, giving up four runs.  Emily Lockhard gave up five runs in 1 1/3 while Morgan Florey fanned five batters in 2 2/3.
 
Following a doubleheader at Murray State on Wednesday, the Aces open their home and conference schedule against Drake on Saturday and Sunday.
 

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