EVANSVILLE, Ind. – Another road trip is on tap for the University of Evansville softball team as they travel to Carbondale, Illinois to take on Southern Illinois. The 3-game set begins with a 7 p.m. game on Friday before wrapping up on Saturday with a noon doubleheader.
Weekend Schedule
4/5 - UE at SIU - 7 p.m. -
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4/6 - UE at SIU - 12 p.m. -
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4/6 - UE at SIU - 2 p.m. -
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Weekend Notes
Last Week
- UE traveled to Cedar Falls to face UNI last weekend, dropping two games in the series
- UNI picked up an 11-6 win in the opening tilt before finishing with a 5-inning 8-0 win to wrap up Sunday's doubleheader
- The offense for the Aces hit two home runs in the opening contest with Bailee Bostic recording the first grand slam of her career while Lindsay Renneisen added a 2-run home
Who's the Boss?
- Bailee Bostic hit a grand slam on Sunday at UNI and pushed her season RBI tally to 13
- Entering her senior season, she had a total of 18 RBI in her three seasons with her top single season total of seven coming in 2017
- Her tally is third on the team behind Eryn Gould and Lindsay Renneisen, who have 17 RBI apiece
- Bostic has made the start in all 31 games with 20 of them coming as UE's primary catcher
- Her first career multi-hit games came this season against Green Bay and Saint Louis
Stepping Up
- Sophomore Toni Galas continues to quietly have a nice year at the plate for the Purple Aces
- Over the last week, Galas notched four hits in six at-bats to push her season average to .344; she has reached base in six consecutive games and has reached in 43.2% of her trips to the plate.
- Galas has appeared in 26 games while making 11 starts
- Galas is a perfect 8-for-8 in stolen base tries and has crossed the plate six times
- She has a strong on-base percentage of .432
Cranking It Up
- Senior McKenzie Johnson is gaining confidence as the MVC slate continues for Evansville
- After starting the season with three hits in her first 30 at-bats, Johnson has notched a hit in four of her last nine trips to the plate
- On March 24, she had the game-clinching hit against Loyola before picking up two hits including an RBI double against Butler.
Scouting the Opponent
- Southern Illinois takes a 7-game win streak into the weekend series after a win over Saint Louis on Wednesday; last weekend, the Salukis series at Illinois State was cancelled and prior to that, they swept three games over Valparaiso
- Jenny Jansen leads SIU with a .385 average while Ashley Wood is batting .356 with six home runs and 32 RBI, both team highs
- Brianna Jones has 13 wins in the circle with a 1.96 ERA
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