EVANSVILLE, Ind. – With Missouri Valley Conference play set to begin next weekend, the University of Evansville softball team wrapped up its pre-conference slate on a winning note, defeating Western Michigan by a 6-2 final on Sunday afternoon at Cooper Stadium.
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Jenna Lis paced the Purple Aces (11-6) with a 2-for-4 effort while knocking in three of her teams six runs. Eryn Gould and Marah Wood added two hits apiece with each scoring a run. Katie McLean scored twice. Izzy Vetter took the win, striking out nine batters in the complete game performance. It is her sixth victory of the year. Western Michigan (4-9) saw four players record two hits apiece.
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After recording two hits in the top of the first, the Broncos were able to get on the board with a run in the second. They continued to put runners on base with the first two batters reaching in the third. After a sacrifice advanced them into scoring position, Izzy Vetter got two strikeouts to end the inning.
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The offense rewarded Vetter in the third when Haley Woolf tied the game with a sacrifice fly before a 2-run single by Jenna Lis put the Aces in front by a 3-1 score. Marah Wood added a sac fly of her own in the fourth before another run came home on an error that extended the lead to 5-1. Lis added another RBI to her tally in the fifth when a single to center scored Mackenzie McFeron.Â
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Western Michigan made a huge rally in the sixth with the first three runners reaching base. Â It led to their second run of the game, but Vetter shut the door once again before Jaime Nurrenbern tossed a scoreless inning of relief in the seventh.Â
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Evansville's first MVC series will take place next weekend at Cooper Stadium when the Aces welcome Loyola.Â
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