EVANSVILLE, Ind. – With a 9-game road trip completed, the University of Evansville softball team will be back at Cooper Stadium on Wednesday for a doubleheader against Indiana State. First pitch is set for 4 p.m. for game one with the second contest to follow...both games will be carried on The Valley on ESPN.
Last Time Out
- Over the weekend, the Purple Aces traveled to Drake for a 3-game series
- The Bulldogs opened with a close 2-0 win before scoring five runs in the first inning of game two on their way to an 8-4 win...on Sunday, they held off a late rally by UE to finish with a 5-4 win
- Alyssa Barela and Eryn Gould each went 4-9 in the series to finish hitting .444...Barela launched her first two home runs of the season in Saturday's second contest while adding a double...Gould added a walk while wrapping up the weekend with a .545 on-base total
- Despite going 0-2 in the series, Izzy Vetter recorded a 2.33 ERA
Settling In
- Early in the season, Alyssa Barela battled injury before making her season debut on March 20, picking up a hit against Loyola
- She recorded just one hit in her next 14 at-bats, but rebounded with a solid weekend in the series at Drake, going 4-for-9 in the series with two home runs and a 1.222 slugging percentage
- Barela earned a walk in the opener against the Bulldogs before going 2-3 with her first two home runs of the season in game two of Saturday's doubleheader...on Sunday, she added two more hits in four trips to the plate and in just three games, she raised her batting average from .133 to .250
Putting a Streak Together
- Jessica Fehr enters Wednesday's doubleheader with a team-best 8-game hit streak...it is tied for UE's longest streak of the season
- Fehr is batting a solid .303 on the season and over the last eight games, she has seen her average rise 43 points
- She has recorded a hit in 10 of her last 26 at-bats
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