SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – Izzy Vetter set her career mark with 14 strikeouts while Bella Coffey hit her second home run of the season in a doubleheader on Friday afternoon at Missouri State.

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Game 1 Box Score (PDF)  -  Game 2 Box Score (PDF)

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The Bears (25-16, 16-6 MVC) took both contests against the Purple Aces (23-21, 11-14).  Game one saw them finish with a 1-0 win in 10 innings before finishing with a 6-1 win in the second contest.
 
Game 1
In a classic pitcher's duel, it was Missouri State scoring the winning run in the 10^th inning.  Izzy Vetter and the duo of Madison Hunsaker/Gracie Johnston kept the opposing offenses off the board for most of the afternoon.  Vetter went the full nine innings while Johnston pitched 8 2/3 for the Bears.  Vetter set her career mark with 14 strikeouts in the game while allowing five hits.  MSU held the Aces to three hits.
 
Evansville had the first big scoring opportunity of the day with Marah Wood and Lindsay Renneisen both walking with one out, but a pitching change proved beneficial for Missouri State as they got out of the inning unscathed.  Jenna Lis opened the third with a double to left field, but was stranded when the frame came to a close.  The top scoring threat either team would enjoy came in the bottom of the sixth when MSU loaded the bases with no outs.  That is when Vetter buckled down, getting two fly ball outs and a strikeout to keep it tied at 0-0.
 
In the 10^th, Missouri State loaded the bases with no outs once again and were able to record the game-winning run on a bases loaded walk.  Lis posted two of the Aces' three hits in the contest.
 
Game 2
Missouri State wasted no time getting on the board in the second game, scoring four runs in the bottom of the first inning.  Olivia Krehbiel hit a 2-run homer to lead the offense.  Two more hits led to a pair of runs in the second that pushed the lead to 6-0.
 
UE picked up its first run of the day, courtesy of Bella Coffey.  She hit her second home run of the season in the top of the fourth to make it a 6-1 game.  Hannah Hood followed it with a double before MSU got out of the inning without any further damage.  Evansville challenged again in the next inning when Katie McLean led off with a walk before Jessica Fehr singled to center, but three quick outs kept it at 6-1 and that would be the final score.
 
Coffey and Fehr had two hits apiece in the game while Eryn Gould had a hit and walk.  Krehbiel led MSU with three RBI.  Jaime Nurrenbern made the start for the Aces, but gave up four runs in the first.  Erin Kleffman tossed five solid innings of relief before Megan Brenton fanned two in a scoreless sixth inning.
 
On Saturday, the teams meet up for an 11 a.m. game.
 

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