PEORIA, Ill. – At the top of the lineup, Mackenzie McFeron and Alexa Davis combined for four hits, four RBI and two runs to push the University of Evansville softball team to a 6-3 series-clinching win over Bradley on Sunday at Petersen Hotels Field.
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McFeron went 2-for-4 with two runs and a RBI while Davis was 2-4 with three runs batted in. In the circle, Sydney Weatherford picked up the victory with another complete game performance.
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Back-to-back doubles led the game off for the Purple Aces, who took a 1-0 lead. After McFeron opened with a 2-base hit, Davis did the same to score McFeron and give UE a 1-0 edge. The Braves took their first lead with a pair of runs in the bottom of the first, but UE quickly countered.
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Alex Barnaby crossed home when Haley Woolf reached on a fielder's choice in the second. In the top of the third, a string of patient at-bats put the Aces back in front. With two outs and the bases empty, Alyssa Barela, Barnaby and Hannah Hood walked to load the bases. Hood came home on a Woolf single to give UE a 3-2 edge.
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Bradley tied the game on a single in the fourth and the score remained tied until the top half of the sixth. Haley Woolf opened with a walk and Bella Coffey was hit by a pitch to put set up a prime scoring opportunity. With one out, a single by McFeron scored Woolf and would prove to be the game-winner. Evansville added some insurance when Alexa Davis followed up with a 2-RBI double to extend the lead to 6-3.
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Over the final two frames, Sydney Weatherford allowed just one hit and kept the Braves off the board as she earned win #8 of the season. She gave up three runs, two earned, on nine hits. Evansville tallied six hits in the game with McFeron and Davis registering two apiece. Bradley had nine hits.
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UE is back at Cooper Stadium for its final four home games of the season. The week opens on Wednesday with a 5 p.m. game versus Indiana State.
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