EVANSVILLE, Ind. – Missouri Valley Conference seeding and a series victory is on the line on Wednesday when the University of Evansville softball team welcomes Indiana State to Cooper Stadium for a 5 p.m. game. The teams split a doubleheader last Wednesday in Terre Haute and both have an 8-12 league mark entering the game, which will be carried on ESPN+.
Last Time Out
- Things turned around quickly over the course of the weekend for the Purple Aces in their series at Bradley; after dropping the opener by a 10-1 final, UE stormed back to split Saturday's doubleheader with a 7-3 win before taking a 6-3 decision on Sunday to clinch the series
- Sydney Weatherford recorded both wins in the circle, allowing three earned runs in 14 innings of work
- Alexa Davis paced the offense in the two wins over the Braves, accumulating three RBI in each contest
Three in a Row
- Freshman Sydney Weatherford was a perfect 3-for-3 in the circle last week, earning three conference wins
- After helping UE rebound in game two at Indiana State, Weatherford won the final two contests of the road series at Bradley
- In 21 innings, she accumulated a 1.33 ERA while walking just two batters
- The effort against the Sycamores lowered her season ERA to 2.73, which is 6th in the MVC
- She had the best start of her career at Loyola, throwing a 2-hit shutout while tossing her fourth complete game in the last five starts
Raising the Bar
- Over the course of the last week, Alexa Davis is batting .437 with nine RBI, four doubles and a total of seven hits in 16 at-bats
- Davis recorded three RBI in each of the two UE wins over the Braves
- She provided one of the biggest hits of the season on April 20 at Indiana State, connecting on a 2-run home run in the 5th inning of the 3-2 win
- Davis completed the doubleheader against the Sycamores with four hits in seven at-bats
- In the series finale against UNI, she was 2-3 with two doubles, two runs scored along with a walk and steal to help the Aces take a 6-3 win
- Her season average checks in at .279
Run Rule
- Over the last four games, senior Mackenzie McFeron has posted five hits in 11 at-bats while scoring a total of 10 runs
- Her efforts have been pivotal in UE going 3-1 over that span
- Through the opening 20 games of the MVC slate, she leads the team with a .327 batting average and her efforts in conference have seen her season average rise to .291
- She had the first 3-hit game of her career in the April 10 finale at Illinois State
- McFeron has 12 RBI in her career with nine of them coming in 2022
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