EVANSVILLE, Ind. – Scoring three runs in the first inning, the University of Evansville softball team earned a 6-0 shutout win over Green Bay to complete the opening weekend of Tri-State Orthopaedics Field at James & Dorothy Cooper Stadium with a perfect 4-0 mark.
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Evansville had a big start, plating three runs in the top of the first. Taylor Howe and Zoe Frossard both reached to lead things off. With one out, Marah Wood got the Purple Aces on the board with a 2-run single. Alexa Davis followed with the third single of the frame to score Wood and make it a 3-0 game.
Pitching took over for both teams at that point as the game would remain 3-0 in favor of UE until the bottom of the sixth. Davis hit a leadoff home run to extend the advantage to 4-0 while Lacy Smith and Hannah Hood added unearned runs to complete the scoring.
Erin Kleffman improved to 3-0 as she tossed four shutout innings of one-hit ball. Mikayla Jolly gave up two hits in two innings while Paige McAllister pitched the seventh. The trio held the Phoenix to just three hits.
Frossard and Davis recorded two hits apiece while Wood and Davis had two RBI each.
UE continues its home slate on Friday with a 12:30 p.m. game against Purdue Fort Wayne.
