MACON, Ga. – Sunday's Heart of Georgia Classic finale saw the University of Evansville softball team completed the weekend with a solid 6-2 victory over Maine.
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Jess Willsey and Maliyah Wilkins recorded two hits apiece to pace the offense while Kate Ridgway and Alexis Tucker got the job done in the circle. Most impressive on the offensive side was the fact that all six UE runs scored with two outs. Ridgway picked up her second victory of the weekend going 5 1/3 innings with one run scoring on just two hits. She added seven strikeouts. Tucker threw the final 1 2/3 frames with a single run scoring.
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Following a scoreless first inning, the Purple Aces opened the scoring with a 2-run bottom of the second. Sydney Kalonihea was hit by a pitch while Brooke Voss doubled to put two runners in scoring position. With two outs, Taylor Howe struck out but reached on a dropped third strike. That gave Willsey a chance and her 2-run single broke the scoreless tie. One batter later, Wilkins singled to bring in Howe to make it a 3-0 game.
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The Black Bears scored their first run of the day in the top of the third before the Aces broke through in the fourth. Howe scored her second run of the game when Niki Bode reached on a Maine error. The bases remained loaded for Kalonihea, who was hit by a pitch to tack on the fifth run of the day.
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Brooke Voss completed the scoring in the bottom of the sixth when she drew a bases loaded walk to score pinch runner Dori Brown. One more Black Bear run scored in the seventh, but the Aces completed the day with the 6-2 win.
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