EVANSVILLE, Ind. – Pitcher Kate Ridgway threw her second no-hitter of the 2026 season as the University of Evansville softball team swept a doubleheader against Indiana State on Wednesday at Tri-State Orthopaedics Field at James and Dorothy Cooper Stadium.
 
Game 1 – UE 8, Indiana State 0 (6 innings)
Kate Ridgway tossed her second no-hitter of the season to lead the Purple Aces to an 8-0 victory in Wednesday's opener. Jess Willsey went 2-2 with a home run and two runs while Niki Bode added a pair of hits.
 
Evansville took the early lead with a run in the bottom of the first. Taylor Howe reached on an error and would score on Morgan Adams' 2-out single. Things remained at 1-0 in favor of UE until the bottom of the fourth when Willsey launched a solo home run to deep center field to double the lead.
 
In what would be a wild finish to the contest, the Aces scored six runs in the bottom of the sixth to clinch the victory. Two runs scored when Brooke Voss reached on an error while Emma McDonald crossed the plate on a Taylor Howe single to make it a 5-0 game. Niki Bode singled to bring in Howe while Voss scored on a Sycamore error. Maliyah Wilkins had the clinching hit as her double scored pinch runner Dori Brown to wrap up the 8-0 contest.
 
Game 2 – UE 10, Indiana State 2 (5 innings)
Evansville scored seven runs in the bottom of the fifth inning to clinch its second walk-off victory of the day over Indiana State. Angela Valentine went 2-2 with two RBI, two runs, and a walk while Emma McDonald and Morgan Adams added two hits apiece. McDonald, Brooke Voss, and Jess Willsey joined Valentine with two runs batted in.
 
Indiana State had the first threat of the game as they loaded the bases in the top of the first. Alexis Tucker pitched out of the jam, getting a strikeout to send the game into the bottom of the frame. The Sycamores came through to open the scoring in the top of the third.
 
It did not take long for the Aces to respond. In the bottom half of the inning, Angela Valentine led off with a walk before Brooke Voss hit a 2-run homer to left field to give UE a 2-1 advantage. Taylor Howe followed up with a double and crossed the plate on a Morgan Adams RBI single to make it a 3-1 game. ISU got one of those runs back in the top of the fourth.
 
Just as they did in game one, the Aces finished strong. Seven runs in the bottom of the fifth ended the game and gave Evansville its second walk-off victory of the day. UE quickly loaded with no outs and pinch hitter Maliyah Wilkins drew a walk to open the scoring. Next up was Willsey who hit a 2-run single.
 
After a walk from Ashtyn Holbrook, Valentine followed with a 2-run double to left center. With two runners in scoring position, McDonald stepped to the plate and delivered the clinching 2-run single to finish the 10-2 contest. Alexis Tucker threw 4 1/3 innings with two runs scoring. She struck out seven. Sophia Otten recorded the final two outs.