EVANSVILLE, Ind. – On Tuesday, the University of Evansville softball team travels to Louisville for a 5 p.m. CST contest at UImer Stadium.
 

Evansville at Louisville
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Evansville opened its Missouri Valley Conference slate over the weekend against Illinois State. Each game was decided by a single run as the Redbirds took two of the three games. The Purple Aces took Saturday's finale in exciting fashion.
 
Trailing 7-4 entering the bottom of the seventh, the Aces scored four runs to earn the walk-off victory. Freshman Ashtyn Holbrook hit two home runs in the game. Her 2-run shot in the 7^th tied the game. Taylor Howe reached on a play that saw ISU commit two errors, allowing the winning run to score.
 
UE was solid in all three contests. Friday's opener was a pitcher's duel that saw ISU win by a 3-2 final. In the second game of the doubleheader, the Redbirds scored five runs in the top of the first. Despite the early deficit, UE battled back to tie the game with two runs in the bottom of the sixth. The contest went to extra innings where ISU plated the winning run in the 9^th.
 
Taylor Howe and Niki Bode each batted .500 on the weekend. Both posted five hits in 10 at-bats. Brooke Voss batted .417 in the series. She had five hits in 12 att-bats while scoring a team-high three runs.
 
Louisville heads into Tuesday's game with a record of 18-5. They received six votes in the latest March 2 top 25 rankings.