TUESDAY'S RECAPS
@Morehead State 4, Tennessee Tech 2
Tennessee Tech 6, @Morehead State 5
MOREHEAD STATE 4, TENNESSEE TECH 2; TENNESSEE TECH 6, MOREHEAD STATE 5
MOREHEAD, Ky. - The Morehead State softball team split an Ohio Valley Conference doubleheader with Tennessee Tech on Tuesday at University Field. The Eagles earned the 4-2 victory in game one, before dropping the nightcap, 6-5.
The split puts the Eagles at 24-20 overall and 10-12 in league action, while Tech sits at 22-26 overall and 11-11 in conference play.
Senior Katie Pfost (15-10) went the distance in the circle for the Eagles in game one, surrendering seven hits but only the two earned runs. She also fanned five in the contest. Senior Claudia Harke suffered the loss for Tech to dip to 6-10 this season.
At the plate, sophomore Katie Raile went 3-for-3. Seniors Adrena Anderson and Amber Riddle added a pair of hits. Senior Elizabeth Wager also plated two.
The Golden Eagles plated a pair in their half of the second inning off a doubles from senior Brittney Spalding and freshman Olivia Bennett. The Eagles cut the deficit in the fourth inning when Riddle connected on her team-leading ninth home run of the season.
Wagner struck in the bottom of the fifth for the Eagles, connecting on a two-run single to right field to take the lead and seal the deal. Fellow senior Sam Woodall registered a single to advance the runners in the bottom of the sixth that led to a fielding error to give MSU an insurance run.
The Golden Eagles took another early lead in game two when they plated four runs off two hits in the first inning. Cortney Fry singled in the inning to account for two of the TTU runs. MSU plated a single run in the bottom of the inning off senior Kayla Ashbrook’s eighth home run of the season. However, Tech scored a run in the third via a double from senior Brittney Spalding to push the lead back to 5-1.
MSU rallied to score three runs with two outs in the bottom of the fourth to pull within one. Senior Anna Sommer plated two on a double to left center, and Raile finished off the scoring in the inning with a single.
TTU scored its final run of the contest on a solo shot from Brittney Spalding, her fourth home run of the season.
Ashbrook drove in a run on a sacrifice fly to left in the seventh, but the Eagles did not complete the comeback.
Junior pitcher Kelcey McMurray (5-8) suffered the loss in 2.1 innings of work. She was tagged with two earned runs off four hits. In 4.2 innings of relief, Pfost was credited with one earned run off three hits, and struck out five. Sophomore Taylor Ketchum picked up the victory to improve to 15-10. Erica Tuck tossed the final 2.2 frames to record a save.
Ashbrook and Sommer each had a pair of RBI to lead the Eagles, while Woodall and juniors Stephanie Etter and Jamie Massaro had two hits each.