WEDNESDAY'S SCORES
#6 Jacksonville State 5, #3 Eastern Kentucky 3
#2 SIUE 4, #7 Tennessee Tech 3
#1 Eastern Illinois 3, #8 Morehead State 2
#4 Murray State 2, #5 UT Martin 1 (8)
JACKSONVILLE STATE 5, EASTERN KENTUCKY 3
CHARLESTON, Ill. - Sixth-seeded Jacksonville State defeated No. 3 Eastern Kentucky, 5-3. The Gamecocks advance to play the winner of the #2 SIUE/#7 Tennessee Tech at 12:30 p.m CT tomorrow while the Colonels will face the loser at 10 a.m. CT.
The Gamecocks got on the board in the top of the third as Kelci Johnston hit a double to drive in a pair of wins.
The Colonels tied the game in the bottom of the fourth as Christina Ciolek hit a two-out two-RBI double. Ciolek scored to give EKU the 3-2 lead.
Johnston hit a solo shot in the JSU hafl of the sixth inning to tie the game a 3-3. Ella Denes hit a single that drove in Hayden Crawford to take the 4-3 lead. Crawford scored on a Krystal Ruth double to make it 5-3.
SIUE 4, TENNESSEE TECH 3
CHARLESTON, Ill. - Second-seeded SIUE defeated No. 7 Tennessee Tech, 4-3, in the second game of teh day. The Cougars will play No. 6 Jacksonville State at 12:30 p.m while the Golden Eagles will play Eastern Kentucky at 10 a.m. CT.
Tennessee Tech scored first as Melody Christian hit an RBI single in the top of the third. SIUE would answer with a pair of runs in the bottom of the inning to take the 2-1 lead. The Cougars' Brittany Toney hit a single that scored a pair of runs.
SIUE extended its lead to 3-1 in the bottom of the fourth. Tennessee Tech scored a pair of runs in its half of the fifth inning to tie the game.
Samantha Staniciek broke the tie in the bottom of the sixth as she hit a solo shot to give the Cougars the 4-3 lead. She went 3-for-3 on the day.
EASTERN ILLINOIS 3, MOREHEAD STATE 2
CHARLESTON, Ill. - Top-seeded Eastern Illinois defeated No. 8 Morehead State in the third game of the 2013 Ohio Valley Conference Softball Championship. The Panthers will player the winner of the Murray State/UT Martin game while the Eagles will face the losers.
Morehead State got on the board first with a pair of runs in the top of the 2nd. The Panthers answered with a pair of their own in the bottom of the third.
In the EIU half of the fourth inning, Haylee Beck hit a sinle to drive in Reynae Hutchinson to give the Panthers the 3-2 lead. Beck finished the day 2-for-2. Melise Brown also had a pair of hits for EIU.
Kayla Ashbrook and Katie Raile led the Eagles with two hits each.
MURRAY STATE 2, UT MARTIN 1
CHARLESTON, Ill. - Fourth-seeded Murray State defeated No. 5 UT Martin in the final game of the day. the Racers will face top-seeded Eastern Illinois while UT Martin will play No. 8 Morehead State.
Ellyn Troup hit a walk off RBI double to give the Racers the win. Troup finished the day 2-for-3. Mo Ramsey also had two hits on the day .
Kelsey Dixon and Kenzi Tate led the Skyhawks with two hits each.
Murray State got on the board first in the bottom of the first inning as Leslie Bridges hit an RBI singles.
The Skyhawks would answer in the top of the second with a run of their own as Kenzi Tate scored on a Lauren Smith double.
The score would remain 1-1 until the bottom of the eighth.
Full recap coming soon.