SATURDAY'S SCORES
#22 Mississippi State 2,
Southeast Missouri 0
Southeast Missouri 8, Bryant 0
@Southern Miss 4,
Jacksonville State 0
Jacksonville State 3, @Southern Miss 0
Green Bay 9,
Eastern Illinois 6
@Miami (Ohio) 5,
Eastern Illinois 1
Murray State 8, Missouri State 0
#6 Oklahoma 6,
Murray State 1
@Eastern Kentucky 8, Akron 0
Austin Peay 8, UMass Lowell 0
Bradley 7,
Austin Peay 1
Tennessee Tech 3, @Lipscomb 1
@Lipscomb 8,
Tennessee Tech 7
Western Carolina 5,
Belmont 2
Arizona 15,
SIUE 2
SIUE vs. South Dakota - 8 p.m.
EASTERN KENTUCKY 8, MISSOURI STATE 0
RICHMOND, Ky. - The Eastern Kentucky University softball team rolled past Akron, 8-0, in five innings to push its winning streak to 14 games.
Eastern Kentucky’s (18-2) used two runs in the second and third innings and four in the fourth to roll past Akron on Saturday.
In the bottom of the second inning, Carly Robinson and Vianna Barron had back-to-back singles to get things started. After Mollie Paulick got hit to loaded the bases, Mattira Morales singled to right field to score two and give Eastern the early 2-0 lead.
Sammi Miller got things started in the bottom of the second inning with a hit by pitch. Freshman Ariyana Miranda wasted no time sending the first pitch into the right center gap to score Miller and give Eastern the 3-0 lead. Robinson brought home Miranda with a RBI ground out.
With the bases loaded and two outs in the bottom of the fourth inning, Miranda hit her second double of the game down the left field line to score two, and give Eastern the 6-0 lead. Zoe Mihalicz followed suit with a double down the right field line to put the Colonels up 8-0 and put the run rule into effect.
Paulick (10-1) picked up the win tossing five innings, allowing one hit and striking out nine.
Eastern wraps up the home weekend tomorrow with a pair of games against UIC and Dayton. First pitch against UIC is scheduled for 2:30 p.m.
GREEN BAY 9, EASTERN ILLINOIS 6; MIAMI (OHIO) 5, EASTERN ILLINOIS 1
OXFORD, Ohio - The Eastern Illinois softball team dropped both games on day one of the Miami University Tournament. The Panthers fell to Green bay in game one 9-6 and Miami (OH) 5-1. The Panthers face Green Bay at 9 a.m., then Miami at 2 p.m.
Game One
In the first game of the Miami University Tournament the Panthers fells to Green Bay 9-6. The Phoenix out hit the Panthers 12-7 in the victory over the Panthers.
Green Bay got off to a fast start with two RBI singles and a home run by Soley to go up on the Panthers 6-0 in the first inning. The Phoenix struck again in the second inning with an RBI double to go up 7-0
The Panthers got the bats going in the fifth inning with a Kendyl McKeough single who drove in a run. Haley Mitchell had a double which drives in three runs to bring the Panthers within three. Bihun had a double which scored two runs extending the lead over EIU to five.
Eastern put on their rally caps looking for a comeback in the seventh. Amber Cieplinski added to the cause with a two-run home run for the Panthers. The Panthers would ultimately fall 9-6 in the first game.
The Panthers finished the game with six runs on seven hits with eight left on base. EIU was led by Megan Burton and Amber Cieplinski with two hits. Mitchell led the team in RIB's with three.
Jade Montgomery takes the loss for the Panthers in the circle. Montgomery's record now stands at 6-5 on the season in the circle.
Green Bay was led by Koehn with two hits, two runs, and two RBI's. Schwebke pitched all seven innings for Green Bay, she had four strikeouts and four walks in seven innings.
Game Two
In game two of the Miami Tournament, the Panthers fell to 9-10 on the season as they lost to host team Miami 1-5.
The Panthers struck first in the first inning with Kayla Bear stealing second then Mitchell having an RBI single, going up 1-0.
In the second inning, the RedHawks came firing back with five runs to take the lead over the Panthers 5-1. The Panthers were unable to make up the runs as they fall to Miami (OH).
The Panthers were led by Hannah Cravens, Mia Davis, Haley Mitchell with one hit each. EIU finished the game with one run on three hits and five left on base with one error.
Taylor Florea got the loss making her 2-5 on the season heading into tomorrow.
The RedHawks were led by Tran with three hits. They finished that game with five runs off of ten hits and eight left on base with one error.
TENNESSEE TECH 3, LIPSCOMB 1; LIPSCOMB 8, TENNESSEE TECH 7
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Recent years have not been kind for the Tennessee Tech softball team when it took on Lipscomb, with the last win against the Lady Bisons coming in 2016, then 2009 before that.
Alyssa Arden and Alexis Trimiar changed that in the first game Saturday as the Golden Eagles won their 10th game of the 2020 campaign, topping Lipscomb 3-1 in eight innings during the opener.
The Golden Eagles (10-8) almost made it two on Saturday, taking a 6-0 lead, but the Lady Bisons rallied back to come-from-behind and get the walk-off victory in the nightcap, 8-7.
The two teams finish out the three-game set on Sunday, starting at 1 p.m.
Arden went the distance, throwing all eight frames as she allowed one unearned run on four hits as she walked five and struck out seven.
Lipscomb took a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the third as Peyton Ward hit a single to left with two on, but Tech tied the game in the top of the fourth as Beth McCulley put a double into right center to even the game at a run each.
Neither team was able to push anything across – Lipscomb leaving two on – through the remainder of regulation. The Lady Bisons pulled the plug on starter Megan Gray in the eighth inning after she allowed just one run on three hits, striking out eight.
The Golden Eagles made them regret the decision as they jumped on reliever Chloe Yeager in the extra frame as Raegan Sparks walked, pinch-runner KaDedra Temple stole second, a Jessie Lowery bunt single put runners on the corners, then Raleigh Lewis was hit by a pitch to load the bases.
In came Trimiar. Facing a 2-2 count, the sophomore infielder roped a double down the left field line, pushing the Golden Eagles ahead as Temple and Lowery scored.
Arden saw the Lady Bison threaten in the bottom of the eighth as Lipscomb got runners on second and third with two down, but the sophomore pitcher was able to coax a fly out to Lowery in left to end the game.
In game two, the Golden Eagles got off to a quick start in the opening two frames. Sparks had an RBI single to drive in Sydney Love-Baker, than a Trimiar groundout to second for the second out allowed Lowery to score.
Tech got four more runs in the second as Nicolle Nysted, Chandler Caldwell and Temple had back-to-back-to-back singles to lead off the frame. Love-Baker hit into a grounder and reached on a fielder’s choice as the Lady Bisons’ defense threw out Nysted at home to keep the bases loaded.
However, Lowery cleared the bases on the second pitch of her at-bat, dropping a three-run double into center field.
Lipscomb chipped away for a run in the bottom of the second, then scored four in the third on four hits and two errors. LU tied the game with a single run in the fourth.
The Golden Eagles retook the lead in the fifth as Caldwell had an RBI single down the right field line, driving in Trimiar and leading 7-6.
The advantage held until the seventh inning. Olivia Ward led off the frame with a solo shot to right center on the first pitch. A walk and an error put two on, with Arden coming into the contest in relief. A wild pitch allowed the runners to advance, but Tech was able to get two outs.
In the end, it was for naught as Amy Vitula ended the game with an RBI single to right to drive in Caitlin Turner for the walk-off run.
Bryson threw the first 2 2/3 innings, allowing five runs, four earned, on five hits as she walked and struck out one. Kendall Durard took the loss in relief, allowing three runs on five hits with two walks and two strike outs in 3 1/3 frames. Arden threw the final two-thirds, yielding one hit.
Lipscomb’s Emily Yakubowski lasted 1 1/3 innings, allowing six runs on seven hits. Katie Turner came on in relief and slowed the Golden Eagles down, allowing one run on five hits as she walked four and struck out one.