THURSDAY'S SCORES
Samford 4,
Austin Peay 2
@Jacksonville State 7,
Austin Peay 2
Loyola Chicago 4,
@Murray State 3 (9)
@Murray State 8, Loyola Chicago 5
@Middle Tennessee 4,
UT Martin 3
Illinois State 1,
UT Martin 0
LOYOLA CHICAGO 4, MURRAY STATE 3; MURRAY STATE 8, LOYOLA CHICAGO 5
MURRAY, Ky. - Murray State split a pair of games with Loyola Chicago on the first day of the Racers Classic.
The Racers dropped the opener 4-3 in nine innings and came back to win the nightcap, 8-4.
Murray State will pay Loyola Chicago again tomorrow.
SAMFORD 4, AUSTIN PEAY 2; JACKSONVILLE STATE 7, AUSTIN PEAY 2
JACKSONVILLE, Ala. - Austin Peay State University’s softball team dropped a pair of games to Samford and Jacksonville State, Thursday at University Field, in the opening day of the Jacksonville State Invite.
In the opener versus Samford, the Govs (12-9) scored both of its runs in the first inning, with Bailey Shorter leading off the game with her first home run of the season, followed two batters later, with Lexi Osowski driving in a run with a sacrifice fly.
But that would be the only runs the Govs would score, with the Bulldogs tying the game, 2-2, in the third inning and scoring two more times in the seventh for the 4-2 final.
In the night cap versus Jacksonville State, got down 5-0 after three innings before getting on the scoreboard in the top of the fifth on Mea Clarks’ team-leading fifth home run of the season.
The Gamecocks would add two more runs in the bottom of the inning, to make it 7-1, with Austin Peay scoring one final run in the seventh for the 7-2 final.
MIDDLE TENNESSEE 4, UT MARTIN 3; ILLINOIS STATE 1, UT MARTIN 0
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. - UT Martin dropped both games at the MTSU Invitational on Thursday. The Skyhawks fell to host Middle Tennessee, 4-3 and lost to Illinois State, 1-0.
UT Martin returns to action on March 16 when it travels to St. Louis.
Full recap coming soon.