SATURDAY'S SCORES
Western Carolina 7,
Tennessee State 5
Northern Iowa 4,
Tennessee State 0
Southeast Missouri 4, Western Michigan 1
Green Bay 4,
@Lindenwood 2
@Lindenwood 3, Western Illinois 1
Akron 8,
Eastern Illinois 3
@Chattanooga 11,
Eastern Illinois 9
Oakland 3,
UT Martin 2 (8)
UT Martin 12, Valparaiso 0 (5)
Northern Kentucky 4,
SIUE 3
SIUE 8, DePaul 0
North Alabama 6,
Southern Indiana 2
IUPUI 10,
Southern Indiana 2
South Carolina 21,
Tennessee Tech 1
NORTHERN KENTUCKY 4, SIUE 3; SIUE 8, DEPAUL
CARBONDALE, Ill. - Sydney Baalman tossed a one-hit shutout Saturday as SIUE split its games Saturday at the Coach B Classic.
SIUE, 2-9, dropped its opening game of the day 4-3 to Northern Kentucky, and rebounded tremendously with an 8-0 victory over DePaul in six innings at Charlotte West Stadium.
SIUE's offense came with key hit after key hit in the nightcap, scoring in five of the six innings.
The Cougars tallied three right away in the first inning against the Blue Demons. Lauren Yslava blasted a home run in the inning, her second of the season.
Yslava joined Micah Arps and Paige Rocha with two hits in the contest. Lexi King added two RBIs.
SIUE's opener against Northern Kentucky went down to the final at bat before NKU held off the Cougars. SIUE had the bases loaded in the seventh and left nine on base for the game.
Yslava and Sherri Mason each had three hits for the Cougars. Rocha added a hit and drew two walks.
SIUE closes out the Coach B Classic Sunday with a return game against Northern Kentucky at 10:30 a.m. followed by a 3 p.m. contest against host SIU Carbondale.
WESTERN CAROLINA 7, TENNESSEE STATE 5; NORTHERN IOWA 4, TENNESSEE STATE 0
ATLANTA, Ga. - After finishing late on Friday night, the Tennessee State University Tigers had to play two morning games in the Georgia State University Panther Invitational. The Tigers started fast, scoring three runs in the first game against Western Carolina but lost 7-5. In the second game, Ryla Traylor had the only two hits against Northern Iowa in a 4-0 loss.
Tiger Rally Comes Up Short in 7-5 Loss to Western Carolina
The Tennessee State Tigers got three hits out of grad student Nahtali Simpson in a 7-5 loss to the Western Carolina Catamounts Saturday morning. Freshman Holly Ayala (2-3) started and took the loss in the circle for Tennessee State (8-4).
In addition to her three hits, Simpson had a double, a walk, and an RBI to lead the Tigers. Sophomore Ryla Traylor also performed well, going 2-for-3 with two RBI. Ayala also chipped in for TSU, putting together two hits in four trips to the plate while adding an RBI.
The Tigers got on the scoreboard first, starting in the third inning. Traylor's single to left knocked in Peyton Fointno to start a three-run rally. Ayala then singled to center to knock in Simpson. Ayala scored on an RBI double by freshman Onnika Spencer.
The Catamounts then rallied to score seven runs and take a 7-3 lead before the Tigers got back on the board in the seventh. TSU plated two runs off Western Carolina pitching, punctuated by a run-scoring double off the bat of Simpson and a Traylor sacrifice fly, which tightened the Catamounts lead to 7-5. Western Carolina closed their win by getting ground outs by Ayala and Spencer.
Tigers Get Shutout Against Northern Iowa
Northern Iowa's Junior Samantha Heyer and sophomore Anna Wischnowski combined to throw a shutout on Saturday as the Northern Iowa Panthers blanked the Tennessee State Tigers 4-0. Sophomore Caitlyn Manus (6-2) started and took the loss in the circle for Tennessee State (8-5). The right-hander went five innings, giving up three runs, one earned, on five hits, allowing five walks, and striking out two. In the batter's box, the Tigers were paced by sophomore Ryla Traylor, who went 2-for-3 on the day.
Tennessee State didn't advance a runner past first base in the ballgame.
TSU will finish out the Panther Invitational on Sunday when they take on host Georgia State at 11:30 a.m. CST
SOUTHEAST MISSOURI 4, WESTERN MICHIGAN 1
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. - Southeast Missouri (3-4) registered 11 hits with five players getting two apiece in a 4-1 win over Western Michigan (3-4) Saturday morning at the Frost Classic.
SEMO posted double-digit hits for the second time this young season receiving production from the middle and bottom parts of its lineup.
Attention was drawn to the circle early on where Delaney Kell and WMU starter Rissa Bajusz hooked up in a nice pitcher's duel. Neither allowed a run through the first four innings of play.
SEMO broke through with the game's first tally when Paige Halliwil walked, stole second and third, and scored an unearned run on a fielding error to give the Redhawks a 1-0 cushion.
The Redhawks took over for good with a three-run, four-hit sixth inning.
Kynzie Wrigley singled through the left side and advanced to second on a sacrifice by Tatum Gerwitz. Abigail Rickermann reached on a single to shortstop to get Wrigley to third. After Rickermann stole second, Zoe Schulte flied out and Wrigley scored. Halliwill followed with a double to score Rickermann and Alyson Tucker greeted WMU reliever Madysyn Lopez with an RBI-single to widen SEMO's lead to 4-0.
WMU's lone run of the game was unearned when pinch runner Taylor Wolfe scored on a wild pitch. Wolfe replaced Bella Gerlach who reached on an error to start the bottom of the seventh.
Kell (2-1) retired 12 of the 16 hitters she faced, while allowing just three hits and no runs in four innings of work. She recorded eight fly ball outs as only two runners made it into scoring position against her. Kell sat down each of the last five hitters she faced.
Holman relieved Kell in the fifth inning and retired the first seven hitters she faced en route to her second save. She finished with two strikeouts in three no-hit frames. Holman got back-to-back groundball outs with a runner in scoring position to end the game.
Five Redhawks had two hits. Halliwill went 2-for-3 with two runs, a double and one RBI, and Tucker finished at 2-for-4 with a double. Wrigley, Gerwitz and Rickermann combined for six hits and two runs at the bottom of SEMO's lineup.
All of WMU's hits were singles.
Bajusz suffered the loss. She pitched 5.2 innings giving up four runs on 10 hits. She struck out seven and walked one, as well.
SEMO resumes action at the Frost Classic with one more game vs. Akron today. First pitch is set for 2 p.m., CT
AKRON 8, EASTERN ILLINOIS 3; CHATTANOOGA 11, EASTERN ILLINOIS 9
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. - Eastern Illinois softball played a pair of games on a damp Saturday afternoon with the final game of the day impacted by soggy field conditions. EIU lost both contests during day two of the Frost Classic losing 8-3 to Akron and 11-9 to host Chattanooga.
Due to rain impacting the tournament schedule, EIU’s Sunday schedule has been adjusted and the Panthers will now play Western Michigan on Sunday at 10 a.m. instead of its scheduled second game with Akron.
AKRON 8, EIU 3
Akron scored three runs in the first inning and tacked on three more in the fourth as the early offense stood up during an 8-3 win over Eastern Illinois.
The Zips scored three in the first inning, the big hit a two-run single by Jaiden Bryant as she was one of two Akron players with multiple hits in the game. Kalli Macintosh-Houlder was 3-for-3 with a two-run home run in the fourth.
EIU got on the board in the bottom of the sixth as Jaylen Prichard drove in Morgan Lewis with a double.
The Panthers plated two more runs in the bottom of the seventh after Rachel Kaufman opened the inning with a double. Aryn Henke drove in the first run and Maddie Swart the second. Kaufman and Swart both had two hits to lead EIU.
Haley Croyle (2-0) went the distance for Akron for the win. Tieghan Morio (1-1) suffered the loss for EIU.
CHATTANOOGA 11, EIU 9
Eastern Illinois jumped out to a 5-0 lead in the first inning and again had a lead in the top of the fourth, but the Panthers could not hold either lead falling 11-9 to Chattanooga.
With bases loaded in the top of the first Rachel Kaufman delivered the first run scoring hit of the inning with a single up the middle. EIU would score two additional runs on wild pitches before Briana Gonzalez had the final RBI of the inning.
Chattanooga chipped away at the lead with three in the bottom of the first, two in the second and then took the lead with a run in the third taking advantage of an EIU error.
The Panthers regained the lead in the fourth with a two-run single through the left side by Kendall Grover. She was 2-of-3 in the game, one of two Panthers with multiple hits in the game. Jaylen Prichard was the other going 2-for-3 with three runs scored.
The Mocs scored four in the bottom of the fifth to take the lead for good. Acelynn Sellers had the big hit of the inning, a three-run home run. It was the second home run of the game for Chattanooga with Adison Keylon hitting one in the second. Sellers led Chattanooga going 3-for-5 at the plate.
Peja Goold (2-1) picked up the win in relief. Alexa Rehmeier (2-2) suffered the loss for EIU.
EIU is now 6-7 on the season.