WEDNESDAY'S SCORES
@Middle Tennessee 8,
UT Martin 0 (5)
@Saint Louis 11,
Lindenwood 3 (6)
MIDDLE TENNESSEE 8, UT MARTIN 0 (5)
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. - The University of Tennessee at Martin softball team could not get its bats going against Middle Tennessee Wednesday and fell, 8-0, in five innings at Blue Raider Softball Field in Murfreesboro.
The Skyhawks could do little with Middle Tennessee pitcher Tori Coffman in the game, as they tallied just four hits and a walk and never advanced past second base. Kyrsten Brown had a double Wednesday, while Kennedy Brown, Kyla Harley, and Carly Ward all had singles.
Middle Tennessee began its scoring with a home run in the first from Jana Want to take an early 1-0 lead in the contest. The Blue Raiders went on to add four more runs in the second and three more in the fourth on their way to the 8-0 win.
SAINT LOUIS 11, LINDENWOOD 3 (6)
ST. LOUIS - Lindenwood softball (12-13, 3-3 OVC) dropped their lone midweek game of the week against cross-town opponent Saint Louis (10-16, 0-3 A10) by a final score of 11-3 in six innings. The Lions scored all three of their runs in the first inning after Jolie McMinn hit her fourth home run of the season.
Lindenwood's offense jumped out the gate early in the first inning scoring all three of their runs in the top half. Anna Sanders led off the game with a walk and Henson followed with a sac bunt putting runners on first and second. McMinn hit her fourth home run of the season to left field to put the Lions up top 3-0.
Saint Louis was able to tie the game in the bottom half of the inning with three runs of their own on three hits. Abby Mallo matched McMinn with a three-run home run to tie the game heading into the second.
After a scoreless second inning, the Billikens added a run in the bottom of the third after a double to left center field off of Owens. Saint Louis tacked on three more runs in the fifth inning off of Owens to make the score 8-3. Roulanaitis came into pitch in the fifth and recorded a strikeout to get out of the inning.
Crowder added her first hit in a Lindenwood uniform in the top of the sixth but was stranded at first base. The Billikens were able to get three more runs in the sixth inning off of Roulanaitis ending the game with a final score of 11-3. Lindenwood scored three runs on six hits with one error while SLU scored 11 runs on 12 hits with no errors.