Ohio Valley Conference

MIAMI, Fla. - Eastern Illinois took a 2-1 lead in the third inning on Sunday morning but the Panthers could not stop a big Florida A&M inning as EIU lost 9-6 in the final game of the FIU Softball Classic.

Chloe Wamboldt tied the game at 1-1 in the top of the third with an RBI double to right field scoring Sophia Olman.  Abbi Hatton would drive home Marybeth Dyson later in the inning to put EIU up 2-1.

In the bottom of the third Makayla Register  connected for the big hit of the inning as the Ramblers scored seven runs in the inning including a pair of unearned scores.  Register hit a three-run homer to put FAMU up 6-2 at the time.

The Panthers tacked on two unearned runs of their own in the fourth inning to cut the lead in half.  Maddux Marshall and Dyson scored the runs for the Panthers.  

EIU's final runs of the game came in the seventh with a two-run homer by Alisha Frederick.

Three FAMU players had two hits to lead the team as they took advantage of seven EIU walks.  Sariah Espada picked up the win to move to 1-0.

Dyson and Wamboldt both had two hits at the top of the Panthers order to lead EIU's offense.  Karlie McKenzie (0-6) took the loss in the circle.  Freshman Grace Lemke tossed 3.1 innings of relief allowing one run.

EIU ends the weekend at 4-11 on the season.  FAMU improved to 8-6.

LONGWOOD 8, LINDENWOOD 6
GAINESVILLE, Fla. - The Lindenwood Softball team fell on Sunday morning in their final game of the Florida Tournament by a final score of 8-6. Izzy Wilcox picked up right where she left off yesterday by going 2-4 at the plate with a double and a triple and knocking in two RBI, while Kylee Crowder and Dallis Darnell each added another RBI to their season total as well. 

The Lions wasted no time getting on the board in the top of the first inning, erupting for four runs to take an early 4–0 lead. Crowder ignited the rally with a single through the left side, driving in the game's first run. A wild pitch later allowed Karter Skillman to score and moved Crowder to third. Moments later, Crowder stole home to extend the lead to 3–0 as the Lions seized control early. Izzy Wilcox would then drive in the final run of the inning on an RBI double to left center to make it 4-0 after the top of the first. Longwood responded in the bottom of the second inning by putting up three runs after they loaded the bases, but the Lions roared right back and put up two more runs in the top of the third behind a Wilcox RBI triple and a Dallis Darnell RBI single to right field to push the Lindenwood lead to 6-3 after 2.5 innings played. 

The Lancers responded once more in the bottom of the fourth by putting up five runs in the inning behind a grand slam to put Longwood in front 8-6. The Lions would get runners on first base in the sixth and seventh innings with a Madisen Noll single and an Anna Sanders walk, but couldn't get into scoring position over the final two frames as the Lancers hung on to win 8-6.

SOUTHERN INDIANA 2, VILLANOVA 1
BOCA RATON, Fla. - University of Southern Indiana Softball wrapped up play at the Florida Atlantic University Joan Joyce Classic on Sunday morning with a 2-1 walk-off victory over Villanova University.
 
USI Softball (3-9) walked off the Wildcats (0-15) in the bottom of the seventh inning on an RBI knock by junior infielder Sydney Long that scored freshman outfielder Katelyn Marx from second base. The walk-off winner came following a tight pitcher's duel through early innings.
 
The Screaming Eagles scored the game's first tally in the bottom of the first inning when junior outfielder Kate Satkoski drove in Marx from second base on an RBI single to give USI a 1-0 lead.
 
The 1-0 lead held through five innings, as freshman pitcher Anna Kemp was sharp in the pitching circle. The right-hander struck out six and allowed only one run off four hits in five innings pitched. Kemp ended up with a no-decision in the start.
 
Kemp ran into a bit of a jam in the top of the sixth with two runners on base before handing the ball over to sophomore pitcher Kylie Witthaus. Villanova scored and tied the game at one by creating motion on the basepaths. Witthaus limited the Wildcats to a single run in the frame, which set up USI for Long's walk-off winner in the bottom of the seventh.
 
Witthaus (1-3) ended up with her first win of the season after striking out two and surrendering only one hit in two innings of relief.
 
Villanova's starting pitcher, Kat Gallant (0-6), went the distance in the losing effort, striking out six and giving up two runs – one earned.
 
Offensively, USI totaled seven hits compared to Villanova's five.

SIUE 10, NORTH TEXAS 8, SIUE 0  (5)
COMMERCE, Texas - SIUE softball finished the 2026 Lion Classic with a 4-1 record after dropping the finale Sunday to North Texas 8-0.

The Cougars now stand at 6-9 and next head to the Colonel Classic in Richmond, Kentucky, next weekend. SIUE faces Bradley, Saint Louis, host Eastern Kentucky and Pittsburgh (twice). Next weekend's action will be the final regular season tournament for the Cougars and the final action before Ohio Valley Conference play gets underway March 7th.

Raegan Duncan and Kaylin Fahy collected hits for the Cougars in Sunday's loss. SIUE starter Haley Strain took the loss for the Cougars.

North Texas managed four extra-base hits in Sunday's finale with rallies of five runs in the second and three in the third. North Texas is now 6-10 overall.

NORTH CAROLINA A&T 11, MOREHEAD STATE 10
MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Recap coming soon.

NORTH ALABAMA 8, UT MARTIN 4
MOBILE, Ala. - The University of Tennessee at Martin softball fell in its final game at the South Alabama Invitational Sunday after a big sixth inning lifted North Alabama to an 8-4 win at Jaguar Field in Mobile

The game was back and forth from the start, with North Alabama scoring in the first inning on a sacrifice fly from Holly Merritt that scored Gyvan Hammons, who reached on a single to lead off the inning, for a 1-0 lead.

The Skyhawks then answered in the third with a two-RBI single from Avary Makarewicz that scored Kennedy Brown and Jordyn Hustey, who each singled earlier in the inning. In the bottom of the third, Bayleigh Rouse tied the game with a solo home run to lead off the Lions' half of the inning.

In the top of the fourth, the Skyhawks retook the lead on a home run from Hustey, which also scored Addie Roberts, to make it 4-2. In the bottom of the fourth, North Alabama tied the game again on a two-RBI single from Rouse, for her second and third RBIs of the day.

However, in the sixth, the Lions scored four runs on three hits and two UT Martin errors to take a lead from which they would never relinquish. In the seventh, pitcher Kaylee Snyder retired the Skyhawks, in order, to give her team the 8-4 win.

Hustey finished the game by going 2-for-3 with two runs and two RBIs, while Makarewicz was 1-for-2 with two RBIs and a walk.