Evansville 1, Southeast Missouri 0 Box Score
Southeast Missouri 3, Evansville 2 Box Score
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. - The Southeast Missouri (11-19) softball team split a doubleheader Tuesday with the Evansville (10-19) Purple Aces, dropping game one, 1-0, and holding off a late-inning comeback in game two, 3-2.
“The team battled back after a tough one-run loss in game one to close out game two,” said head coach Lana Richmond. “Taylor Cowan pitched very well in the first game getting key strikeouts to shut down Evansville threats while Hannah Clemons pitched well in game two, coming back in the game in a crucial situation to secure the win.”
Evansville 1, Southeast Missouri 0
The Purple Aces quickly crossed home in the first scoring the only run of the game. Tamara Robey led off with a triple to right center. Kayla Fortner drove Robey home with a single, 1-0 Evansville.
The rest of the game was a pitching duel between Cowan and Annie Moore.
Cowan (6-12) pitched her tenth complete game this season giving up six hits to the Purple Aces. Cowan tied a career-high for strikeouts in a game with eight which she set at Missouri State on Feb. 25, 2012.
Moore (1-6) pitched a complete game shutout giving up eight hits to the Redhawks.
Southeast outhit Evansville 8-6 in the contest.
Xia Wilson went 2-for-3 while six other Redhawk batters contributed a hit.
Robey recorded two hits for Evansville with Fortner adding a hit with an RBI.
Southeast Missouri 3, Evansville 2
The Redhawks scored in the first inning. With Alexis Anderson on first, Cowan hit a shot down the left field line to score Anderson from first. Wilson threaded a single up the middle to plate Cowan and go up 2-0 on the Purple Aces.
Lindsey Patterson hit a monster home run down the left field line in the sixth which would prove to be the deciding run of the game, 3-0 Redhawks.
Mariah Ferguson pinch hit in the seventh inning and blasted a one-out, two-run home run down the left field line to bring the Aces within a run. With two out, the Aces loaded the bases on two walks and a single. The Redhawks were able to hold off the Aces and nab the win, 3-2.
Southeast and Evansville each had five hits in the game.
Jamie Woodworth went 2-for-3 with L. Patterson, Cowan, and Wilson each adding a hit.
Victoria Dellorto had a 2-for-3 performance in game two.
Clemons (2-4) recorded the win in 5.2 innings of work in the circle giving up no runs and four hits, striking out four batters. After starting the game, Clemons came out in the sixth inning but reentered the game in the seventh to get the final out and secure the win.
Sarah Patterson (6-6) suffered the loss giving up three runs, striking out five batters and walking one.
The Redhawks hit the road Saturday for a doubleheader with Jacksonville State at noon followed by a doubleheader with Tennessee Tech on Sunday.
