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EVANSVILLE, Ind. – The Southeast Missouri softball team dropped a pair of games to Missouri Valley Conference opponent Evansville Thursday afternoon in Evansville, Ind. Game one was an extra-inning affair that ultimately saw Evansville (12-9) prevail 6-5 while game two was 8-4.
 
Game 1 Evansville 6 Southeast Missouri 5
 
A four-run sixth inning gave the Redhawks (5-13) a 5-3 lead as Meaghan Touchette hit her first home run of the season, driving in Rachael Duncan who reached base on an error and Kelsey Gass who reached base on a walk.
 
After Nicole Deering reached base on an error Savannah Carpenter hit an RBI single, scoring Deering from second base.
 
The Purple Aces countered the Southeast offensive output by scoring two runs of their own on a pair of home runs, one each from Susan Norris and Kirsten O'Conner.
 
In extra innings and with a runner placed on second base via the international tie-break rule, Evansville advanced runner Kayla Fortner to third base on a groundout. Fortner then scored the winning run on a wild pitch.
 
The Redhawks jumped on the scoreboard first with a Summer Burger stolen base as she stole home plate. Burger reached base after being hit by a pitch and advanced to third on a ground ball.
 
Evansville scored its first two runs of the game in the third inning and adding another in the fourth.
 
Keaira Schilling  (1-4) was charged with the loss while Briana Combs (3-1) earned the victory.
 
The Redhawks scored five runs on four hits and two Evansville errors while the Purple Aces scored their six runs on 10 hits.
 
Game 2 Evansville 8 Southeast Missouri 4
 
The Redhawks took an early 2-0 lead as Duncan singled into centerfield scoring Jamie Woodworth in the first inning. That followed with a Touchette home run to lead off the second inning, her second home run of the day.
 
The Purple Aces countered with a five-run third inning as Emma Buckles began the scoring with a 2 RBI single. Buckles was able to score as Megan Gurksi reached base on an error and was followed by a homerun from Fortner.
 
The Redhawks scored in a third-straight inning as Haylee Krack led off the third with a homerun, her team-leading fourth homer of the season.
 
With Evansville holding the 5-3 lead, the home squad added three more runs in the fourth inning behind the bat of Norris. Her home run scored Fortner and Chandral Parr.
 
Southeast would try to mount a comeback in the top of the seventh as KC Saxe and Deering each reached base on balls. With Woodworth at the plate, Saxe and Deering were able to move up a base on a Purple Aces wild pitch.
 
Saxe then scored as Woodworth reached base on an error. However that was all the offense the Redhawks could get in the seventh inning, falling 8-4.
 
The Redhawks notched six hits led by a 2-for-3 effort from Duncan. The Purple Aces had seven hits.
 
Annie Moore (3-1) was the winning pitcher while Aubrey Denno (2-5) took the loss.
 
Southeast continues its stay on the road with the Ohio Valley Conference opener on Saturday against Eastern Kentucky. The two-game series is followed with a two-game series at Morehead State on Sunday.