The Aces (14–10, 2–4) return to the comfort of Cooper Stadium this weekend when they take on Wichita State (20–12, 2–3) in a three-game series.
The first game of Saturday’s doubleheader will start at noon, with the second game set for 2 p.m. The final game will begin at noon Sunday.
UE will then travel to Bloomington to take on Indiana (13–11–1) at 3 p.m. Tuesday.
RECAP: The Aces played Southeast Missouri State on Wednesday night in a non-conference doubleheader in Cape Girardeau, Mo. Results were unavailable at press time.
It was much too cold to play softball last weekend, but the Aces used hot bats to win the first game in the doubleheader 3–2 against Creighton on Saturday in Omaha, Neb., before falling in the second game 8–0.
In game one, the Aces put runs up early as sophomore Cassey Kemna hit a single in the first inning and sophomore Brittany Herald followed with a home run. Then senior Alicia Laraway advanced to first on a walk and scored on a double by freshman Amanda Ockomon.
CU hit a homer in the seventh, but they couldn’t pull off the comeback as UE took the win.
Herald led the Aces offensively going three-for-four and junior Ashley Werner was two-for-four.
Freshman Ashley Hobbs pitched a complete game, striking out nine.
In game two, the Aces were out-hit 14–3 as the Bluejays put up four runs in the fourth and added four more in the sixth.
Herald went two-for-two and Kemna recorded the Aces’ other hit. Sophomore Jacki Bradley shouldered the loss.
In Sunday’s final game of the series, Creighton shutout the Aces 7–0.
The Bluejays got their offense started early by scoring two runs in the bottom of the first to take a 2–0 lead.
UE was hitless going into the sixth, when singles from Werner, Kemna and Herald looked like trouble for Creighton. But the Aces were not able to capitalize and left two runners stranded without producing any runs.
A seven-hit, five-run, sixth inning put the Bluejays up to end the game 7–0.
Hobbs, who recorded the loss, went five innings before sophomore Danny Murphy relieved her in the sixth.
Herald and Kemna were both one-for-two and Werner was one-for-three.
