ST. CHARLES, Mo. - Lindenwood softball (11-11, 1-1 OVC) won their first Ohio Valley Conference game of the season on Saturday after splitting their double header against SIUE at the Lou Brock Sports Complex. SIUE won game one 10-0 before LU came back and took game two 7-2.
"Loved how our team bounced back in game two today," said head coach
Erin Brown. "It was a great team effort and Avery did a nice job managing their lineup. It was great to get our first OVC win."
GAME ONE (6 inn.)
Lindenwood - 10
SIUE - 0
Lindenwood suffered their first loss in conference play on Saturday after a 10-0 loss in six innings against the Cougars.
Amanda Weyh (L, 6-5) was given the loss after throwing five innings allowing six runs on seven hits with three strikeouts.
Kelsey Ray (W, 6-2) for the Cougars picked up the win after throwing all six innings limiting the Lions to just four hits in game one. SIUE scored early in the first inning off a SAC fly to go up 1-0.
Lindenwood surrendered two more runs in the top of the second after RBI hits from Paige Rocha and Jenna Herron. After going up 6-0, SIUE scored four more runs in the top of the sixth to close out the game.
Irelynn West had a triple in game one while
Alli Tudor,
Izzy Wilcox and
Morgan Gersch all had hits.
Molly Berkey also threw the final inning allowing four runs on one hit with three walks.
GAME TWO
Lindenwood - 7
SIUE - 2
The Lions bounced back in game two with a 7-2 victory over the SIUE Cougars giving them their first OVC win of the season and first win over SIUE in program history.
Avery Wapp (W, 4-3) was the winning pitcher for the Lions throwing all seven innings allowing two runs on seven hits.
After SIUE got on the board in the top of the first, Lindenwood responded with five runs of their own to take a commanding lead. LU scored five runs on three hits in the inning including RBI hits from
Madisen Noll and
Dallis Darnell (2). Darnell and Pelton scored later in the inning off an error to put the Lions up 5-1.
SIUE picked up one more run in the second, but Lindenwood's defense kept the Cougars off the scoreboard from there on after. The Cougars left 11 base runners stranded in the loss.
Tori Hatton picked up the final two RBI of the afternoon in the fourth inning with a single up the middle. Lindenwood's defense turned a 6-3 double play in the top of the seventh to secure the win. The Lions had seven hits in game two including two from Hatton. Hatton and Darnell also had two RBI each.
Lindenwood returns to action at Lou Brock Sports Complex on Sunday for a 1:00 p.m. CT start time for the rubber-match against SIUE. For more information go to lindenwoodlions.com.
