Game 1 Box Score I Game 2 Box Score

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Sophomore Rachel Minogue tied a program record with eight RBI in a single game, as the Eastern Kentucky University softball team rolled to a doubleheader sweep at Tennessee State on Friday, beating the host Tigers by scores of 12-2 and 12-1.
 
Minogue's eight-RBI performance game in game two's 12-1 victory. The native of Corona, California finished a perfect 5-for-5 with a grand slam, a two-run double, eight RBI and two runs scored. The only other Colonel to drive in eight runs in a game was Adriel Foxley versus Appalachian State on February 16, 2008.
 
Game two also saw senior Alex Sallberg (7-11) hurl a complete game to earn her seventh victory of the season. Sallberg surrendered only one run over seven innings while striking out five batters and walking none.
 
Already leading 1-0, EKU (18-23, 6-5 OVC) plated three runs in the of the third. Seniors Kelly Wood and Krislyn Campos ignited the rally with back-to-back singles to open the frame. Minogue then drove them both home with a two-bagger into center field. Junior Paige Murphy brought Minogue home with a single down the left field line.
 
Eastern added two more runs in the top of the fourth. Freshman Mia Sanchez brought the first run home with a squeeze bunt that scored sophomore Brooke Harrison from third. Minogue then singled up the middle to plate freshman Shelby Atzinger.
 
The Colonels scored again in the sixth and then broke the game wide open with five in the top of the seventh, all of which came with two outs. Campos started the rally with a base hit to center that scored sophomore Brittany Oldaker. Minogue finished it with a grand slam to right center that plated Campos, Sanchez and Wood.
 
Sanchez finished game two 3-for-4 with an RBI and two runs scored. Campos, meanwhile, went 2-for-3 with an RBI and three runs scored.
 
In EKU's five-inning game one win, the Colonels plated a run in the top of the first and then exploded for six more in the top of the second. Murphy opened the frame with a bunt base hit and then scored on a triple to right by senior Amber Murray. The next batter, Oldaker, blasted a two-run homer to center field. The pitcher, freshman Mollie Paulick, followed that up by singling up the middle, and went to second on a base hit through the left side by Campos. After Sanchez advanced both runners with a sacrifice bunt, Minogue reached on an error and Paulick scored from third. Junior Johnkyria Alston capped the big inning by lacing a two-run double into the gap in left center, plating both Campos and Minogue.
 
Tennessee State (9-29, 1-11 OVC) pushed two across in the bottom of the third to cut into EKU's lead; however, the Colonels scored five more in the top of the fifth to run-rule the Tigers. Sophomore Hannah Clark started the fifth-inning rally with a one-out double to left center. Murphy then tripled to straight away center, scoring Clark. Following an RBI groundout by Murray, Oldaker singled into left field and her pinch runner, Harrison, went to second on a base hit by Paulick. That set up a two-run double by Campos, who then scored on a throwing error by the TSU catcher to make it 12-2.
 
Campos finished game one 3-for-4 with two RBI and three runs scored. Oldaker went 2-for-3 with two RBI and a run scored.
 
Paulick (8-8) picked up her eighth win of the season in the circle, going 4.1 innings and allowing only two runs on four hits while striking out five batters.
 
EKU returns to action on Tuesday when the Colonels travel to Northern Kentucky for an in-state midweek matchup. First pitch is slated for 4:00 p.m.