Box Score GAME ONE BOX | GAME TWO BOX

OXFORD, Ala. – The Eastern Kentucky University softball team topped Austin Peay State, 8-7, in the first game of the day before falling to Jacksonville State, 9-1, in the championship game Saturday afternoon at Choccolocco Park in the Ohio Valley Conference Tournament.
 
The Colonels (40-18) brought the bats early in game one, starting with a single from Destinee Lizzmore. Paige Murphy blistered her payoff pitch to make it 2-0 early.
 
Austin Peay (39-17) sparked in the bottom frame of the third, taking a walk to put on one. A Kacy Acree single put runners on the corners. Natalie Schilling put one in play, reaching on a fielder's choice and collecting an RBI to make it 2-1.
 
The Governors collected another single to plate two more and take the lead, 3-2.
 
Carly Robinson went yard to open the fourth stanza to tie it up, 3-3. After Mollie Paulick reached and Lizzmore singled, Murphy went yard for the second time on the day to put EKU up 6-3.
 
Emily Moore singled in the bottom half and was brought in on a sacrifice fly from Danielle Liermann to attempt to cut into the Colonel lead, 6-4.
 
Hannah Clark collected the squad's fourth home run of the game in the sixth to add insurance, plating Murphy who had walked earlier in the inning, and moving the score to 8-4.
 
The Governors cut the deficit to three after a homer of their own in the bottom frame.
 
APSU made one final rally attempt in the final inning after Moore hit a two-run shot but came up short, setting the final score at 8-7.
 
Murphy broke the EKU single-season RBIs record with 58.
 
Paulick collected the game one win and moved to 21-6 on the year.
 
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In the second game, a duo of two run jacks from the Gamecocks put the squad up early, 4-0.
 
Mattira Morales singled in the third frame for the Colonels. Her pinch runner, Melissa Jacobsen, was moved around after a sacrifice fly from Hannah Clark as EKU attempted to cut into JSU's lead, 4-1.
 
Jacksonville State (33-23) continued to pile on, adding five more runs through the final three innings to set the score, 9-1.
 
Paige Murphy, Mollie Paulick and Emily Corbitt were each named to the OVC All-Tournament Team.