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MARTIN, Tenn. – The Eastern Kentucky University softball team picked up a pair wins against the University of Tennessee at Martin on Friday night.
EKU (18-11, 5-1 OVC) won game one against the Skyhawks, 4-3. In game two, the Colonels got a good pitching effort to win 9-3.
In game one, EKU scored the first three runs of the game and held on late against UT Martin.
Emily Corbitt and Matti Morales got the inning started with back-to-back singles to put runners on first and second with no one out.
Zoe Mihalicz bunted them over to put runners on second and third.
Melissa Jacobsen delivered an RBI single to give EKU the early 1-0 lead.
In the third inning,
Sammi Miller singled and
Hannah Clark walked to put runners on first and second with no one out. Corbitt sent a ball up the middle that was misplayed by the second baseman to bring home another run and take a 2-0 lead.
Following a Morales walk to load the bases, Mihalicz drove in a run with a ground out to take a 3-0 lead after two and a half innings.
UT Martin (21-14, 3-3 OVC) scored in the bottom of the third after a pair of singles and a sac bunt put runners on second and third with one out. Paige Clark brought home the first run with a RBI groundout.
In the top of the fifth inning, Corbitt drove in what would be the winning run with a sac fly to bring home Clark and take a 4-1 lead.
UTM was not done though after a seventh inning rally. A pair of singles and a walk loaded the bases with two outs in the bottom of the seventh. Kenna Garst reached on an error to bring home two, but the Skyhawks could not get any closer.
Mollie Paulick ended the rally with a strikeout to end the game.
Clark went 3-for-3 with one walk. Corbitt was 1-for-3 with one RBI and Mihalicz chipped in a 1-for-2 performance with a RBI of her own.
Samantha Reynoso picked up the win tossing three and two-third innings of scoreless softball. Paulick picked up her team-best fifth save on the year.
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In game two, Eastern scored two in the first, one in the second and one in the third to take a 4-0 lead and not look back.
Miller started with a single up the middle, followed by a hit by pitch for
Carly Robinson. Corbitt took a 2-1 pitch right back where it came from to bring home a pair of runs after the center fielder misplayed the ball.
Mihalicz got things started in the top of the second with a double to right center. Gaby De La Cerda took a 1-2 pitch into right center to take a 3-0 lead after the top of the second inning.
In the top of the fifth inning, Robinson sent the 1-0 pitch over the right field fence to take a 5-0 lead in the top of the fifth.
UTM scored two runs in the bottom of the fifth to cut into the Colonel lead, 5-2, after five innings.
Mihalicz hit her second double of the game to start the top of the sixth inning followed by De La Cerda's third hit of the game to put runners on first and third with no one out.
Melissa Jacobsen delivered a two RBI double down the right field line to take a 7-2 lead. Lizzmore wasted no time sending an 0-1 pitch over the right field fence to take a 9-2 lead.
Bethany Todd started in the circle going four and one-third innings striking out two and letting up a pair of unearned runs.
Robinson went 2-for-3 with one home run and one RBI. De La Cerda was 3-for-4 with one RBI, with Lizzmore going 2-for-4 with one home run and two RBIs.
Eastern out-hit UTM 14-4 in game two.
The Colonels return to the field Sunday when they travel to Cape Girardeau to take on Southeast Missouri State for a pair of contests starting at 2 p.m.
