Box Score

TROY, Ala. – The Eastern Kentucky University softball team fell on the final day of the Troy Invitational to Nicholls, 10-2.
 
Miranda Lopez got things started in the top of the second with a single into center field. Maggie Pertee followed with a double into right center to put runners on second and third with one out. Sammi Miller brought home the first run of the game with an RBI groundout to second base. After a Jasmine Miller walk put runners on the corners with two outs, Miller stole second and Pertee scored on the play to make it 2-0.
 
Nicholls got one back in the bottom half of the inning. Lulu Vazquez doubled to left center to put a runner into scoring position with one out. After a strikeout, Shelby Devine singled to left field to bring home Vazquez to cut the lead in half, 2-1.
 
Nicholls got an unearned run in the bottom of the third inning to tie the game at 2-2.
 
Nicholls scored eight runs in the bottom of the fifth inning to put the run rule into effect against EKU.
 
Pertee went 2-for-2 with one double and one run on the game. Lopez and Miller each had a hit on the contest.
 
Eastern Kentucky hits the road next weekend for the Frost Classic hosted by the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. The Colonels open the event on Friday against Southern Illinois.