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Beck 2016 APSU
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Winner Eastern Illinois EIU 16-24, 10-6 OVC
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Belmont Bruins BEL 15-29, 8-10 OVC
Winner
Eastern Illinois EIU
16-24, 10-6 OVC
4
Final
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Belmont Bruins BEL
15-29, 8-10 OVC
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Eastern Illinois EIU 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 4 5 0
Belmont Bruins BEL 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 4 1

W: Wireman, Jessica (12-17) L: WILLARD (3-13) S: Rogers, Michelle (1)

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Winner Eastern Illinois EIU 17-24, 11-6 OVC
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Belmont Bruins BEL 15-30, 8-11 OVC
Winner
Eastern Illinois EIU
17-24, 11-6 OVC
15
Final
3
Belmont Bruins BEL
15-30, 8-11 OVC
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 R H E
Eastern Illinois EIU 10 0 0 0 5 15 13 0
Belmont Bruins BEL 0 1 1 0 1 3 7 3

W: Rogers, Michelle (5-7) L: JOHNSON (4-6)

Game Recap: Softball |

Softball Sweeps Bruins In Doubleheader

EIU softball defeated Belmont in both games during Saturday's doubleheader to improve to 11-6 in the OVC.

Game One Box Score | Game Two Box Score

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Eastern Illinois softball opened their Nashville road trip by sweeping Belmont in Saturday's doubleheader to improve to 17-24 and 11-6 in the OVC. The Panthers opened the day downing the Bruins 4-2 before the bats came alive in the late game resulting in a 15-3 victory for EIU.

Haylee Beck had a phenomenal day going 6-for-8 at the plate throughout both games recording three doubles, one triple, four RBIs, and five runs scored.

Katie Watson also put on a show going 5-for-7 on the day with one double, one home run, two runs scored, and seven RBIs.

Both Jessica Wireman and Michelle Rogers earned wins for the Panthers with Rogers recording the first save of the season for EIU in the opening game.

The Panthers took an early lead over Belmont in the top of the first inning. Kayla Bear reached first safely with a lead-off walk before stealing her 12th base of the season. Beck brought Bear around to score ripping an RBI triple down the left field line to give EIU the 1-0 lead.  

Beck added EIU's second run by personally crossing home plate in the top of the third inning after hitting a two-out single up the middle. Beck went on to steal second base before Watson hit a single to left center field to put the Panthers up 2-0. 

Beck continued her stellar game in the fifth inning with an RBI double to right center field to drive in Jennette Isaac from second base. Watson followed suit in the next at-bat with a double of her own to score Beck from second and extend EIU's lead to 4-0.

Belmont's Lexi Rouse pulled one back for the Bruins with a solo home run down the right field line in the bottom of the sixth to make it 4-1. Chelsey Deloney followed suit in the next at-bat with a home run of her own to cut the Panther lead in half 4-2. 

The Panthers took their 4-2 lead into the bottom of the seventh as Rogers came in for Wireman to close out the game. Wireman finished the game with four strikeouts over six innings pitched.

Rogers earned the save for EIU throwing one strikeout and giving up only one hit as the Panthers recorded the 4-2 win.

EIU picked up right where they left off in game two against Belmont scoring # runs in the top of the first inning. 

Bear once again opened the game with a walk followed by Beck's second double of the day. Watson opened the scoring for EIU with an RBI single up the middle to bring Bear around to score from third base. After Watson stole second base Amber Toenyes was walked to load the bases. 

April Markowski hit an infield single on the next at-bat to advance all runners and make it 2-0. EIU earned another run as Belmont's Rouse walked Andrea Roberts to advance all the runners. Back-to-back errors from the Bruins added three more runs for EIU to extend the Panthers lead to 6-0. 

Singles from Bear and Beck brought around two more runs to make the score 8-0 before Belmont pulled Rouse in favor of Ashley Johnson. The Panthers added two more runs before the inning finally came to a close off a single up the middle from Watson to put EIU up 10-0. 

Belmont got on the board in the bottom of the second as Jess Wilson led off the inning with a solo home run to make it 10-1. The Bruins added one more run in the third inning with doubles from Kayla Wells and Rouse making the score 10-2. 

The Panthers extended their lead in the top of the fifth inning after singles from Mady Poulter and Isaac put runners on the corners. A single from Bear followed by yet another double from Beck brought both runners around to score, before Watson cleared the bases with a three-run home run over the left field wall to make it 15-2.

Wireman came on to pitch in the bottom of the fifth to close out the game for the Panthers. Rogers finished the game with two strikeouts over 4.1 innings pitched. 

The Bruins added one more run in the bottom of the fifth, but it would not be enough as The Panthers closed out the inning to record the 15-3 win.

Bear finished the day with two hits, two RBIs, and four runs scored while going 2-for-2 in stolen bases. Markowski and Isaac recorded three successfully stolen bases a piece for the panthers while also combining for four runs scored and four RBIs.

EIU continues their weekend road trip in Nashville with a doubleheader against Tennessee State Sunday starting at 12 pm.
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