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Winner Eastern Illinois EIU 14-13
1
Savannah State SSU 0-17
Winner
Eastern Illinois EIU
14-13
6
Final
1
Savannah State SSU
0-17
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Eastern Illinois EIU 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 6 6 1
Savannah State SSU 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 0

W: Wireman, Jessica (5-8) L: DICKERSON,F (0-7)

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Eastern Illinois EIU 14-14
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Winner Mercer MER 14-17
Eastern Illinois EIU
14-14
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Final
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Mercer MER
14-17
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Eastern Illinois EIU 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 4 4 5
Mercer MER 1 1 2 0 1 2 X 7 4 1

W: Rodriguez (3-5) L: Rogers, Michelle (8-6) S: Preston (2)

Game Recap: Softball |

Softball Splits Final Day At Bears Classic

The EIU softball picked up a win over Savannah State before falling to Mercer in their final day of tournament play Saturday.



Game One Box Score | Game Two Box Score

MACON, Ga. - The Eastern Illinois softball team closed out the Mercer Bears Classic Saturday defeating Savannah State 6-1 before falling to the host Bears 7-4 in their final game.

Following the split, EIU heads into conference play with a 14-14 record.

Savannah State scored the first run of the day Saturday morning thanks to an RBI single through the right side from Brianna Harris. The single scored SSU's runner from third base to put the Lady Tigers up 1-0 at the end of the first inning.

The Panthers finally got on the board in the third inning loading the bases off the first three batters. Mady Poulter was able to reach base off a walk bringing around a runner to tie the game 1-1. Kiley Pelker put EIU in front on the next at-bat with a double to left center field scoring two runners and giving the Panthers a 3-1 lead.

Poulter added to EIU's lead in the fourth inning smashing a three-run home run over the left field wall to earn the final score of 6-1. Poulter finished the game 2-for-2 with four RBIs and one run scored.

Maria DeVito was the only other Panther to earn multiple hits in the game finishing 2-for-3. Jessica Wireman recorded the win on the mound throwing eight strikeouts in her five innings of work. 

McKenna Coffman made her second appearance on the mound this season closing out the game allowing only one hit in the final two innings.

The Panthers took on hosts Mercer for a second time to close out the tournament taking an early lead in the top of the first inning. After a lead-off single, Kayla Bear stole second and third base before finally coming around to score off a single from Amber Toenyes to give EIU a 1-0 lead.

Not to be outdone, Mercer's Taylor Miller reached base on an infield single eventually stealing second base. Miller would steal third base as well scoring on the play due to a fielding error tying the game 1-1 at the end of the first inning.

The Bears took the lead the following inning thanks to a solo home run from Caroline Taylor to make it 2-1. Another home run, this time from the Bears' Quirisa Mauga, extended Mercer's lead to 4-1 in the bottom of the third inning.

Mercer added one more run in the fifth inning off a sacrifice bunt from Meghan Rud, but Bear pulled one back for EIU with a lead-off solo home run in the sixth inning to make it 5-2 in favor of Mercer.

EIU continued to cut into Mercer's lead in the top of the sixth loading the bases with one out. Ashlynne Paul was able to bring one run around while grounding out to Mercer's second baseman. The Panthers got one more run in the inning thanks to a Mercer error to make it 5-4 heading into the bottom of the inning.

The Bears gained some breathing room in the bottom of the sixth bringing two runners around to score to earn the final score of 7-4.

EIU was held to only four hits against Mercer with Bear finishing 2-for-4 with two runs scored and one RBI.

Michelle Rogers fell to 8-6 recording the loss pitching all six innings for EIU and fanning two batters.

With their last tournament of the season now in the books, the Panthers head into OVC play with their home opener this weekend against Belmont Saturday (Mar. 26).
 
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