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CHARLESTON, Ill. – Eastern Illinois and Indiana State both received strong starting pitching performances on Tuesday as they split a midweek non-conference doubleheader at Williams Field.
 
ISU won the opener 5-0 with EIU rebounding to win the second game 4-0.   EIU is now 18-11 on the season.  ISU is 11-17.
 
In the opener Gabbi Schnaiter scatted just three hits in the game for a complete game win to improve to 5-3 on the season.  EIU's hits in the game were by Morgan Lewis, Amber Cieplinski and Abby Taylor.
 
Indiana State scored what proved to be the only run they would need in the opener in the top of the first.  Annie Tokarek had an RBI single to left that allowed Mallory Marsicek to come around and score.  It was one of two RBI in the game for Tokarek who also delivered a sacrifice fly in the Sycamores three-run fifth inning.
 
Bella Peterson drove home a run in the fifth for ISU and Mycaela Miller added an RBI single in the sixth to cap the scoring.
 
In the nightcap, roles were reversed as EIU freshman Olivia Price was solid for 5.2 innings of work scattering three ISU hits to improve to 8-3 on the season.  Hannah Cravens closed out the game allowing one hit in relief.
 
EIU would score what proved to be the only run the Panthers would need in the bottom of the first on an RBI single by Haley Mitchell.
 
EIU would tack on three more runs in the second inning with Price and Megan Burton both driving in runs.  Denaed Santini would score the other EIU run of the inning stealing home.
 
Mitchell was the lone player in the second game with multiple hits going 2-for-2.  Peyton Ottersbach pitched four innings of no-hit relief for the Sycamores after entering the game early in the third inning.