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VICKSBURG, Miss. – Eastern Illinois softball had a pair of solid pitching performances on Sunday to close out play in the River City Classic II Tournament with a pair of wins.
 
Tieghan Morio threw just the seventh no-hitter in school history in the opener as EIU beat Alabama A&M 4-0.   In the second game EIU blew open a tight game with five runs in the seventh to beat Jackson State 9-2.
 
EIU went 5-1 in the weekend event improving to 6-4 on the season.
 
EIU 4, ALABAMA A&M 0
Morio worked seven strong innings improving to 1-1 on the season as she allowed five Alabama A&M players to reach base.  The Bulldogs main scoring threat came in the fourth as the leadoff batter reached on an error.  The threat was erased at the plate later in the inning as EIU was leading 4-0 in the game at the time.  Alabama A&M had two runners reach via walk and two on hit-by-pitch.  Morio had six strikeouts. 
 
EIU's run production came early in the game as they took advantage of a Bulldogs error.  Morgan Lewis reached on an error and scored on a Hannah Cravens two-run home run in the first.
 
EIU added two more unearned runs in the second with Lewis and Jaylen Prichard both scoring. 
 
The Panthers were limited to just three hits in the game with Lewis, Cravens and Megan Burton all collecting hits.
 
EIU 9, JACKSON STATE 2
In the final game of the tournament, EIU jumped out to an early lead over Jackson State with Riley Dittmar driving home Lewis with the first of her two doubles in the game. 
 
Dittmar would drive home two more in the top of the fifth with her second double as she went 3-for-4 at the plate.  Kendall Fields drove in the final run of the inning with an RBI single.
 
Jackson State cut the EIU lead in half in the bottom of the fifth scoring two unearned runs against relief pitcher Rachel Kaufman.   Kaufman would work the final three innings of the game to pick up her first save of the year.  Alexa Rehmeier was credited with the win improving to 4-0 on the season
 
The Panthers put the game out of reach in the seventh scoring five runs.  Aniya Holt and Maddie Swart both drove home two runs in the inning.  Swart was 2-for-3 in the game, one of two EIU players with multiple hits.