Eastern Illinois received strong pitching performances all weekend, adding two more on Monday as the Panthers completed a weekend sweep over Southern Indiana.
EIU won game one on Monday 3-0, followed by a 6-1 win in the nightcap.
EIU improved to 28-12 overall, 14-4 in the OVC.  USI fell to 16-17 overall, 10-8 in the OVC.
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EIU 3, USI 0
For the second straight game Eastern Illinois pitching was on point as
Olivia Price tossed a four-hit shutout as the Panthers clinched the weekend series with a 3-0 win.
Price pitched out of several USI scoring opportunities including the best Screaming Eagles chance in the bottom of the third as Hailey Gotshall singled to right center advancing Caroline Stapleton to third with one out. Price coaxed the next two outs to get out of the inning.
EIU did all of its damage in the first inning scoring three runs against Whitley Hunter (2-6).
Kendall Grover opened the game with a single and came around to score on a
Jadin Justman RBI double. Justman was 2-for-3 at the plate as the Panthers had four hits in the game.
McKenzie Oslanzi drove in the second run with a single to center and the Panthers final run came on an RBI by
Aryn Henke.
Price improved to 7-7 on the season with Mackenzie Bedrick picking up two hits to lead USI.
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EIU 6, USI 1
McKenzie Oslanzi outdueled Josie Newman for the second time this weekend helping Eastern Illinois collect the weekend sweep with a 6-1 win.
Oslanzi improved to 18-3 in the circle with her second complete game of the weekend. She allowed one unearned run.
Oslanzi also helped her own cause at the plate hitting a 3-run home run in the third scoring
Rachel Kaufman and
Jadin Justman.
The Oslanzi blast followed a two-run shot by
Kendall Grover earlier in the inning as Grover hit her OVC leading eighth home run.
Aryn Henke added an RBI single in the top of the seventh adding an insurance run for the Panthers. Grover and Henke both had two hits to lead EIU.
USI scored its one run in the fourth on an RBI single by Sydney Long that scored Kate Satkoski. Long was joined by Caroline Stapleton as Screaming Eagles with two hits.
Newman (14-7) took the loss for USI with a complete game effort.
