UT MARTIN SOFTBALL SPLITS DOUBLEHEADER AGAINST SOUTHERN INDIANA

Sunday, April 2

Evansville, Ind.

Noon

UT Martin

12-15, 5-5

Southern Indiana

11-15, 5-5

UT Martin

Southern Indiana

UT MARTIN SOFTBALL SPLITS DOUBLEHEADER AGAINST SOUTHERN INDIANA

4/2/2023 6:04:00 PM | Softball

Box Score 1 Box Score 2 Game 27: PDF Game 28: PDF

EVANSVILLE, Ind. – The University of Tennessee at Martin softball team went on the road and split a doubleheader at Ohio Valley Conference foe Southern Indiana on Sunday afternoon.

The Skyhawks (12-16, 5-6 OVC) dropped the OVC series despite winning the middle game of the series by a 5-0 margin. Southern Indiana came out on top in the rubber match to win the series with an 8-2 decision in the finale.

UT Martin strung together 13 hits in the doubleheader while notching four extra base hits and seven RBIs. Kaitlyn Kelley led the team by going 3-for-6 at the dish, including a solo home run which marked the 30^th of her career, moving her into sole possession of third place in program history. Four other Skyhawks tallied multiple base hits with Brooklynn Linneman, Kallie Pickens, Katie Dreiling and Maddi Long joining the list. Meanwhile, freshman Jordyn Hustey smacked a three-run home run.

Four players pitched in the circle for the Skyhawks while Linneman stole the show with her third shutout of the season. Linneman ended the day by pitching 9.0 innings while allowing just one run in two appearances.

Game 27: UT Martin 5, Southern Indiana 0
UT Martin jumped onto the scoreboard in the top of the fourth inning after a leadoff single by Dreiling was followed up by an RBI double into right field to take the lead. Then later in the frame, Annie Gutierrez scored Long on a sacrifice fly to take a 2-0 advantage.

Looking for a little breathing room, the Skyhawks added to their margin in the top of the sixth inning as Hustey hit her second home run in the last two weeks with a three-run blast to left field to take a five-run advantage.

While the Screaming Eagles scattered six hits throughout the contest, Linneman kept USI off the board to secure her third shutout of the campaign.

Game 28: Southern Indiana 8, UT Martin 2
After being held scoreless in the first contest of the doubleheader, Southern Indiana jumped out to a quick advantage with two runs in the bottom of the first off a fielder's choice off the bat of Lexi Fair and a RBI-single from Rachel Martinez.

Yesterday's hero Allie Goodin continued her strong weekend with a RBI single to right field to stretch the home team's margin out to three runs.

The Skyhawks got on the board in the top of the fourth inning on a solo shot by Kelley to trim the deficit down to two runs.

USI added two more runs to its total in the fourth inning on another sacrifice fly by Fair and a throwing error to take a 5-1 advantage. The squad then added three more runs on RBIs by Mackenzie Bedrick and Goodin to push the Screaming Eagles advantage out to seven runs.

The Skyhawks scored the game's final run in the top of the sixth inning when Pickens singled through the left side to score Avry Blume on the play.

UT Martin will return to action with a mid-week non-conference matchup at Southeastern Conference foe Ole Miss on Tuesday, March 4. First pitch from Oxford, Miss. is slated for 6 p.m. on SEC Network+.