Eutectics Recover to Win Second Game for Split Against Pioneers

PARAGOULD, ARK. – In a marathon week of American Midwest Conference (AMC) games for the Eutectic softball team, UHSP travelled to Arkansas for a doubleheader matchup at Crowley's Ridge College (2-32, 1-7 AMC) on Friday. After dropping the first game 6-4, the Eutectics recovered to comfortably win Game 2, 5-1.

GAME 1 HIGHLIGHTS:

CRC 6, UHSP 4

• After a quiet first inning, the Eutectics took the lead, 1-0, in the top of the second when two doubles (from Trysten Murphy and Ryleigh Davidson) and a Pioneer error pushed Murphy across home plate.
• The Pioneers retaliated in the bottom of the third with three runs on three hits, then scored another two in the fourth off a single, double, a wild pitch, and a hit-by-pitch, to go up 5-1.
• Alicia Kimble hit a two-run homer to left field in the top of the fifth to gain some ground on the Pioneers at 5-3. But, CRC's first batter in the bottom of the inning, Lilly Wessel, responded with her own home run to make it 6-3.  
• Sydney Hinojosa's double in the top of the sixth scored Averi Glosemeyer for one more run for UHSP for a 6-4 score, but that was as close as the Eutectics would come to catching the home team.
• Alicia Kimble went 2-for-4 with the two-RBI homer and two runs in the game. Averi Glosemeyer was 2-for-3 with a run scored.
• Starting pitcher Trysten Murphy was charged with the loss on the mound with four strikeouts, six hits, three walks, and five earned runs in 3.2 innings. CRC's Aimee Buckley earned the complete-game win with five strikeouts, eight hits, two walks, and four earned runs.

GAME 2 HIGHLIGHTS:

UHSP 5, CRC 1

• The Eutectics took the lead in the second inning with Eva Kameoka's RBI single to right center and a passed ball to score two runs.
• After two quiet innings, Glosemeyer's RBI single to the left side in the top of the fifth put the Euts up 3-0.
• Back-to-back hits by the Pioneers in the bottom of five allowed them to mark the board to make it 3-1.
• Trysten Murphy opened up the sixth inning with a double down the left field line, setting up Kameoka's RBI single to left field and putting the Eutectics up 4-1.
• UHSP scored its fifth run off an RBI double from Hallie Roper in the top of the seventh. The Pioneers offensive efforts in their final at-bat proved fruitless and the Eutectics won the game at 5-1.
• Starting UHSP pitcher Anna Lucas gets the win after five innings, striking out five, walking one, and giving up four hits and one earned run. Emma Henley pitched the last two innings with one strikeout and three hits for the save.
• Eva Kameoka went 3-for-3 with two RBIs to lead the Eutectics on offense. Hallie Roper, Trysten Murphy, and Ryleigh Davidson each had two hits in the game.
• The Eutectic defense was error-free on the day, while CRC had three total errors.

UP NEXT:

The Eutectics are now 15-15 overall and 7-9 in the AMC. They will remain in Arkansas on Saturday for an AMC doubleheader starting at 12 p.m. at Williams Baptist University (28-10, 7-1 AMC) in Walnut Ridge.