Game Details:
Friday, April 14, 2023
Clarksville, Ark. | Hurie Softball Field
Game One: Howard Payne University 8, University of the Ozarks 0
Game Two: University of the Ozarks 6, Howard Payne University 3
Records:
University of the Ozarks (6-24, 2-15 ASC)
Howard Payne University (8-20, 2-16 ASC)
GAME ONE
Overview:
Clarksville, Ark.- Howard Payne University pitcher Bree Cason tossed a no-hitter in a 8-0 win in game one. The Jackets scratched across a run in the first and fourth innings and then added six runs in the seventh. Cason kept the Eagles offense in check throughout the game as she didn't issue a walk until the bottom of the sixth. In the sixth, the Eagles advanced a runner to third base, but Cason again got out of it with a strikeout. Cason's sister Maddison gave her some help with a diving centerfield catch in the sixth for the third out.
Pitching Decisions:
WP: Bree Cason
LP: Mack Lucio
GAME TWO
Overview:
Mack Lucio's inside the park home run ignited the Eagles late in the game to push past the Yellow Jackets 6-3. Gracie Jones' sacrifice squeeze in the first pushed Rayli Ruby across the plate. Ruby reached base on a double. Starting pitcher Morgan Haupt stranded runners in the second to keep it at 2-1. The Eagles tied the game 2-2 in the fourth with a Hayley Rivett RBI double. Howard Payne moved ahead in the fifth 3-2. But Lucio ignited the Eagles dugout with a home run. Lucio drilled one to the corner of right field to go around all the bases. Rivett pushed across the go-ahead run with an RBI single in the same inning. With two outs and two runners on, Allie Shero ripped a double down the left field line to score two more and the Eagles led 6-3. In the seventh, Haupt worked a double play to end the game. Lucio and Rivett each had two hits.
Pitching Decisions:
WP: Morgan Haupt
LP: Sydney West
Up Next:
The Eagles will finish their series against Howard Payne University tomorrow at 11:00 a.m. Saturday will be Senior Day for the Eagles' three senior student-athletes. The ceremony will begin at 10:40 a.m.
