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Game 1                                                            Game 2
Southern Indiana (21-20 overall): 12                    Southern Indiana: 11
Oakland City (16-18 overall): 4                            Oakland City: 0
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EVANSVILLE, Ind.--- The University of Southern Indiana softball team converted a combined 29 hits into 23 runs as it routed visiting regional opponent Oakland City University, 12-4 and 11-0 Wednesday evening at the USI Softball Field.
 
Things were looking a little rough for the Screaming Eagles (21- 20) in the opening game as Oakland City (16-18) raced out to a 3-0 lead in the first half of the second.
 
USI rallied back with a two-run double, from starting sophomore pitcher Devon Rutherford (Newburgh, Indiana), cutting the Mighty Oaks' lead to 3-2.
Rutherford, who was 2-for-4 with three RBIs, earned her first win of the season, ending the night with three strikeouts and one walk.
 
An RBI-single by Oakland City in their portion fourth left USI trailing 4-2, however the Eagles would turn the game around in the bottom of the same inning.
 
Freshman Hailey Hodges (Portage, Indiana) pounded out a two-out grand slam, sending sophomore Janna Green (Glenwood, Indiana), senior Teri Newmaster (Elberfeld Indiana), and junior MacKenzi Dorsam (Dubois, Indiana) home for a 6-4 lead.
 
USI would go on to score six unanswered runs to take game one, 12-4.
 
The Eagles came out strong in game two, scoring multiple runs in the first three innings, leaving the Mighty Oaks trailing 11-0 heading into the fourth.
 
Oakland City could not find its rhythm in game two, falling to USI 11-0 in five innings.
 
Junior pitcher Brooke Harmening (Whiteland, Indiana) threw a nearly perfect game, giving up just one run.  She improves to 13-9 on the season, having struck out eight batters in five innings of work.
 
Harmening also lead USI offensively, finishing the nightcap at 2-for-3 with 3RBIs and two doubles. Clark followed at 2-for-3 with two runs batted in and one double, while Newmaster was a perfect 3-for-3.
 
Seniors Alison Nord (Gentryville, Indiana) and Kyla Gogel (Fulda, Indiana) each registered a two-run double to add to USI's scoring run.
 
The Screaming Eagles conclude regular-season Great Lakes Valley Conference action this weekend against St. Joseph's College Saturday before visiting No. 17 University of Indianapolis Sunday.