EVANSVILLE, Ind.---- The 16
th-ranked University of Southern Indiana softball team hosted Lewis University in its 'Play for Awareness' game, defeating the Flyers 7-2 and 4-1 Sunday afternoon at the USI Softball Field.
The Screaming Eagles sported an array of bows to show awareness for a specific disease, illness, and disorder, and also wore shirts for senior
Brooke Harmening's grandmother, Wilma Harmening, who is currently battling Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis or ALS. Lewis University also took part in the 'Play for Awareness' day, wearing purple bows in support of Alzheimer's.
USI, which ended the week at 4-0, improves to 29-5 overall, 16-4 in the Great Lakes Valley Conference, having just 10 more games left in its 2015 regular-season slate.
Both USI and Lewis tallied runs early in the first game and were at a 1-1 standstill until the Eagles took over in the bottom of the third.
Having tallied 10 plate appearances in third, the Eagles produced six runs off five hits for a 7-1 lead.
The Flyers came up with a homerun in the final inning of the game, but it wasn't enough as USI would be the victorious team with its 7-2 win.
Sophomore
Haley Hodges (Portage, Indiana) tallied two RBIs off a homer to left field in the opening inning of game two. The Flyers cut USI's lead to 2-1 with an RBI-single in their portion of the second, but senior
MacKenzi Dorsam (Dubois, Indiana) delivered a standup triple to right center, sending sophomore
Alisha Ludwig (Terre Haute) home for a 3-1 lead.
With two outs and no one on in the bottom of the third, senior
Brooke Harmening (Whiteland, Indiana) would tally USI's second homerun of the day for its fourth and final run.
It was another impressive day for the Eagles' pitching staff, with Harmening earning the win in game one, tallying four strikeouts and Junior
Sarah Owens (Indianapolis, Indiana) taking the win in the nightcap, improving to 9-3 overall, while also setting a new mark in total career-wins.
USI hosts Quincy University and Truman State University next week Saturday and Sunday. The Eagles will honor Harmening and Dorsam Saturday at the conclusion of their doubleheader with the Bulldogs.
