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0
Truman State TSU 16-8, 4-7 GLVC
2
Winner Southern Indiana USI 20-13, 8-3 GLVC
Truman State TSU
16-8, 4-7 GLVC
0
Final
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Southern Indiana USI
20-13, 8-3 GLVC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Truman State TSU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1
Southern Indiana USI 0 0 0 0 0 2 X 2 3 0

W: Leonhardt, Jennifer (13-4) L: Hajduk, Alyssa (6-3)

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Truman State TSU 21-13, 9-3 GLVC
4
Winner Southern Indiana USI 16-9, 4-8 GLVC
Truman State TSU
21-13, 9-3 GLVC
3
Final
4
Southern Indiana USI
16-9, 4-8 GLVC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Truman State TSU 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 3 6 1
Southern Indiana USI 2 2 0 0 0 0 X 4 5 0

W: Smith, Haylee (3-1) L: Dale, Lauren (9-5) S: Leonhardt, Jennifer (3)

Game Recap: Softball | | Dan McDonnell, USI Athletic Communications

USI softball sweeps Truman State

EVANSVILLE, Ind.—Junior pitcher Jennifer Leonhardt (Louisville, Kentucky) racked up a combined 13 strikeouts Monday as University of Southern Indiana Softball swept a Great Lakes Valley Conference doubleheader against visiting Truman State University at the USI Softball Field.

The Screaming Eagles (21-13, 9-3 GLVC) won the opener, 2-0, before edging the Bulldogs, 4-3, in the nightcap.

Game 1
Despite being held to just three hits, USI was able to earn a 2-0 victory thanks to patience at the plate. USI hitters drew a season-high 10 walks, including four in the Eagles' two-run sixth inning that broke a scoreless tie.

Following a one-out single by sophomore utility player Kat Mueller (Evansville, Indiana) in the last half of the sixth inning, USI proceeded to draw walks in four of its next five at-bats. Sophomore outfielder Alicia Webb (Elberfeld, Indiana) pushed across the first run of the game with a free pass, while senior outfielder/pitcher Caitlyn Bradley (Forest, Indiana) pushed across the second run on one of her two walks on the day.

Leonhardt (13-4) earned the win in the circle after scattering three hits and four walks throughout seven innings of shutout ball. She racked up 11 strikeouts as she finished her seventh complete-game shutout of the year (she has had two more combined shutouts) and her seventh shutout in her last eight starts.

Game 2
Bradley had a two-run double in the first and Leonhardt had a two-run single in the second as the Eagles jumped out to a commanding 4-0 advantage in game two.

Truman State (16-9, 4-8 GLVC), however, scored a run in the top of the third inning and two more in the fifth inning to close the gap.

Bradley, however, entered the circle to get the Eagles out of a jam in the fifth and pitched a perfect sixth inning, while Leonhardt struck out two of the three batters she faced in the seventh to preserve the win and pick up her team-best third save of the year.

Senior pitcher Haley Smith (Florence, Kentucky) earned the win to improve to 3-1 on the year after scattering three runs off six hits in four-and-two-thirds-innings of work.

Up next
USI returns to action Saturday at noon when it travels to Kansas City, Missouri, to take on Rockhurst University in a GLVC doubleheader. The Eagles visit William Jewell College for a GLVC twinbill Sunday at noon before returning home to take on Midwest Region foe Kentucky Wesleyan College April 9.
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