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Sammie Kihega in USI Softball's 1-0 win over Green Bay on February 18, 2023.
Dan McDonnell, USI Athletic Communications
6
Winner North Alabama UNA 4-1
2
Southern Indiana USI 3-2
Winner
North Alabama UNA
4-1
6
Final
2
Southern Indiana USI
3-2
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
North Alabama UNA 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 8 1
Southern Indiana USI 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 5 0

W: Maci Birdyshaw (4-0) L: Goodin, Allie (0-1)

2
Southern Indiana USI 1-10
10
Winner IUPUI IUPUI 4-2
Southern Indiana USI
1-10
2
Final
10
IUPUI IUPUI
4-2
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 R H E
Southern Indiana USI 0 0 1 0 1 2 7 2
IUPUI IUPUI 2 0 2 0 6 10 10 0

W: Carly Metcalf (1-3) L: Newman, Josie (2-2)

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

Rough first innings lead to pair of USI Softball setbacks

BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—University of Southern Indiana Softball gave up a combined eight first-inning runs Saturday as the Screaming Eagles suffered a pair of losses on day two of the Samford University Bulldog Classic.
 
The Screaming Eagles (3-3) surrendered six runs in the first frame of their 6-2 loss to the University of North Alabama in their first game of the day before giving up a pair of runs in the first inning of their 10-2 loss to in-state foe IUPUI.
 
Senior pitcher/designated player Allie Goodin (Evansville, Indiana) had a pair of RBI-doubles in the loss to North Alabama.
 
Goodin (0-1), who was 2-for-3 at the plate, was charged with the loss after giving up six runs off four hits and two walks in 2/3 of an inning of work. Sophomore Hailey Gotshall (Lucerne, Indiana) held the Lions (4-1) scoreless throughout the rest of the contest, giving the Eagles a chance to get themselves back in the game.
 
Goodin's second RBI-double came in the bottom of the fourth inning, cutting USI's deficit to four runs, but North Alabama pitcher Maci Birdyshaw retired nine of the final 12 batters she faced to keep the Eagles off the scoreboard for the remainder of the contest.
 
In the nightcap, IUPUI (2-9) used a two-run home run in the home half of the first to take a quick lead.
 
Junior catcher Sammie Kihega (Greenfield, Indiana) had an RBI-double in the top of the third to cut the Eagles' deficit in half, but the Jaguars answered with another two-run blast in the bottom of third inning to extend their advantage to 4-1.
 
Kihega drove in another tally in the fifth, but the Jaguars, once again, answered, this time with six runs in the bottom of the fifth to end the contest via the eight-run rule.
 
Sophomore pitcher Josie Newman (Indianapolis, Indiana) was charged with the loss after giving up four runs off five hits in two-plus innings of work. She falls to 2-2 with the decision.
 
USI concludes the Bulldog Classic Sunday with games against Samford (10 a.m.) and North Alabama (12:30 p.m.). The Eagles game against Samford is scheduled to be aired on ESPN+.
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