Southern Illinois University
Evansville
Salukis Head To Evansville For Weekend Series
04/06/2023 | 2:16:00 | Softball
Quick Hits
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The Salukis are hitting for a .314 batting average with a .397 on-base percentage both of which lead the Missouri Valley and are top-30 in the country.Â
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Four of the top five RBI leaders in the MVC are Salukis with Jackie Lis leading at 34. Just behind Lis are teammates Elizabeth Warwick and Rylie Hamilton with 29 and Anna Carder with 28.
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On a week that started with a walk-off double for Anna Carder, the freshman catcher totaled three doubles and seven RBIs throughout SIU's 4-0 week against SEMO and Indiana State.
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Madi Eberle threw back-to-back complete games as she picked up her 11th and 12th win of the season against the Sycamores over the prior weekend. Eberle leads the Valley with a 12-1 record.
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Indiana State only scored one run throughout the three-games series while notching just seven hits. The Salukis are holding their opponents to a Valley-low .191 batting average.
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In their most recent outing, the Dawgs took down Saint Louis 10-2 as Addi Baker and Elizabeth Warwick each hit a grand slam in the final two innings to break the 2-2 tie and give Southern a comfortable lead.
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Warwick's home run was her second of the season as she currently leads Southern with 12 doubles, a .396 batting average, and .521 on-base percentage while starting in all 33 games.Â
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Baker's home run was the third of her early career and the first of the season. In 2022, she made 11 starts in the Southern's first 12 games before a season-ending injury to her freshman season.Â
Series BreakdownÂ
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Southern Illinois leads the all-time series record at 73-27 over the Purple Aces as the Dawgs swept the three-game series a season ago.Â
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The Salukis have had a lot of success in Evansville recently with their last road loss against the Purple Aces coming in 2017.
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Coming off a 3-2 loss against Indiana State, Evansville is currently 17-18 (3-7 MVC). However the Aces have had a lot of success at home with a 12-3 record.
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Megan Brinton leads the Aces with a 1.20 ERA through 46.2 innings. Evansville has relied on a multitude of arms in the circle this year with six pitchers throwing 20 or more innings and four with 40 or more innings.Â
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Jenna Nink leads the Aces with a .303 batting average and team-high 18 RBIs.
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