GAME 39: Eastern Illinois 1, Tennessee State 0 (8 inn)
GAME 40: Eastern Illinois 7, Tennessee State 4
RECORDS: TSU (12-28, 5-15), EIU (16-39, 5-17)
FIELD: Williams Field
LOCATION: Charleston, Ill.
WEATHER: Partly Sunny, 54

GAME ONE

• The Tigers were held hitless until Katie Schneider ripped a single up the middle with two outs in the seventh inning
• Schneider was the first Tiger to reach base since Sarah Snell was hit by a pitch with one out in the first inning
• Savanah Wallace recorded the second hit for TSU with a knock in the eighth inning
• Raven Loveless worked out of a bases loaded, no out, jam in the second frame by enticing three ground ball outs
• EIU put the leadoff hitter in the fifth, which proceeded to steal second and third giving the Panthers a runner at third with no outs
• Loveless would strikeout the next batter and forced a pair of groundouts to keep EIU off the board
• The Panthers scored the winning run in the bottom of the eighth as the Tigers double play attempt to get out of the inning went astray
• Loveless suffered the loss and fell to 10-13

GAME TWO

• The Tigers started fast as Bri Vire singled up the middle and Sarah Snell doubled to right, moving Vire to third
• Vire scored a batter later as Reese Weber ground out to short
• Snell scored as the centerfielder mishandled a single off the bat of Emma Colegrove, for a 2-0 advantage
• EIU answered in the bottom of the frame on a two run blast
• Megan Huppee and Patton Akers worked back-to-back base on balls and later scored on a Panther error
• EIU closed out the game by scoring five runs over the final four innings
• The Tigers used four pitchers in the contest, as Katie Schneider was tagged with the loss moving to 0-6

Up Next: The final double header versus Morehead State has yet to be rescheduled.

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