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Games 12-14: SIUE
Date: Thursday, Mar. 11 - Friday, Mar. 12, 2021
Thursday Times: 4:00 PM
Friday Times: 1:00 / 3:00 PM
Location: Nashville, Tenn.
Venue: Tiger Field
Thursday Forecast: Partly Sunny, 76
Friday Forecast: Rain, 67
Live Stats: GAME 1 | GAME 2 | GAME 3
Video: NA

NASHVILLE --- The Tennessee State softball series against SIUE has been moved up one day to Thursday, Mar. 11 due to rain in the forecast. One game is currently on tap for Thursday at 4:00 p.m. at Tiger Field. The Friday doubleheader remains scheduled at its previously time of 1:00 p.m. Due to the forecast games two and three are subject to change.

The Thursday contest will be one year to the date of the final game the Tigers played in 2020. The season was cut short due to the COVID-19 pandemic two days after TSU played in a doubleheader at Middle Tennessee on Mar. 11.

Tigers (4-7, 0-3)
2020: 7-11

Tennessee State is coming off a three-game Ohio Valley Conference series sweep at the hands of Tennessee Tech. The Tigers dropped all three games by a total of four runs. TSU did not go down without a fight as they put either the game tying or winning run into scoring position in the seventh inning in each of the first two games, while they sent the tying run to the plate in the final frame in the finale.

The pitching duo of Lauren Powell an Raven Loveless held the Golden Eagles to within striking distance. On the year, the duo has put together a 2.41 ERA which ranks second in the OVC.

Offensively, Kayli Mothershed picked up a hit in all three games to lead the way with a .375 batting average. Bri Vire scored twice on the weekend, while Savanah Wallace drove in two.

Anayah Baker-Rowell collected a hit in each of the first two games before having her nine game hitting streak snapped in the final game. Baker continues to lead the Tigers at the plate batting .424 (14-for-33). The finale also saw the end to Renae Spears' consecutive streak of reaching base at 10. Spears has walked six times on the year, adding to a 9-for-35 campaign for a .395 on base percentage. 

Top Statistical Tigers:
Avg.: Anayah Baker - .424
OBP: Anayah Baker - .545
Runs: Anayah Baker, Ivory Jones - 6
Hits: Anayah Baker - 14
Doubles: Bri Vire, Anayah Baker, Marisa Mauroschadt, Renae Spears - 2
Triples: Renae Spears - 2
Home Runs: Ivory Jones, Kayli Mothershed, Kennedy McCurry - 1
RBI: Ivory Jones - 8
Stolen Bases: Ivory Jones, Lauren Farias, Meaghan Lewis - 2
Base On Balls: Renae Spears, Bri Vire - 6
Hit by Pitch: Ivory Jones - 3
ERA: Raven Loveless - 2.20
Wins: Lauren Powell, Raven Loveless - 2
Saves: NA
Innings Pitched: Raven Loveless - 35.0
Strikeouts: Lauren Powell - 27


SIUE (0-8, 0-3)
2020 Record: 13-5
Conference: OVC

SIUE remains winless after dropping multiple heartbreakers, as well as a series to one of the preseason favorites, Eastern Kentucky.

Zoe Schafer has been lights out batting .346 with three doubles, three home runs and eight RBI. The Cougars boast three other hitters above .300 - Ava Bieneman, Becca Duran and Amber Storer. Duran and Storer are two of three batters to hit a home run, while Bieneman joins Storer with nine hits on the season.

The pitching staff has combined for a 4.64 ERA over 57.1 innings. Emily Ingles has worked 20.2 frames and has struck out 20. Sydney Baalman has tossed 17.1 innings and has fanned 11 batters while walking 11. Lexi King has punched out three batters opposed to 10 walks in 14.0 innings.

Career - Individual
Hit by Pitch
T8. Tedra Alford (2010-13), 10
T8. Tayler Shimizu (2012-15), 10
T8. Jennifer Givens (2012-13), 10
 --   Savanah Wallace (2019-Present), 8

Wins
3. Amanda Vaught (2007-08), 27
4. Caitlin Eaton (2008-11), 21
5. Shannon Hicks (2001-04), 17
T6. Lauren Powell (2016-Present), 16
T6. Raven Loveless (2019-Present), 16

Appearances
1. Shea Morris (2012-14), 118
2. Teresa Onry (1995-98), 106
T3. Olivia Gamache (2011-14), 104
T3. Lauren Powell (2016-Present), 104
5. Caitlin Eaton (2008-11), 99

Starts
1. Shea Morris (2012-14), 76
2. Sarah Davis (1997-2000), 75
T3. Teresa Onry (1995-98), 70
T3. Lauren Powell (2016-Present), 70
T5. Caitlin Eaton (2008-11), 68
T5. Tarah Evanisko (2002-05), 68
7. Olivia Gamache (2011-14), 65

Innings Pitched
1. Shea Morris (2012-14), 551.3
2. Teresa Onry (1995-98), 436.3
3. Lauren Powell (2016-Present), 434.3
4. Amanda Vaught (2007-08), 432.6
5. Tarah Evanisko (2002-05), 420.3

Strike Outs
1. Shea Morris (2012-14), 529
2. Amanda Vaught (2007-08), 438
3. Lauren Powell (2016-Present), 287
4. Caitlin Eaton (2008-11), 274
5. Olivia Gamache (2011-14), 214
6. Candace Hildebrand (2006-07), 178
7. Tarah Evanisko (2002-05), 166
8. Shannon Hicks (2001-04), 147
9. Lauren Weber (2006-08), 138
10. Justine Jontz (2003-04), 116
-- Raven Loveless (2019-Present), 110

Saves
1. Shea Morris (2012-14), 8
2. Amanda Vaught (2007-08), 6
3. Shannon Hicks (2001-04), 4
T4. Tarah Evanisko (2002-05), 3
T4. Justine Jontz (2003-04), 3
T4. Megan Hedrick (2009-10), 3
T4. Jasmine Matchen (2015), 3
T4. Raven Loveless (2019-Present), 3

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