GAME 30: Eastern Kentucky 5, Tennessee State 0
RECORDS: TSU (8-22, 4-18), Eastern Kentucky (25-9, 16-4)
FIELD: Gertrude Hood Field
LOCATION: Richmond, Ky.
WEATHER: Partly Sunny, 68


RICHMOND, Ky. --- Tennessee State was held to four hits on Monday afternoon as they dropped the final game of the Ohio Valley Conference series, 5-0.

Starter Lauren Powell tossed a complete game, falling to 3-8 on the year. Powell gave a run in the third inning, two in the fourth and two in the sixth. The Colonels scored the five runs on 11 hits and a walk while striking out six times.

The hits for the Tigers were scattered as Renae Spears singled in the second, Kayli Mothershed doubled in the third and Analeigh Coursey earned a pinch hit single in the fifth. The final hit came off the bat of Anayah Baker-Rowell with one out in the seventh.

GAME 3

• The Tigers picked up a single by Renae Spears in the second and a double in the third by Kayli Mothershed.
• M'Lei Woodard pinch ran for Mothershed and was cut down at home on a ground out double play by Bri Vire.
• The scoring opportunity turned out to be the closest the Tigers would get on the day.
• EKU responded with a run in the third and two in the fourth to take a 3-0 lead.
• The Colonels drove in two additional insurance runs in the sixth to make the score 5-0.

UP NEXT:
The Tigers will step out of conference for a doubleheader at No. 19 Tennessee on Wednesday.

NOTES:

• The Tigers wore their blue jerseys with white pants and blue socks.
• The game was the fifth of a 12-game road trip.
• Lauren Powell started in the circle for the 77th time of her career.
• No other pitcher in Tiger history has started more than 76.
• Powell moved past Shea Morris who pitched for TSU from 2012-14.