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Team Celebrating-Softball
Evette Tamayo
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Evansville UE 21-25
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Winner UIC UIC 4-39
Evansville UE
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Final
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UIC UIC
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Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Evansville UE 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 1 6 12 3
UIC UIC 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 7 8 3

W: Toniolo, Christina (4-20) L: Weatherford, S. (5-8)

Game Recap: Softball |

UIC Completes Series Sweep in Extra Innings Win Against Evansville

Flames Led by Three RBI Performance from Tess Altevers Harris

CHICAGO – The UIC softball team completed the series sweep against Evansville Sunday afternoon in its second extra innings victory of the series, 7-6. 

COMMENT FROM HEAD COACH LYNN CURYLO 

"I am so excited for the team and how they stuck together and fought, inning after inning after inning," UIC head coach Lynn Curylo said. "It was such a great game back and forth and we ended up coming out on top. There are so many moments that stick out to me but most of all I am just really proud of the fact that they are sticking to the idea that we have to remain focused on the process. The process is what leads to execution, and I feel like in the end that's what got it done and got us our series sweep."  

COMMENT FROM FRESHMAN TESS ALTEVERS HARRIS 

"It's really cool to get our first sweep of the season because we worked really hard for this," freshman Tess Altevers Harris said. "I just feel like we were trying to connect the dots and it finally connected. It was really cool to see like poetry in motion." 

COMMENT FROM JUNIOR EMMA CROWLEY 



"Our pitchers did an outstanding job, they were able to bounce back after anything went wrong," junior Emma Crowley said. "Our offense today we had next woman up and people were there to support each other, and it helped us win today." 

  • The Flames got on the board early after freshman Tess Altevers Harris landed a double in left center that scored sophomore Jojo Santiago and junior Emma Crowley. That was later followed in the inning by an RBI groundout from sophomore Hailey Cowing that scored junior Larissa Villa. That gave UIC an early 3-0 lead after two innings of play.  

  • In just her eighth start this season, junior Miranda Gomez pitched 6.2 innings throughout the game, striking out four and not allowing a walk.  

  • The Flames pushed the game into extra innings after tying it up in the bottom of the seventh behind an RBI triple from Altevers Harris and a sacrifice fly from Cowing.  

  • Tied at 5-5, senior Christina Toniolo entered the circle for her 34th appearance of the season. She threw 2.0 innings in relief, striking out four Aces and only allowing three hits.  

  • Trailing 6-5 in the bottom of the ninth, the Flames tied the game first after an RBI single from sophomore Larissa Ortiz scored sophomore Grace Fleming from first.  

  • The Flames walked away victorious in the next at bat when a groundball off the bat of Crowley was bobbled by Evansville's shortstop, scoring Ortiz from second base.  

SERIES NOTES 

  • This is the first series win/sweep for UIC since entering the Missouri Valley Conference.  

  • This was Altevers Harris' first multi-hit game in her career at UIC. She now has five RBI in her freshman campaign.  

  • Earning two hits in today's win against Evansville, Fleming now has seven hits in the past seven games, and 12 hits in the month of April.  

  • Contributing two RBI in the win, Cowing finished the series with four hits, six RBI and a home run.  

  • Ortiz finished this weekend batting .500 with six hits and two RBI. 

  • Toniolo finishes the week with 16.2 innings pitched, 15 strikeouts and four walks in four appearances.  

SERIES FINALE AGAINST VALPO 

  • Valparaiso returns to Flames Field to conclude its season series against UIC.  

  • The first pitch is scheduled for 5 p.m. and it will be available to stream on ESPN+  

  • The Beacons currently lead the series against the Flames. The Flames fell short back on Apr. 4 (2-1) and on Apr. 19 (4-0).  

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