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Alannah Cran
Evette Tamayo
2
Flames UIC 8-18, 1-1 MVC
9
Winner Murray St. MUR 13-14, 1-1 MVC
Flames UIC
8-18, 1-1 MVC
2
Final
9
Murray St. MUR
13-14, 1-1 MVC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Flames UIC 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 2
Murray St. MUR 0 1 1 5 0 2 X 9 6 1

W: Haislip, Bre (1-3) L: Gomez, Miranda (1-2)

Game Recap: Softball |

Softball Drop Saturday Matinee at Murray State

Rubber match of three-game MVC series between Flames and Racers at noon (CT) Sunday.

MURRAY, Ky. (March 16, 2024) – The UIC softball team (8-18, 1-1 MVC) took an early 2-0 lead, but couldn't fend off Murray State (13-14, 1-1 MVC), falling 9-2 on Saturday afternoon at Racer Field in Murray, Ky., squaring the teams' MVC opening-weekend series at a game apiece.
 
Graduate student Alannah Cran (Oxnard, Calif./Oxnard) went 3-for-3 at the plate with a double, while fellow graduate student Carlee Jo Clark (Carol Stream, Ill./Southern Illinois) gave UIC its early lead with a two-run home run.
 
COMMENT FROM HEAD COACH LYNN CURYLO
"We gave this one away today. We need to come back tomorrow with better execution and effort."
 
GAME RECAP
  • With two outs in the first, Cran slapped a ball past the left fielder's reach for a double. In the very next at-bat, Clark took a 2-1 pitch over the centerfield wall for her fourth home run of the season and a 2-0 Flames lead.
  • Graduate student Miranda Gomez (Pico Rivera, Calif./Bishop Amat) started in the circle with a quick 1-2-3 inning in the bottom of the first. She would pitch 3.2 innings in total, allowing just a single earned run and walking a lone MSU batter.
  • The Racers tied the game up with single runs in the second (on a UIC defensive error) and third (on a sacrifice fly ).
  • In the top of the fourth, Cran collected her second hit of the game with a single to right field and was soon joined on the basepaths by Clark via MSU's own defensive miscue. Senior Larisa Villa (La Habra, Calif./La Habra) moved the runners along with a timely sacrifice, but the pair were left stranded in scoring position to end the inning.
  • Murray State took the lead with five runs in the bottom of the fourth and added insurance tallies in the sixth.
  • The Flames tried to respond when Cran reached on an infield single in the fifth and junior Hailey Cowing (Torrance, Calif./West Torrance) did likewise on a walk in the seventh, but UIC was unable to cash in on either opportunity.
 
BEYOND THE BOXSCORE
  • Cran is batting a perfect 1.000 against Murray State through the first two games of the weekend series, having gone 5-for-5 with two doubles and three singles.
  • Now with four home runs in the season, Clark is tied for fourth in the MVC.
  • After splitting the first two games, the all-time series is now also tied 2-2.
 
UP NEXT FOR THE FLAMES!
The Flames return to Racer Field at noon (CT) Sunday for the final game of their MVC weekend series against Murray State. Fans can tune in on ESPN+ with live stats available on UICFlames.com.
 
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