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Miranda Gomez
Evette Tamayo
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UIC UIC 10-24, 3-6 MVC
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Winner Evansville UE 10-24, 5-6 MVC
UIC UIC
10-24, 3-6 MVC
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Final
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Evansville UE
10-24, 5-6 MVC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
UIC UIC 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 4 3
Evansville UE 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 6 1

W: Weatherford, Sydney (3-3) L: Gomez, Miranda (1-3)

Game Recap: Softball |

Softball Takes Weekend Series at Evansville

Despite Sunday’s 3-2 loss, Flames pick up first conference series win of the 2024 season.

EVANSVILLE, Ind. (March 31, 2024) – The UIC softball team (10-24, 3-6, MVC) took a one-run lead to the bottom of the seventh, but fell victim to a pair of unearned runs and dropped a 3-2 decision at Evansville on Sunday afternoon in Missouri Valley Conference play on Tri-City Orthopaedics Field at Dorothy and James Cooper Stadium in Evansville, Ind.
 
Senior Miranda Gomez (Pico Rivera, Calif./Bishop Amat) pitched 6.1 innings, striking out four and walking three. Junior Hailey Cowing (Torrance, Calif./West Torrance) went 2-for-3 with an RBI, while freshman Siena Stickney drove in the other UIC run with a sacrifice fly.
 
COMMENT FROM HEAD COACH LYNN CURLYO
"Miranda Gomez pitched well today. Momentum just shifted to Evansville in the sixth and we never got it back. Happy to get the series win this weekend.
 
GAME RECAP
  • Evansville put two runs on in the first inning, but the Purple Aces' momentum was thwarted when Gomez forced a line out to junior Grace Fleming (Long Beach, Calif/Millikan) to end the frame.
  • Cowing began the top of the second with a single to right field. She later scored when Stickney's line out gave her enough time to tag up and score from third and give UIC an early 1-0 lead.
  • Cowing extended UIC's lead to 2-0 with a bases-loaded single in the bottom of the third, scoring freshman Cameran Rios (Effingham, Ill./St. Anthony).
  • Senior Emma Crowley (Peoria, Ill./Peoria Notre Dame) opened the fourth inning with a walk, followed by her first stolen base of the season, but was left stranded in scoring position.
  • Evansville would rally and score once in the sixth and twice in the seventh, the latter two being unearned runs and the last on a wild pitch to end the game.
 
BEYOND THE BOXSCORE
  • After winning the first two games of the weekend, UIC clinched its first series win against an MVC opponent this season.
  • Cowing finished the weekend with a team-high .556 batting average (5-of-9) .
  • Gomez and graduate student Christina Toniolo (Crystal Lake, Ill./ Crystal Lake South) posted a combined 1.77 ERA in the series.
  • Crowley's stolen base was the third of her collegiate career and first since May 2022 against IUPUI.
 
UP NEXT FOR THE FLAMES!
UIC completes its five-game road trip Wednesday with a non-conference doubleheader at Northern Illinois (9-20). The first pitch of the twinbill at Mary M. Bell Field in DeKalb, Ill., is scheduled for 3 p.m. (CT) with the second game to follow 30 minutes after the conclusion of the first game. The game will be streamed at niuhuskies.com with live stats available at UICFlames.com.
 
For more information, fans are encouraged to visit UICFlames.com, or follow the Flames on social media through X (@UIC_Softball and @UICFlames) and Instagram (@uic_softball and @uicflames).
 
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