Terre Haute, Ind. – In their second Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) series of the year, the UIC softball team traveled south to take on the Indiana State Sycamores. A doubleheader to open the series, the Flames bats were swinging in game one as they collected 12 hits to earn a 14-2 victory in five innings.
Larissa Ortiz and
Grace Taylor both hit two-run home runs in the contest. Game two went in favor of the home team, as the Sycamores run-ruled the Flames 9-1 in five innings. The Flames move to 12-13-1, 2-3 in conference play while the Sycamores move to 14-10, 3-2 in conference play.
GAME ONE
Larissa Ortiz opened the scoring early for the Flames hitting a two-run home run in the second inning.
Siena Stickney started the third inning driving in a run on a Sycamore error, and the Flames poured it on from there, with Ortiz,
Grace Taylor and
Cameran Rios picking up RBI and
Emilia Bartholomew and
Ari O'Connell picking up 2 RBI each. The Flames added 9 in the third inning to go out to a commanding 11-0 lead. A
Grace Taylor two-run home run in the fourth inning brought the Flames lead to 13-0. Indiana State got on the board in the bottom of the fourth scoring two runs. The Flames added another run via a
Sophie Gerochi sacrifice fly in the top of the fifth bringing the score to 14-2. The Sycamores were unable to score in the bottom of the fifth and the run-rule came in to effect with the Flames leading by 12 after five innings, ending the game.
Starting pitcher
Jasmine Whorley struck out four batters only allowing two earned runs in her five innings of work in the circle, earning the win (10-5).
The Flames 14-2 win is their largest margin of victory in conference play since joining the Missouri Valley Conference in 2021 and their first win via run-rule.
The box score and play-by-play can be found
here
GAME TWO
Indiana State put up a three run first inning to take an early lead over UIC.
Cameran Rios recorded the Flames lone run of the game in the third with a solo homer to right field, her second of the year and her career. The Sycamores would extend their lead in the bottom of the third with another three-run inning to go ahead 6-1. In the bottom of the fifth, run-rule came into effect for the second time on the day, as Illinois State added three runs to take a 9-1 lead at the end of five, ending the game.
The box score and play-by-play can be found
here
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The Flames and Sycamores close out the series Saturday with a solo contest. First pitch will be at 11:00 a.m. CT in Terre, Haute, Ind. Live stream will be available on
ESPN+ while live stats will be available on
UICFlames.com.
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