The women’s softball team’s losing streak has reached a season-tying high of five games after being swept by Evansville and Charlotte in back-to-back double headers.
Jessica Buschjost had a big first game against Evansville, going 3-4 with a double and RBI for the Billikens (19-28).
In the fifth inning, Kerri Dockins led off with a walk and moved to second base on Buschjost’s bunt single. Erin Harcar advanced the runners on her sacrifice bunt, and Dockins scored on an RBI groundout by Laura Bohning.
Alyson Brand then tied the game with a clutch two-out single to score Buschjost. The game remained tied up until two outs in the sixth inning when Hannah Huebbe (10-12) gave up a 2-run single to give Evansville the lead for good.
During the night game, Evansville started off strong, scoring two runs in the second inning.
The Bills tied the game in the fourth, but that would be as close to victory as they would get, for the Purple Aces put up a three spot in the fifth to secure their second victory.
Julian Austin (4-8) allowed only three earned runs but suffered in the loss. Lindsay Friedman recorded an RBI single to score pinch runner Liz Jones.
Huebbe started the first game of the double header against Charlotte, but suffered another loss after giving up 9 earned runs in just 5.1 innings in the 11-5 defeat.
Buschjost had another strong game at the plate, going 2-4 against with an RBI in the leadoff spot.
Third baseman Kelsey Biggs hit a 2-run homerun, her third of the year, which contributed to the majority of the scoring for the Billikens and Van Nostrand hit her first homerun of the year.
The second game against Charlotte was a much more evenly-contested game, as the Bills battle Charlotte but ultimately came up short in the 10th inning, surrendering 2 runs and losing 3-1.
Julian Austin pitched all 10 innings for the Billikens, giving up three runs on 11 hits and 4 walks with seven strikeouts.
Lindsay Friedman’s single down the left-field line in the second inning scored the lone run for the Billikens in the second inning, but the Bills had many other opportunities to score.
In the ninth, the Bills had the bases loaded with just one out, but Katie Watkins of Charlotte retired the next two Billikens to bring the game to the 10th inning.
SLU continues their Atlantic 10 conference play on April 27 with a two-game series in Philadelphia against Temple and then head next door to play a double header against Saint Joseph’s.
