Saturday, February 11
Rosemont, Ill.
5:00 P.M. CT
DePaul University
4-0
2
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1
Evansville
4-1
1
2
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4
5
6
7
8
R
H
E
Evansville
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
3
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DePaul
0
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0
0
0
0
0
2
2
4
0
DePaul Remains Unbeaten With 2-1 Eight-Inning Win Over Evansville
2/11/2023 7:58:00 PM | SOFTBALL
Timely offense, stout pitching from Smith allows DePaul to remain unscathed on opening weekend
ROSEMONT, Ill. – For the second-consecutive day, DePaul saved the fireworks for late in the game as the Blue Demons closed out opening weekend with a 2-1 win over Evansville in eight innings to move to 4-0 on the season.
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The bats were quieted on both sides as the Evansville notched three hits in the first five innings while the Blue Demons first strike came on a two-out infield base hit from Grace Frazier in the fifth.
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Brenna Smith, making her first start in the circle for the Blue Demons, retired nine-consecutive batters heading into extra innings and allowed a lone run on a sac fly in the eighth before slamming the door on the Aces.
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Frazier carded a 2-for-3 outing with a pair of base hits while scoring the game-winning run on the Evansville error. Junior designated player Carly Alvers came up clutch with an RBI-single through the left side to provide the tying run.
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Brooke Johnson was the lone other Blue Demon to reach base with a walk in the fourth inning.
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How It Happened
Evansville (4-1) used a sacrifice bunt and a sacrifice fly to push a run across in the top of the eighth before Smith induced a fly out to left to halt any further damage.
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In the bottom half of the frame, Gracie Jacobs was placed on second and Frazier advanced the freshman to third in a well-executed bunt to put runners on the corners. Alvers put the Blue Demons on the board, knotting the score at 1-1, with Jacobs crossing the plate on an RBI-single. Addison Talbot came to the dish looking for the go ahead run and found just that, reaching on a fielder's choice as Frazier rounded third and scored on an Evansville error to clinch the one-run victory for DePaul.
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Up Next
The Blue Demons will travel west for the Littlewood Classic, Feb. 17-19, hosted by Arizona State in Tempe, Ariz. DePaul is set to face five different opponents over the course of three days including Weber State, Grand Canyon, BYU, Portland State and the host Sun Devils.
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The bats were quieted on both sides as the Evansville notched three hits in the first five innings while the Blue Demons first strike came on a two-out infield base hit from Grace Frazier in the fifth.
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Brenna Smith, making her first start in the circle for the Blue Demons, retired nine-consecutive batters heading into extra innings and allowed a lone run on a sac fly in the eighth before slamming the door on the Aces.
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Frazier carded a 2-for-3 outing with a pair of base hits while scoring the game-winning run on the Evansville error. Junior designated player Carly Alvers came up clutch with an RBI-single through the left side to provide the tying run.
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Brooke Johnson was the lone other Blue Demon to reach base with a walk in the fourth inning.
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How It Happened
Evansville (4-1) used a sacrifice bunt and a sacrifice fly to push a run across in the top of the eighth before Smith induced a fly out to left to halt any further damage.
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In the bottom half of the frame, Gracie Jacobs was placed on second and Frazier advanced the freshman to third in a well-executed bunt to put runners on the corners. Alvers put the Blue Demons on the board, knotting the score at 1-1, with Jacobs crossing the plate on an RBI-single. Addison Talbot came to the dish looking for the go ahead run and found just that, reaching on a fielder's choice as Frazier rounded third and scored on an Evansville error to clinch the one-run victory for DePaul.
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Up Next
The Blue Demons will travel west for the Littlewood Classic, Feb. 17-19, hosted by Arizona State in Tempe, Ariz. DePaul is set to face five different opponents over the course of three days including Weber State, Grand Canyon, BYU, Portland State and the host Sun Devils.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Smith, Brenna (1-0)
L: Weatherford, S. (0-1)
Batting:
2B: Hood, H. 1
RBI: Kalonihea, S. 1
SH: Howe, T. 1 ; Meinel, C. 1
SF: Kalonihea, S. 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Brown, D. 1
HBP: Howe, T. 1
Batting:
RBI: Alvers, Carly 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Jacobs, Gracie 1 ; Frazier, Grace 1
CS: Talbot, Addison 1
HBP: Talbot, Addison 1
Game Leaders
Hitting
AB
3
R
1
H
2
RBI
0
AB
3
R
0
H
1
RBI
0
AB
3
R
0
H
1
RBI
1
AB
3
R
0
H
0
RBI
0
Players Mentioned
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