TERRE HAUTE, Ind. – Indiana State softball defeated UNI 6-4 on Saturday afternoon at Price Field, handing the Panthers their first MVC loss of the season.
 
The Sycamores (19-18, 8-4) finished with eight hits while UNI (21-11, 10-1) had seven on the afternoon.
 
Lauren Sackett went the distance for ISU, tying her career-high for strikeouts with 11.
 
The Action
Both teams went down in order in the first, including Lauren Sackett striking out the side in the top of the first.
 
UNI would score a pair of runs with a two-out double in the top of the second to take an early 2-0 lead. Annie Tokarek led off the bottom of the frame with a double off the wall and would be pinch ran for by Hannah Welch. Welch took third on a wild pitch and would later score on a Kennedy Shade sacrifice fly to make it a 2-1 game.
 
Sackett picked up two more strikeouts in the top of the third to bring the Sycamores to the plate where they would strike for four runs. Abi Chipps led off the frame with a single followed by a single from Danielle Henning and a walk by Isabella Henning to load the bases. Kennedy Shade then drew a bases loaded walk to tie the game at two apiece. Down 1-2 in the count with two outs, TeAnn Bringle then gave the Sycamores the lead with a base hit to right field which scored both Danielle and Isabella. Kennedy Shade then scored on a wild pitch to increase the Sycamore lead to 5-2.
 
UNI got two runs back in the top of the fourth on a double down the right field line which made it a 5-4 ballgame. Danielle Henning notched a sacrifice fly in the bottom of the inning, driving in Kaylee Barrett to put the Trees back up by two.
 
The 6-4 score would hold for the final three frames as Lauren Sackett picked up three more strikeouts to finish with 11, tying her career best. She improved to 4-5 on the season with the victory.
 
Olivia Patton had a multi-hit game, going 2-for-4 while Annie Tokarek, Danielle Henning, Abi Chipps, Kennedy Shade, TeAnn Bringle and Maeve McDonough each had one hit.

Up Next
The series will wrap up on Sunday, April 9 at 12 p.m. ET at Price Field.
 
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