APSU Women’s Softball
Morehead, KY – Austin Peay’s softball team had its biggest offensive output of the season on Saturday, in its Ohio Valley Conference doubleheader against Morehead State, but it still wasn’t enough, as the Lady Govs dropped both ends of the twinbill by scores of 5-2 and 16-11.
Austin Peay (3-15, 0-2 OVC) finished the day with 19 hits in the doubleheader – including four home runs – but saw Morehead State have four innings in which it scored at least three runs, as the Eagles finished with 23 total hits on the day.
But the lead was short lived, as Morehead State (8-11, 2-0 OVC) would answer back with four runs of their own in the bottom of the inning.
The Eagles would add a run in the second inning to go up 5-3, but Austin Peay would score five runs in the top of the third inning with de Castro and red-shirt sophomore Shelby Norton drive in one run each on back-to-back doubles and red-shirt sophomore Jessica Ryan driving in the other three runs on her second home run of the season.
Once again, Morehead State would answer right back, this time scoring seven runs to go up for good, 12-8.
Austin Peay would get as close as 12-11 in the top of the fifth inning, scoring three runs, with senior Tiffany Smith, de Castro and Norton all driving in runs.
But that would be as close as the Lady Govs would get, with Morehead State scoring three runs in the bottom of the fifth inning and adding a final run in the bottom of the sixth.
Junior Amy Mills would finish the game with a career-high four hits, while de Castro had three hits and four RBI; with Norton totaling three hits and two RBI.
In Game 1, Morehead State took the lead 1-0 in the bottom of the second inning, but Austin Peay answered back with a tying run in the top of the third inning on Catie Cozart’s second home run of the season.
The Eagles would take the lead for go in the bottom of the inning, 5-1, scoring four runs on three hits.
Austin Peay would cut the Morehead State lead back to 5-2 on Norton’s third home run of the season, but that would be as close as they would get, as both teams were held scoreless the rest of the way.
