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Austin Peay Lady Govs Softball see the SIU Edwardsville Cougars pull away late in Ohio Valley Conference loss

APSU Sports: Austin Peay Softball

Austin Peay State University Lady GovsEdwardsville, IL – A four-run sixth inning proved to be too much to overcome Saturday, as Austin Peay State University’s softball team is still looking for its first Ohio Valley Conference win of the years after a 6-1 loss to SIU Edwardsville.

Freshman Laurel Burroughs picked up her first college hit Saturday, a double, in the loss to SIUE. Austin Peay Softball. (Courtesy: Austin Peay Sports Information)
Freshman Laurel Burroughs picked up her first college hit Saturday, a double, in the loss to SIUE. Austin Peay Softball. (Courtesy: Austin Peay Sports Information)

Austin Peay (6-12, 0-4 OVC) kept working out of scoring opportunities by the Cougars for five innings, but SIUE finally got to the Lady Govs pitchers in the sixth inning.

Austin Peay only trailed 2-1 heading into the bottom of the sixth, having given up only two runs, while stranding seven Cougars on base over the first five innings of play.

But SIU Edwardsville (9-15 1-3 OVC) got its offense rolling by opening the inning with three straight hits to make it 3-1.

Amy MillsSenior catcher Amy Mills got the first out of the inning by throwing out Jill Rackers, who was trying to steal second.

That only stemmed the tide for a moment, as the Cougars next five batters reached base – including two on singles and three on walks – to score its final three runs.

Amanda Lambrecht (6-6) got the win for SIUE, as she struck out seven in her six innings of work and retired 11 straight batters at one point.

Lauren de CastroLady Govs sophomore starting pitcher Lauren de Castro (4-3) took the loss, going four innings giving up two runs on six hits, while striking out two and walking two.

The Lady Govs scored their lone run in the top of the sixth inning, as they strung together three straight hits, beginning with a double by freshman Laurel Burroughs, followed by singles by freshman Paige Neely and de Castro – the latter single driving in Burroughs to make it 2-1.

The Cougars scored their first run in the bottom of the second inning when Alex McDavid was hit by a pitch to open the inning — and after de Castro struck out Chelsea Yankolovich for the first out – stole second and scored on a single by Taylor Tooley.

SIU Edwardsville’s other run came in the bottom of the fourth inning, as the Cougars recorded three straight hits – after the Lady Govs got the first out of the inning – with Rebecca Gray’s single driving in the run.

Senior Catie Cozart (double) and freshman Lauren Bradley (single) had the other two hits for the Lady Govs, as they were outhit 12-5 overall by the Cougars.

The two teams were scheduled to play a doubleheader on Saturday, but Game 1 was called in the top of the seventh inning due to lightning and rain.

With the first game being called, and the second game never getting started, the two teams will play now play a doubleheader on Sunday — starting at noon — instead of the regularly scheduled single game.

Box Score

Austin Peay Softball at SIU Edwardsville (Game 1)
March 17th, 2012 at Edwardsville, IL. (Cougar Field)

Austin Peay 1 (6-12,0-4 OVC)
Player ab r h rbi bb so po a lob
deCASTRO, Lauren p/dp 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0
BRADLEY, Lauren rf 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0
MILLS, Amy c 3 0 0 0 0 2 3 1 0
NORTON, Shelby 1b 3 0 0 0 0 1 6 1 3
COZART, Catie cf 2 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 0
ERVIN, Courtney ph/cf 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
RYAN, Jessica lf 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
RASMUSSEN, Sarah ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
BREWER, Morgan dp/p 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MILLS, Taylor p/dp 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
BURROUGHS, Laurel ss 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 0
NEELY, Paige 2b 2 0 1 0 0 0 5 1 0
DAVIDSON, Kayla 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
Totals 22 1 5 1 1 7 18 9 4
 
SIUE 6 (9-15,1-3 OVC)
Player ab r h rbi bb so po a lob
Barron, Lindsey lf/cf 3 1 1 0 1 1 2 0 2
Stanicek, Samantha c 3 1 2 1 0 0 9 0 0
Fulginiti, Brianna pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Coonrod, Rachel 3b 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
McDavid, Alex dp 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1
Yankolovich, Chelsea ss 4 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 0
Tooley, Taylor 2b 4 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 2
Davis, Whitney 1b 4 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 3
Riggs, Kayla pr 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gray, Rebecca rf 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
Toney, Brittany lf 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0
Rackers, Jill cf/rf 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2
Smallwood, Kam ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lambrecht, Amanda p 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
Totals 27 6 12 6 4 3 18 2 10
Score by Innings                  R  H  E
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Austin Peay......... 000 001 0 -  1  5  1
SIUE................ 010 104 X -  6 12  0
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Note: None out, 1 runner LOB when the game ended.

E – ERVIN(1). DP – Lady Govs 1; Cougars 1. LOB – Lady Govs 4; Cougars 10. 2B – COZART(4); BURROUGHS(1); TONEY(3). HBP – MCDAVID 2. SH – STANICEK(3). SB – MCDAVID(2); TOOLEY(4); GRAY(3). CS – RACKERS(2).

 

 

Austin Peay ip h r er bb so wp bk hbp ibb ab bf fo go np
deCASTRO, Lauren L,4-3 4.0 6 2 2 2 2 0 0 1 0 17 21 5 5 69
BREWER, Morgan 0.2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 3 1 0 18
MILLS, Taylor 1.1 5 4 4 2 0 0 0 1 0 7 10 0 2 49
 
SIUE ip h r er bb so wp bk hbp ibb ab bf fo go np
Lambrecht, Amanda W,6-6 6.0 5 1 1 1 7 0 0 0 0 22 23 9 1 86

 

Win – LAMBRECHT (6-6). Loss – deCASTRO (4-3). Save – None. HBP – by deCASTRO (MCDAVID); by MILLS T (MCDAVID). Pitches/strikes: deCASTRO 69/43; BREWER 18/11; MILLS T 49/24; LAMBRECHT 86/65. Umpires – HP: Charles McManus 1B: Rory Reynolds 3B: Michael Cohen
Start: 1:00pm Time: 1:54 Attendance: 183
Weather: 78 sunny
BREWER faced 1 batter in the 5th.
LAMBRECHT faced 1 batter in the 7th.
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