Austin Peay Sports Information
Clarksville, TN – Austin Peay State University’s softball team will continue its current nine-game home stand by hosting Evansville, 4:00pm, Wednesday, in a non-conference doubleheader at Cheryl Holt Field.
The Lady Govs (8-21) enter the matchup coming off a split of last Saturday’s Ohio Valley Conference doubleheader with Morehead State and winning three of its last four non-conference contests.
Evansville (7-30) comes into the twinbill having not won in almost a month, riding an 11-game losing streak, with its last win coming against Loyola, March 15th.
Offensively, Niya Sparks (.324/6 HR/16 RBI) leads three Lady Govs hitting .300-or-better through the first 29 games of the season for Austin Peay, with Chandler Groves (.314/4 HR/22 RBI) and Christiana Gable (.300/5 HR/26 RBI) rounding out the trio.
The Purple Aces are led at the plate by Danielle Freeman, who, despite having play a little more than half Evansville’s contest, comes in hitting at a .377 clip and a team-high eight home runs. She has driven in 17.
In the circle, Natalie Ayala (4-7, 6.42 ERA, 19 Ks) lead the Lady Govs pitching staff, with Sidney Hooper (2-6, 7.05 ERA, 20 Ks) also having multiple wins this season for APSU.
Evansville’s Amanda Blankenship (5-20, 6.19 ERA, 88 Ks) has been the workhorse for the Purple Aces this season.
