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For Immediate Releasest. louis, missouri
April 4, 2009
Red devils finish road stretch 3-5, set to open busy home slate
In the 2008 season, Eureka College surprised the eventual SLIAC regular season and tournament champion Maryville University on the Saints home field with a 6-4 upset win. The Saints were ready for the Red Devils this time. Again playing at home, Maryville took both ends of a SLIAC twin bill Saturday by scores of 4-0 and 8-1.
Maryville (13-9, 2-0 SLIAC) pitcher Jaye O'Dell, who surrendered five earned runs and was tagged with the loss versus Eureka (5-15, 1-3 SLIAC) last year, got a measure of revenge by tossing a no-hitter in game one. She walked four, but did not allow an EC runner past first base.
Eureka pitcher Kelsey Brandt (Morton, Ill./HS) was not too shabby herself. She blanked the Saints in five of the six innings she pitched. Maryville's saving grace was a four-run fifth inning in which all of the runs scored with two outs.
Brandt scattered three hits, pitching around two errors over the first four stanzas, and was within one out of escaping a second and third situation in the fifth before Molli Updegraff delivered a two-run double down the right field line. The Saints went on to tack on two more RBI singles before the curtains closed on the rally.
Cathy Kalnicky (Bolingbrook, Ill./Plainfield), who reached base in the nightcap on a single and hit by pitch, drew one of the four walks by O'Dell in the opener. The walk kept Kalnicky's consecutive games reaching base streak alive to 17 straight games.
In game two, it was the Red Devils drawing first blood as Carissa Alig (Metamora, Ill./HS) led off the first inning with a single, went to second on a bunt and came home on a two-out RBI base hit by Nicole Ropp (Minonk, Ill./Fieldcrest).
Eureka held a 1-0 lead until the third when Maryville used a two-out rally of its own to tie the game. The Saints grabbed the lead for keeps in the fourth by way of another two-out run-scoring single. A five-run rally in the fifth burst the game open in Maryville's favor.
Eureka senior Abby Segal (Peoria, Ill./Limestone) struck out six Maryville hitters in seven innings. Kaylee Yates earned the win for Maryville, allowing three hits and one run over six frames.
If the Red Devils can heat up at home, they could benefit from a cushy home schedule the rest of the way in conference play. Eureka finishes with eight of its final 10 SLIAC contests at home, including their next doubleheader, which is scheduled for Wednesday, April 8 at 3:00 pm versus Greenville College. The Red Devils split a non-conference doubleheader at Greenville on March 25. The Panthers rolled in game one 8-0, but EC came back to take game two 1-0.
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Bryan Moore
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