GAME INFORMATION
Final Score: Southern Illinois 5, Loyola 0
Records: SIU (16-8, 2-0); Loyola (15-9, 0-2)
Location: Charlotte West Stadium -- Carbondale, Ill.
Pitchers of Record:W: Savanna Dover (3-5); L: Kiley Jones (7-3)
Stats: Box Score

In Short...
Southern Illinois scored four runs in the first inning and Loyola struggled to string hits together as the Ramblers dropped a 5-0 decision in the second game of today's doubleheader in Carbondale.

Coach Jeff Tylka Says...
"We did not execute all day with runners in scoring position and, on the other side of it, we did not make the pitches we needed to when they had scoring chances. SIU competed better than we did today and we need to come out tomorrow and do better."

How It Happened
+ Southern Illinois jumped on starter Kiley Jones right away, as the first three batters of the game singled to load the bases
+ A two-run double by Shaye Harre got the Salukis on the board and the home team added two more in the opening frame
+ Sydney Jones hit a solo home run with two outs in the second to extend the SIU advantage
+ The Ramblers had a great chance to make a dent in the deficit in the fourth, as Brooke Wyderski led off the inning with a triple
+ However, two strikeouts sandwiched a line out to centerfield and Wyderski was stranded on third
+ Loyola could not do anything with a leadoff walk in the fifth and managed only one baserunner over the final two innings

Inside The Box Score
+ After the slow start, Jones really settled in and allowed only two hits over her final four innings
+ Wyderski, who missed the first game of the doubleheader, returned to the lineup and went 1-for-3 with that triple
+ That marked the first game that she has missed in her career (played in 72 straight games)
+ The Ramblers were 0-for-12 with runners on base in the game and only 3-for-29 (.103) in such at-bats in the two games today

Next Up
The teams close out the season with a single game at 1 p.m. tomorrow afternoon.