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ROSEMONT, Ill. (February 10, 2018)
In Short
Eastern Kentucky (3-1) scored three runs in the final two innings to rally from a two-run deficit and stun Loyola University Chicago (1-2), 5-4, this afternoon at the Total Control Sports Invitational at The Dome in Rosemont.
How It Happened
The Colonels got on the board first, scoring twice in the top of the second inning, but Loyola answered back in the bottom of the fourth with a four-run inning to seize a 4-2 lead.
Brooke Wilson got the Loyola offense started in the fourth with a lead-off triple to right field and later scored on
Jamie O'Brien's bunt single to cut the Eastern Kentucky lead in half.
Ashley Parenti followed with a double to left to tie the score and following a pitching change,
Shannon McGee greeted Tori Peterson with a two-run triple to right that gave the Ramblers a two-run advantage.
EKU knotted things up in the top of the sixth however when Mollie Paulick crushed a two-run blast to left center, and the Colonels grabbed the lead in the seventh on Destinee Lizzmore's two-out RBI double.
Loyola mounted a threat in the bottom of the seventh, when
Allyson Ivey started a rally with a two-out single. Wilson followed with a base hit in the gap in right center to give the Ramblers runners at the corners, but the rally was thwarted when
Jordyn Cordell grounded into a fielder's choice to end the game.
A Look At The Numbers
- McGee went 2-for-4 with a pair of RBI and Wilson tallied a pair of hits as the duo accounted for half of Loyola's eight hits in the game.
- Keenan Dolezal scattered four hits and struck out two in five innings of relief.
Up Next
Loyola plays Fort Wayne at 4:30 p.m. today.
