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Katie Kasubke
3
Loyola LOYOLA 15-7
5
Winner Missouri State MSU 17-9
Loyola LOYOLA
15-7
3
Final
5
Missouri State MSU
17-9
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Loyola LOYOLA 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 3 6 3
Missouri State MSU 0 2 2 1 0 0 X 5 8 0

W: Steffany Dickerson (10-3) L: Dolezal, Keenan (6-3)

Game Recap: Softball |

Missouri State Edges Loyola, 5-3, in Series Finale

In Short…
Loyola fell to Missouri State in another close game on Sunday (March 17). The Ramblers got two hits from Shannon McGee and runs batted in from Abbey Jacobsen and Allyson Ivey. Katie Kasubke also knocked in a run, which came off a solo home run.
 
How It Happened
The Bears jumped out to an early 2-0 lead in the bottom of the third with a pair of unearned runs. The lead was doubled to 4-0 an inning later with a single to right.
 
Needing to string together some runs quickly, Loyola got on the board in its half of the fourth. Shannon McGee extended her hitting streak to five games with a double to left field that got the leadoff batter in scoring position. Two batters later, Allyson Ivey registered an infield single to bring McGee home and get the Ramblers on the board.
 
The scoring didn't stop there. Abbey Jacobsen knocked in her second RBI in a span of three games to bring the Ramblers back within two with a clutch two-out single to left.
 
After entering the game in the third in relief, Kiley Jones ran into her only trouble of the outing with a runners on second and third situation, with one out. A heads up play by McGee doubled off Darby Joerling for her second outfield assist of the season, but a run crossed before the out to put the Bears up 5-2.
 
Katie Kasubke blasted a 1-1 fastball over the left field fence to lead off the top of the sixth to trim the deficit to two, but Missouri State starter Steffany Dickerson settled down and didn't allow a baserunner the rest of the way. The Bears edged the Ramblers, 5-3, in the Sunday morning tilt.
 
A Look at the Numbers
-Shannon McGee's two hits gave her an even 30 on the season. She also will enter next weekend with an even 50 total bases to her credit.
-McGee and Jessica Shields each tallied four hits over the MVC opening series to lead the Ramblers.
-Kiley Jones compiled another appearance without allowing an earned run, dropping her season ERA to just a hair over one (1.04).
-After shaking up the batting order for Sunday, each of the Ramblers' top-four hitters in the lineup notched a hit.
 
Up Next
The Ramblers continue its road swing in Evansville, Ind. for a weekend series at the University of Evansville. The Saturday-Sunday series lasts from March 23-24.
 
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