In Short
The Loyola University Chicago softball team defeated Omaha, 11-3 on Friday, Feb. 7 before falling to Miami (OH), 8-10. On Saturday, Feb. 8 the Maroon & Gold fell to Green Bay, 2-1 before winning on a walk-off over Butler, 4-3.
 
How It Happened
 
Game One: Loyola 11, Omaha 3
First-year head coach Alicia Abbott picked up her first victory as a collegiate head coach on Friday, guiding the Ramblers to an 11-3 win over Nebraska-Omaha. The Maroon & Gold scored six runs alone in the first inning against Omaha before taking an 8-0 advantage after two innings.

Omaha cut into the lead in the third inning with two runs before scoring its final in the sixth. Loyola secured the 11-3 victory in the sixth inning with another pair of runs. Complete statistics of the game will be posted at a later time.
 
Game Two: Miami 10, Loyola 8
Miami took a 1-0 lead in the top of the first, but Loyola answered with four runs in the bottom of the first. After a pair of hits from Ebeling and McGee, a wild pitch from Miami scored one run and advanced McGee to third. Continuing the momentum on a walk and a stolen base from Allyson Ivey, Emily Borg crushed an RBI single up the middle to send McGee home. Katie Polaski came up the plate and cleared the bases on a triple play, putting Loyola up 4-1.
 
The score remained 4-1 until Miami tied the game at four runs in the top of the third before Loyola posted two runs in the bottom of the fourth to take a 6-4 lead.
 
After a walk from Nova Sinskul and a single from Jessica Shields, Ebeling cranked out a two RBI double. 
 
Miami made a huge comeback in the top of the seventh, scoring six runs. Loyola put up a valiant effort in the bottom of the seventh, scoring two more runs before falling short, 10-8.
 
Game Three: Green Bay 2, Loyola 1 
Green Bay got out to an early lead, scoring both of its runs in the top of the first. After the Ramblers manufactured their lone run of the game from Shields, the rest of the game would remain scoreless. Junior pitcher Madison Veres came in for six innings of relief, only surrendering two hits and no runs.
 
Game Four: Loyola 4, Butler 3
The Ramblers opened the gate with a single and a stolen base from Shields followed by an Ebeling sacrifice bunt and an RBI single from Ivey. Butler answered in the fourth inning with an RBI double to tie the game.
 
Loyola quickly answered off the bats of Sinskul and Shields before Butler regained the lead with a two-run response at the top of the sixth.
 
After another pair of singles from Shields and Ebeling, a McGee two-run double would end the game in walk-off fashion.
 
A Look At The Numbers
- Jessica Shields batted .500, tallying four runs, six hits and one RBI.
- Katie Polaski batted .400, recording four hits, one double, one triple and two RBI.
 
Up Next
Loyola plays its final match of the Rambler Rumble tomorrow, facing IUPUI at 12:30 p.m.