EVANSVILLE, Ind. – Taking a 5-0 lead in the second inning, Bellarmine fended off a rally by the University of Evansville softball team to take a 9-5 win on Wednesday afternoon inside Cooper Stadium. Box Score (PDF) Trailing 6-0 in the third, Evansville scored in three consecutive innings to get within two runs before Bellarmine reeled off the final two runs to finish off the win. Marah Wood had two hits and two RBI while Zoe Frossard added two hits of her own.
Bellarmine opened the scoring with five runs in the top half of the second.