Karli Ricketts at the plate this season. Ricketts and the Butler softball team moved to 15-27 on the season with a 1-2 series loss at Creighton. Jimmy Lafakis/Collegian file photo.
The Butler softball team closed its three-game road series against Creighton with an 8-0 win over Creighton in five innings on April 20.
Sophomore ace Alyssa Graves was dominant in five innings for the Bulldogs. She threw a one-hitter and struck out seven batters. Graves retired 16 of 19 batters in her five innings.
Graves allowed a leadoff single into left field and walked a pair of batters for Creighton’s only baserunners of the day.