EVANSVILLE, Ind. – The Drake University softball team started Missouri Valley Conference play with a sweep of the Evansville Purple Aces on Saturday. Drake (11-10, 2-0 MVC) won game number one over Evansville (11-11, 0-2 MVC) by a score of 4-2 and then took game two, 4-3.
In the first game, Drake starter Nicole Newman (Madison, Wis.) pitched a complete game for the Bulldogs. Newman allowed just two runs on five hits while striking out six and walking just one.
The offense wasted little time helping Newman by scoring one run in the first inning on Taryn Pena's (Columbia, Ill.