SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – The University of Evansville baseball team launched eight home runs on Saturday, and the Purple Aces' pitching staff combined to strike out 25 men, as UE opened Missouri Valley Conference play with a doubleheader sweep of Missouri State at Hammons Field in Springfield, Missouri. With the two wins, Evansville has now won eight games in a row and 15 out of the last 17 overall.
"What a great day at the ballpark today!" said UE head coach Wes Carroll. "We had different guys up and down our lineup really step up offensively, and I thought that our pitchers did an outstanding job of keeping a very good Missouri State lineup off-balance today.