Illinois State Ended Five-Game Stint With Win

BATON ROUGE, La. – The Illinois State softball team (12-11) ended its five-game stint in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, with a 7-3 win at Southern University (4-10) on Monday afternoon.

Morgan Day tossed double-digit strikeouts for the seventh time this season in a complete-game effort, while Kaili Chval and Taylor Vanderpool each turned in multi-hit performances at the plate.

BIRD BITS

Top Offensive Players:

Kaili Chval: 2-for-4, 2 R, RBI Taylor Vanderpool: 2-for-3, 2 R Kadi Borries (Teutopolis): 1-for-3, 2 RBI, HR

Pitching Breakdown:

Morgan Day: 7.0 IP, 6 H, 3 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 11 K

BY THE NUMBERS / KEY INNINGS

The Jags jumped on the board in the opening frame, scratching a pair of unearned runs across.Andrea Coursey knocked a one-out double to right field, before Kadi Borries went yard for the third time this season to knot the game at two-all.

Illinois State extended its lead in the third, as three-straight hits from Vanderpool, Emme Olson and Chval, helped kick-start the Redbirds’ offense in the inning and push ISU to a 5-2 advantage.

Southern responded in the bottom of the inning, lifting a two-out homer over the wall.

Two strikeouts from Morgan Day highlighted a 1-2-3 inning for the Redbirds in the fourth, before ISU jumped out in front, 7-3.

in the fifth on a trio of hits from three different Redbirds and sacrifice fly from Brittni LaFountaine.Day recorded her 10th and 11th strikeout in the final frame, securing her seventh win in the circle this season.

ON DECK

Illinois State will remain on the road and open Missouri Valley Conference play this weekend at Southern Illinois, before hosting Bowling Green for its home opener on March 17. For more information on the 2020 Redbirds’ promotional schedule, please visit GoRedbirds.com.