HUNTSVILLE, ALA. – The No. 14 ranked University of St. Louis softball team bounced back from a 4-0 setback to Shorter on Friday to hand Trevecca Nazarene a 13-5 loss in five innings as the Tritons closed out play in the Charger Chillout.
 
UMSL ends its opening weekend with a 2-2 record. The Tritons return to Arkansas next weekend for the 9-State Classic where they will play six games from Friday through Sunday.
 
Game 1: Shorter 4, UMSL 0
How It Happened
Shorter (4-3) scored all four runs in the first three innings, including a two-run homer in the first.
 
The Hawks' Payton Lippert retired the first eight Triton batters she faced until issuing a walk to sophomore CoCo Caraway and a single from junior Reagan Osborn in the third inning.
 
UMSL finished with just four hits in the game, two of which came in the seventh inning, when the Tritons got their first runner to third base and left the bases loaded to end the game.
 
Inside the Box Score
Also collecting hits were Caraway, who added two walks, senior Jennah Perryman and freshman Carlie Kudary.
 
Caraway took the loss in the circle, scattering eight hits in four and two-thirds of an inning.  
 
Game 2: UMSL 13, Trevecca Nazarene 5 (5 inn.)
How It Happened
Junior Serena Olson tallied six RBI, three of which came on a first inning home run, while Perryman drove in four runs behind a pair of doubles.
 
UMSL plated four runs each in the first and second innings, two in third and three in the fifth
 
Inside the Box Score
The Tritons tallied 10 hits, including two each from Olson, Perryman and Osborn. UMSL also drew seven walks with sophomore Morgan Hill and junior Lizzy Miller taking two each.
 
Sophomore Andee Tiffee earned her first win of the season in two and one-thirds inning of relief work. She allowed one run on two hits, walked one and struck out two.