Blaine Kinsey

GoSycamores.com

BLOOMINGTON, Ind.—Despite holding an early 3-0 lead after the first half inning, the Indiana State softball team fell to in-state rival Indiana Wednesday at Andy Mohr Field.

The Sycamores jumped out to an early lead as junior Rylee Holland drew a one out walk before junior Brooke Riemenschneider singled to put two runners on. Freshman Shaye Barton then hit a single to score Holland before Riemenschneider scored on a catching error to give the Sycamores a 2-0 lead. 

Junior Erika Crissman then hit a double to right center field to score Barton and give the Sycamores a 3-0 lead after one half inning of play.

The Hoosier offense got going in the bottom of the first inning, scoring one in the first and one in the second to cut the Sycamore lead to 3-2. The Hoosiers then took the lead in the bottom of the third scoring four runs and extending their lead to 9-3 in the bottom of the fourth.

In the top of the 5th inning, the Sycamores answered back when Riemenschneider was hit by a pitch with one out before Barton reached on a fielders choice where the Hoosiers did not record an out.

Crissman then recorded her second RBI of the game on a single up the middle to score Riemenschneider before Barton scored on an RBI groundout by Cavin to cut the lead to 9-5, heading to the bottom of the fifth.

The Hoosiers kept the offense going, however, scoring one run in the bottom of the fifth and two in the bottom of the sixth to make it 12-5 heading to the top of the 7th inning.

The Sycamores got runners on in the seventh but were unable to cut into the Hoosier lead as they fell by a final score of 12-5.

Indiana State will return to action Friday, when they host Drake in the first two games of a three-game series at Price Field beginning at 2 p.m.