April 30, 2004

Box Score

EAST PEORIA, Ill.-The Lewis softball team jumped out to 4-0 lead through five innings against Missouri-St. Louis then waited 15 hours to complete the game due to inclement weather. After resuming play, neither team scored in the final two innings and Lewis advanced with the 4-0 victory.

The Flyers were coming to the plate in the top of the sixth inning when a lightning alarm stopped play. Rain soon followed and the game was eventually postponed until 1 p.m. Saturday afternoon.

Crystal Bowen put the Flyers on the board in the first inning when she catapulted a line-shot, two-run home run over the left centerfield wall. She finished the game 3-for-4 with two RBI.

Lewis added two more runs in the fifth inning on an Amy Yusko RBI single and a first and third double steal that plated Amy Roberts.

Mary Jaszczak was in the circle and allowed just three hits while striking out four in seven innings of work. She loaded the bases in the first inning by hitting three batters, but struck out UMSL's Kim Kulaitis to end the threat.

Lewis continues play in the winner's bracket when it will face top-seeded Northern Kentucky at approximately 7:30 p.m. Saturday night.

GLVC Tournament Results through game 8: UMSL 8, SIUE 4 Northern Kentucky 6, Quincy 0 Wisconsin-Parkside 2, Southern Indiana 0 Southern Indiana 1, Indianapolis 0 (Indianapolis eliminated) SIU Edwardsville 8, Quincy 0 (Quincy eliminated) Lewis 4, UMSL 0 Northern Kentucky 2, Wisconsin-Parkside 1