Softball season comes to an end at MVC Championship

DES MOINES, Iowa – Scoring seven runs in the first two innings, Northern Iowa finished with a 10-2 win over the University of Evansville softball team on Thursday evening at Buel Field on the second day of the Missouri Valley Conference Championship. Box Score UNI got on the board when Kate Lappe hit a 3-run home run in the bottom of the first. The Purple Aces immediately responded in the top of the second. Jess Willsey hit a leadoff double before the hero from UE's opening game – Eliza Piggott approached the plate with two outs. She came through once...