Racers Visit Drake for Road Conference Series

Saturday, April 1

Des Moines, Iowa

2 p.m.

Murray State

Drake

Photo by: David Eaton-Murray State Athletics

3/30/2023 9:33:00 PM | Softball

Game Notes (PDF)

Murray State softball travels to Des Moines for second road conference series of the season.

Date (Time): Mar. 31-Apr. 2 (3 p.m., 2 p.m., 12 p.m.)
Site (Venue): Des Moines, Iowa (Buel Field)
Opponents: Drake
TV: ESPN+ and ESPN3 (PxP & Analyst: Kevin Croft & Laura Leonard))
Live Stats: GoRacers.com
Overall (Streak): Murray leads 2-0 (Won 2)
In Murray (Streak): -
In Des Moines (Streak): -
At Neutral Sites (Streak): 2-0 (Won 2)
Last 5 vs. Drake: WW---
First Meeting: W 5-3 (2/16/2018 at Starkville, Miss.)
Last Meeting: W 8-0 (6 Inn.) (2/9/2020 at Cedar Falls, Iowa)
Biggest MSU Win: 8 Runs
(W 8-0 (6 Inn.) 2/9/2020 at Cedar Falls, Iowa)
Biggest MSU Loss: -
Amundson vs. Drake: Amundson leads 2-0
Amundson vs. Calvert: Same

In A Nutshell
The Murray State softball travels to Drake for their second Missouri Valley Conference road series of the season, Friday through Sunday.

Series at Glance
This will be the third meeting between the Racers and the Bulldogs. MSU took the win in their last meeting in 2020.

Scouting Drake
Drake is 7-20 on the season and 0-6 in conference play. The Bulldogs are coming off a midweek 9-0 win over Creighton. They are 0-3 in the last conference against Indiana State.

Emma Deighton leads the Bulldogs in RBI (22), and slugging percentage (.556). Kristen Arias leads in batting average .333. Mackenzie Hupke leads from the circle with a 3.43 ERA and 59 strikeouts.