Winning streak continues as Red Devils drop Eagles

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – Junior Bridget Bankes (East Peoria, Ill./East Peoria [Heartland]) blasted a two-run shot in the seventh to give the Eureka College softball team the tying and go-ahead run in a 4-1 non-conference victory over Robert Morris-Springfield, Wednesday afternoon in Springfield. The Red Devils rallied the bats in the nightcap, running away with a 12-2 triumph.

Eureka improves to an impressive 24-2 on the season, including 16-straight victories. The win total for the season only trails a pair of 30-win seasons (1990 and 1996) for most wins in a single season in school history.

Senior Savanna Tapper (East Peoria, Ill./East Peoria) and freshman Kerrigan Dura (Brimfield, Ill./Brimfield) extended Eureka's lead to 4-1 with a pair of RBI-singles following Bankes home run.

Sophomore Kali George (East Peoria, Ill./East Peoria) shined the circle notching her 13^th victory in the circle. The right-hander scattering four hits while striking out three.

Dura and junior Lexi Litwiller (Eureka, Ill./Eureka [Lincoln Col.]) each doubled twice in game two, with Litwiller driving in three and Dura adding two.

George supplied a pair of hits, including a double, and two RBIs.

Eureka's top five batters all scored twice in the nightcap.

Junior Rachel Patterson (Tremont, Ill./Tremont [ICC]) pitched her way to her 11^th victory of the season. Patterson allowed four hits, one earned run, struck out five and walked no one.

Eureka travels to Greenville on Saturday for a pair of conference contests against the Panthers. Scheduled first pitch of game one is set for 1 p.m.