SIUE (8-13, 0-0 Ohio Valley)
vs. Murray State (16-8, 0-0 Ohio Valley)
Saturday - Noon DH
Sunday - Noon single game
Edwardsville, Ill. (Cougar Field)

• SIUE and South Dakota split a doubleheader Wednesday. Lexi King threw a six-hit shutout in game two.
• This is the first Ohio Valley Conference games of the regular season. SIUE has a three-game series with every OVC opponent except Eastern Illinois. The SIUE-EIU series includes a home doubleheader for each school.
• Among Grace Lueke's four home runs Monday at the Saluki Invitational was a walk-off solo home run against Northern Illinois. It was SIUE's first walk-off home run since Reagan Curtis in 2018.
• Lueke now leads the Cougars with seven home runs. That is the second most in the OVC this season. She also leads the OVC in walks per game (0.62).
• Lexi King leads the Cougars in hits with 24 from the leadoff position in the lineup.
• Lauren Yslava leads the starters in hitting with a .371 average and has just one fewer hit than King with 23.
• Ashlyn Betz recorded her first career hit and RBI Monday against South Dakota.
• Mia Haynes holds the pitching staff lead in strikeouts (61) and wins (4).
• Haynes became the 19th pitcher in school history to record a no-hitter with an 8-0, five-inning win over Louisiana Tech at the Best on the Bayou Classic. It also is the 14th no-hitter of the Division I era for SIUE.