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Kaylynn Salyars
Scott Kane
Kaylynn Salyars
5
Winner SIUE SIUE 1-0
0
UMass Lowell UML 0-2
Winner
SIUE SIUE
1-0
5
Final
0
UMass Lowell UML
0-2
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
SIUE SIUE 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 5 10 2
UMass Lowell UML 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2

W: Henderson, Emma (1-0) L: SLANOVEC, Jen (0-1)

4
SIUE SIUE 1-1
5
Winner UTSA UTSA 2-0
SIUE SIUE
1-1
4
Final
5
UTSA UTSA
2-0
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 R H E
SIUE SIUE 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 4 6 1
UTSA UTSA 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 9 3

W: Ava Eldridge (1-0) L: Arwood, Avery (0-1)

Game Recap: Softball | | Eric Hess, SIUE Athletic Communications

Cougars Open Season with Shutout Victory

SAN ANTONIO, Texas - Emma Henderson tossed six innings of shutout softball and hit SIUE's first home run of the 2025 season Friday as the Cougars began the UTSA Tournament with a 5-0 victory over UMass Lowell.

The Cougars finished the day with a 5-4 loss in eight innings against host UTSA.

In game one Friday, SIUE freshman McKayla Anderson threw the seventh inning for the Cougars and clinched the shutout. Henderson and Anderson combined on a two-hitter.

Emma Henderson blasted a two-run home run in the four-run fourth innings for the Cougars. Her home run broke a scoreless tie with no one out in the fourth.

Kaylynn Salyars continued the fourth inning with an RBI single that drove home pinch runner Abby Harvell. Arissah Garza later added an RBI single that drove home Salyars.

Yslava would score an insurance run in the fifth, scoring on a bases-loaded wild pitch.

SIUE collected 10 hits in its season debut with two each from Emma Henderson, Yslava and Carle Bachman.

In Friday's second game, SIUE and UTSA battled back and forth,

Emma Henderson got the Cougars started with an infield RBI that scored Yslava in the first inning.

UTSA jumped out to a 3-1 lead in the second inning on RBI singles from Skylar Rucker and Sabrina Wick.

A second home run in as many games by Emma Henderson, another two-run homer made it 3-3 in the third.

UTSA jumped ahead once again in the fifth on an RBI double by Makayla Madrid.

SIUE picked up a clutch hit in the seventh by Anna Henderson. She gapped a double to right center than allowed Yslava to score yet another key run for the day.

Avery Arwood threw seven innings for the Cougars and took the loss. UTSA put the first two runners on base against Arwood. After Kiana Villa entered the game to pitch for SIUE, UTSA moved a runner over and then scored on a infield grounder by Rucker.

Next up for the Cougars is the final game of the round robin portion of play. The Cougars face Weber State in a 10:30 a.m. contest. Later Saturday, SIUE will be playing round one of the bracket portion of the tournament at either 3:30 p.m. or 6 p.m.
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