For the second straight day, the Ball State University softball team on Saturday split its two games in the Phyllis Rafter Memorial Tournament in Woodstock, Ga.
The Cardinals (2-2) lost to Mercer University before bouncing back to defeat host Kennesaw State University.
Game one: Mercer 9, Ball State 1 (six innings)
The number four wasn't Ball State's friend in its game against Mercer.
The Cardinals committed four errors and the Bears had two four-run innings, as Ball State lost 9-1 Saturday afternoon as the eight-run-rule came into the effect in the bottom of the sixth.
Mercer pitcher Jenni Holtz went the distance, pitching six innings and striking out 10 Ball State batters.
Ball State catcher Sadie Robertson went 1-for-3 with the Cardinals' lone RBI against the Bears.
Game two: Ball State 1, Kennesaw State 0
If there was any question about how Elizabeth Milian would return as the reigning Mid-American Conference pitcher of the year, the senior so far has answered as being even better than advertised.
Milian pitched her second straight complete game shutout, striking out 13 Kennesaw State hitters as the Cardinals defeated the hosts 1-0.
Second baseman Meredith Nash provided Ball State's lone run of the game, an RBI single to left field plating first baseman Jen Reifschneider in the bottom of the second.
Milian, meanwhile, set the tone early, striking out the side in the first and the second innings.
Up next: Southern Illinois
Ball State completes play in the tournament today with a 10:30 a.m. first pitch against Southern Illinois University (7-2), winners of five in a row.
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