COLUMBIA, Mo. – University of Missouri softball registered a 10-2 run-rule victory over SIUE Tuesday evening at Mizzou Softball Stadium.
With the win, Missouri moves to 22-24 in 2025. The run-rule victory is the fifth of the season for Mizzou.
MU has now scored 10 or more runs in two of the last three games.
The Tigers were led offensively by freshman Madison Uptegrove and junior Kayley Lenger. The duo both finished 3-for-3 at the plate for personal-best outings.
Uptegrove added a career-high four RBI with two runs and a homer. It marked her third career multi-RBI game and second career multi-hit game.
Lenger matched a personal-high two RBI to go with a home run, triple, run and a walk. The Liberty, Missouri, center fielder, has registered home runs in two of the last three games. She also has four multi-hit games and two multi-RBI games in 2025.
Taylor Pannell picked up the complete-game victory in the circle to improve to 5-5 in 2025. She is now 3-0 (all complete games) over four career starts (all in 2025). Pannell, a junior from Lee’s Summit, Missouri, allowed just one earned run on four hits with career-best eight strikeouts and a walk.
Missouri got on the board early in the first on an RBI from senior Taylor Ebbs.
A base hit to right field by sophomore Stefania Abruscato extended the lead over the opening inning to 2-0.
Lenger then tallied her career-best third home run of the season (fifth in career) as the Tigers would head to the third ahead 4-0 following a RBI fielder’s choice.
The Cougars would cut into the lead with a double steal of second and home in the third.
Uptegrove then recorded her third home run of the season over the fifth to extend the Tigers lead to 6-1.
SIUE then trimmed the edge to four before Mizzou secured the run-rule victory on a four-run sixth inning.
Ebbs led off with an RBI single to left field before Uptegrove added a two-run single to center.
Lenger then sealed the game with a triple to center field, bringing the advantage to eight (10-2) for the run-rule win.
Claire Cahalan extended her hitting streak to four games with a leadoff single to start the midweek. She finished with a career-best matching two hits (2-for-3, seventh time in career with two hits) with two runs, two stolen bases and a walk.
Abruscato is now on a five-game reached base streak following a 2-for-3 day (eighth multi-hit game in 2025) with a double, run, RBI and a walk.
Ebbs hit safely for the third straight game. She went 2-for-4 with a season-best three RBI (fifth time in 2025). She is 6-for-10 at the plate over the last three games. Ebbs now has 11 multi-hit games and a team-leading 10 multi-RBI games in 2025.
MU had a season-best four stolen bases Tuesday in the Tigers’ final regular-season midweek contest.
UP NEXT
- The Tigers next host a three-game SEC series against top ranked Texas A&M Thursday through Saturday at Mizzou Softball Stadium.
- Thursday and Friday’s games will be streamed on SEC Network+ and Saturday’s series finale will air on SEC Network. Noah Reed will handle play-by-play duties throughout the series, joined by former Mizzou softball player and NFCA All-Region pitcher Madi Norman Gerlach (Thursday and Friday) and Olympic Gold medalist Monica Abbott (Saturday).
FOLLOW THE TIGERS
- For all the latest on Mizzou Softball, stay tuned to MUTigers.com and follow the team @MizzouSoftball (X, Instagram, Facebook).
- The Diamond Club is accepting new members. Email MAF@missouri.edu or call 573-882-0704 to join.
- Join us in Expanding the Tradition of excellence in Mizzou Softball! This special initiative focuses on building a Rock M at the Mizzou Softball Stadium, a centerpiece of Tiger pride. The Rock M debuted this season at the Mizzou Softball Stadium.
