5/9/08
Errors Cost ISU in 5-4 Loss to Missouri State in MVC Semifinals
Junior pitcher/first baseman Amber Smith hit her Missouri Valley Conference record 40th-career home run, but in the end, four errors in the game, including three in the fifth inning, cost the Redbirds a shot at the State Farm Missouri Valley Conference championship game, as the second-seeded Illinois State softball team (28-20) suffered a 5-4 loss to No. 7-seed Missouri State (28-21) in the semifinals of the MVC Tournament Friday afternoon at Southern Illinois' Charlotte West Stadium in Carbondale, Ill.
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