CLINTON, S.C. - The IUPUI softball team dropped a pair of contests on Friday (Feb. 17) at the Pinnacle PC Invitational, falling to Seton Hall and host Presbyterian on day one of the tournament. Rachel Gregory led the IUPUI offense on day one, going 4-for-6 at the dish.
Game #1 - Seton Hall 6, IUPUI 0
In game one, the IUPUI offense mustered just two hits against a pair of Seton Hall pitchers in falling, 6-0.
Seton Hall got all the offense it would need in the second inning when it pushed across a pair of runs against
Madison Bryant (0-2). The Pirates set the table with back-to-back walks before Colonnetta singled through the left side for the game's first run. Carr later drove in a run with a sacrifice fly to make it 2-0.
Hill led the Seton Hall (1-2) offense, going 2-for-3 with a pair of homers and three runs batted in.
IUPUI mounted a threat in the top of the seventh as
Abbey Haas led off by being hit by a pitch. Rachel Gregory followed with a single and after a strikeout,
Maicey Bedrick reached on an error to load the bases. However, SHU got a strikeout and lineout to end the game and complete the shutout.
Gregory went 2-for-3 at the dish, accounting for both of IUPUI's knocks.
Game #2 - Presbyterian 6, IUPUI 3
In the nightcap, IUPUI had four players with two hits apiece, but left six runners on base in the loss.
IUPUI (1-4) struck first with a run in the top of the third as
Jaida Speth doubled home
Kelli Riordan on a drive to left. Presbyterian (5-0) tied the score in the bottom half of the inning and then plated four more runs in the fourth to make it 5-1. The big blow came when Layna Johnson laced a bases loaded single to center and came all the way around to score on a fielding error on the play.
IUPUI pushed a run across in the fifth when
Jordan Jenkins scored on
Morgan Gilbert's infield single on the heels of Speth's second double of the day.
In the sixth, Jenkins plated
Kasie Keyes with a solid single to center to make it 6-3, but was left stranded.
Gilbert, Gregory, Jenkins and Speth all had two hits and Jenkins reached all three times at-bat.
Carly Metcalf suffered the loss, yielding six runs (three earned) in six innings of work.
IUPUI will return to action on Saturday (Feb. 18) when they face Appalachian State and Presbyterian on day two of the three-day event.
