INDIANAPOLIS – The IUPUI softball team opened Horizon League play when they split a doubleheader with Oakland on Tuesday. The Jags fell in the first game, 8-1 but evened the day with a walk off win in game two, 6-5.
IUPUI took the lead in game one in the bottom of the first inning with one run on four hits.
Kendal Calvert reached on a bunt single then after advancing to third base, Rachel Gregory knocked a single to center field to score Calvert.
In the top of the second inning, Oakland took the lead with seven runs on four hits. The Jags couldn't answer as the Golden Grizzlies' Sydney Campbell threw six scoreless innings after the one-run first to seal the victory. Oakland added an insurance run in the top of the sixth to finish the game at, 8-1.
Carly Metcalf took the loss on the mound giving up five runs on two hits and five walks with 11 strikeouts in 6.1 innings of work. Gregory went 2-for-3 at the plate with the lone RBI. Calvert,
Kayla Freiberg,
Victoria Sivert and
Jaida Speth each recorded a hit as well.
After the loss, the Jags rallied to split the doubleheader with a game two victory in walk off fashion, 6-5.
The Jags once again took an early lead with one run in the bottom of the second inning.
Kasie Keyes singled up the middle to score Gregory giving the Jags the 1-0 lead. IUPUI extended their lead to 2-0 when Gregory doubled to right center scoring Calvert in the third frame.
In the top of the fourth inning, Oakland took the lead with four runs on four hits. The Jags wasted no time, tying the game at 4-4 with two runs in the bottom half of the fourth. Speth continued her successful second game with a triple to center field to score Sivert then
Kennedy Cowan singled to left field to score Speth.
The Golden Grizzlies once again took the lead with one run in the top of the fifth frame when Taylor Carraway singled up the middle to score Reese Ruhlman, 5-4.
IUPUI tied the game with one run in the bottom of the sixth inning with a double from Calvert to score Speth. With the game tied at five runs each,
Madison Bryant and the IUPUI defense shut down the Oakland's offense, going three up, three down.
In the bottom of the seventh inning, the Jags put two runners on with two outs for Speth to knock her fourth hit of the day scoring Keyes to walk it off, 6-5.
Bryant earned her first win of the season throwing a complete game giving up five runs on eight hits with five walks and nine strikeouts. Speth led the Jaguar offense going 4-for-4 with two runs, two RBI, a double and a triple. Cowan, Calvert and Sivert each collected two hits while Gregory,
Jordan Jenkins and Keyes knocked one hit each.
With the split, IUPUI is now 4-15 and 1-1 in the Horizon League. The Jags are set to travel across town for a 5:00 PM first pitch at Butler tomorrow, March 22.
