GREEN BAY, Wisc. – The IUPUI softball team won game one of the doubleheader at Green Bay in five innings with 15 hits, 11-0, then fell in game two 11-8.
Madison Bryant shut down the Phoenix offense in game one throwing a five-inning shutout with ten strikeouts while
Kendal Calvert knocked her first homer of the season.
Calvert opened game one with her first home run of the season over the right field wall giving the Jags the early 1-0 lead in the first inning.
IUPUI then tacked on four runs in the fourth inning. With the bases loaded and one out, Calvert singled through the right side to score
Maicey Bedrick and
Kasie Keyes.
Rachael Gregory then grounded out to shortstop to score
Kennedy Cowan followed by a double from
Kayla Freiberg to score Calvert extending the Jaguar lead to 5-0.
In the top of the fifth inning IUPUI scored six runs on seven hits and two Phoenix errors. Bedrick singled to third with Keyes and
Victoria Sivert scoring on the play. Cowan doubled to left field to score Bedrick then Gregory reached on a fielding error allowing Cowan to score.
Jordan Jenkins then singled to left center to score Gregory and Sivert singled up the middle scoring Freiberg, giving IUPUI the 11-0 lead.
Bryant sat down the Green Bay offense, one, two, three to end the game in five innings. Bryant earned her third win of the season giving up only two hits with ten strikeouts in five innings of work. Keyes went 3-for-3 in game one with two runs while Calvert collected three RBI. Cowan, Calvert, Jenkins, Sivert and Bedrick all recorded two hits each.
In game two, the Jags fell 11-8. IUPU stole the lead first with
Jaida Speth stealing home in the top of the third inning, 1-0. Sivert singled to right field to score
Kennedy Warbritton in the fourth inning to extend the Jags' lead to 2-0.
Green Bay took the lead in the fourth inning with three runs on three hits, 3-2. In the top of the fifth inning, IUPUI retook the lead with two runs on two hits. Gregory doubled to left field to score Cowan to tie it up. Then Freiberg singled to left center to score Gregory to take the lead, 4-3.
The Phoenix answered in the bottom half of the fifth frame with three runs on three hits, 6-4. IUPUI wouldn't answer until the seventh inning but not before Green Bay added a few insurance runs. In the bottom of the sixth inning, the Phoenix added five runs on six hits extending their lead to 11-4.
Down seven, the Jags fought to stay alive in the top of the seventh inning with four runs on three hits but it wasn't enough as Green Bay closed out the game, 11-8.
Freiberg went 4-for-4 at the plate with one run and one RBI while Sivert collected three RBI in game two. Calvert, Gregory,
Kinsey Pfieffer and Speth all recorded a hit in the loss.
IUPUI is now 7-18 overall and 4-2 in Horizon League play. They will close out the three-game series against Green Bay tomorrow with one game at 2:00 PM.
