Box Score BLOOMINGTON, Ill. – The IUPUI softball team defeated Green Bay to open the Hoosier Classic at Indiana University on Saturday in five innings, 10-2. The Jaguars recorded 12 hits in the victory. Sophomore
Isabelle Waggner earned her first win of the season.
IUPUI took the early lead with two runs on two hits in the bottom of the first inning.
Kendal Calvert singled on a bunt to give the Jags a runner. With two outs and Calvert on third,
Rachael Gregory reached on a throwing error by the Phoenix third baseman to score Calvert.
Morgan Gilbert followed with a triple to left center to score Gregory extended the Jags lead, 2-0.
Green Bay cut the lead in half with one run on three hits in the top of the third inning, but the Jags wasted no time in the bottom half of the inning. Gilbert knocked a homer over the left field fence to give IUPUI the 3-1 lead.
The Phoenix scored one more run in the top of the fourth frame with two hits. IUPUI stopped the threat immediately with four runs on five hits in the bottom half of the inning. With the bases loaded, Gregory singled to center field scoring
Kennedy Cowan and
Jaida Speth.
Victoria Sivert then singled up the middle to score Gregory and
Kendal Calvert to extend the lead to 7-2.
IUPUI sealed the win in the bottom of the fifth inning with three runs on three hits. Cowan doubled down the left field line to score
Jaylin Calvert.
Kendal Calvert then doubled on a bunt to score Cowan and
Jaida Speth to end the game at 10-2.
Kendal Calvert went 4-for-4 on the day with two RBI, one double and two runs while Gilbert went 2-for-2 with two RBI, one triple, one homerun and one run. Gregory collected three RBI while Sivert totaled two RBI. Cowan recorded two hits for the Jags while
Jaylin Calvert and
Jaida Speth each recorded one hit.
Sophomore Waggner recorded her first win of the season throwing five innings giving up two runs on five hits with three strikeouts and just one walk.
IUPUI returns to the diamond for day two of the Hoosier Classic tomorrow, March 5 when they face Wisconsin at 12:15 PM.
