INDIANAPOLIS – The IUPUI softball team dropped two games on Wednesday against Dayton. The Flyers took game one, 11-6 and closed out the doubleheader sweep with an 8-3 game two victory.
In game one, the Jags knocked 11 hits but fell to the Flyers, 11-6. Dayton took the lead first with two runs in the top of the first inning then extended their lead in the third inning with two more runs, 4-0 and one run in the fourth, 5-0.
The Jags got on the board and tied it up in the bottom of the fourth inning with five runs on seven hits.
Maicey Bedrick drove in the first run for the Jags with a sac fly to left field scoring
Kinsey Pfeiffer.
Kasie Keyes scored on a wild pitch then
Kennedy Cowan singled to right field for score
Jaida Speth, 5-3.
Kendal Calvert tripled to left center to score Cowan and
Rachael Gregory doubled to center field to score Calvert, 5-5.
The Flyers retook the lead in the top of the fifth inning with four runs on three hits, 9-5. The Jags scored one more run in the bottom of the fifth when Speth singled to center field to score Keyes, 9-6. Dayton added two more insurance runs in the sixth, 11-6.
Carly Metcalf took the loss in the circle for the Jags giving up 11 runs on 11 hits with six strikeouts. Cowan and Keyes each recorded two hits in the loss.
In game two, errors proved costly as the Jags committed seven errors falling 8-3. Dayton took the lead first again with two runs in the top of the first.
Jordan Jenkins hit a sac fly in the second inning scoring
Kelli Riordan, 2-1.
The Flyers extended their lead in the top of the fourth inning with five runs on four hits and four Jaguar errors, 7-1. Dayton added one more run in the fifth inning, 8-1.
IUPUI chipped away at the lead with two runs in the bottom of the fifth, 8-3.
Abbey Haas doubled to right center to score
Kennedy Warbritton and Cowan singled up the middle to score Haas. The two runs weren't enough as Dayton took the win, 8-3.
Isabelle Waggner took the loss in the circle giving up seven runs (four earned) on eight hits in 3.1 innings pitched. Cowan went 3-for-4 with a double and one RBI while Haas and Pfeiffer also hit doubles in the loss.
IUPUI will next host Robert Morris this weekend for a three-game series to close out the final games at home.
