BOILING SPRINGS, N.C. - The IU Indy softball team opened up the Spring in the Springs invitational in Boiling Springs, N.C. with a pair of losses.
Molly Kable led the way for the Jags on opening day with three hits and two RBI in the two games combined.
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In the opening game, IU Indy held a healthy lead before Chattanooga made a late comeback to take game one, 5-4.
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The Jags came out swinging in the first inning.
Molly Kable got the Jags going with an RBI single down the left field line scoring
Morgan Gilbert.
Callie Dickerson kept the bats going with a double to right center, scoring Kable from second giving the Jags an early 2-0 lead.
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Chattanooga would begin to claw back with a pair of hits in the second, leading to their first run, 2-1. The Mocs would tie the game up in the top of the third inning off a single to center field. IU Indy responded with two runs off a
Paige McPhearson fielder's choice, scoring Kable from third.
Callie Dickerson scored the fourth run by stealing home. Â IU Indy was held scoreless the rest of the game.
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The Mocs then scored a run in the fifth, sixth, and seventh innings off a pair of singles leading to a Chattanooga victory.
Clara Phariss (L, 0-3) took the loss pitching a full game with three strikeouts.
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Game two did not favor the Jags as they fell in six innings, 9-1. IU Indy scored their only run in the first inning off a Kable single that scored
Kennedy Cowan. The game went south from there with Gardner-Webb tallying up nine runs on fifteen hits. Gardner-Webb pushed two runs across in the sixth forcing a run rule to end the game.
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Lily Roush (L, 1-4) faced 25 batters through four innings before being replaced by
Alexa Holman. Holman pitched 1.2 innings before she gave the ball to Isabelle Wagner to close the game.
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IU Indy will look to rebound tomorrow, Saturday, March 1 as they face Stony Brook at 12:30 PM and Gardner-Webb at 5:30 PM.
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