INDIANAPOLIS – The IU Indy softball team completed the three-game series sweep over the Youngstown State Penguins with an 8-6 victory on Sunday afternoon.
 
IU Indy came out swinging, plating four runs in the bottom of the first inning. Molly Kable kicked things off with a two-run homer to left center, scoring Kendal Calvert. Penguins' errors helped extend the inning, and RBI hits by Callie Dickerson and Corinne Martz pushed the lead to 4-0.
 
The Jaguars added another run in the second inning on an RBI single up the middle by Kable, who finished the day 3-for-4 with three RBIs.
 
Youngstown State answered with a four-run third inning, cutting the deficit to 5-4.
 
IU Indy responded with a three-run sixth inning. Morgan Gilbert tripled to lead off, then scored on Alexa Holman's RBI single. Dickerson added a groundout RBI, and Reese Rosenbaum reached on an error that brought in Kable to make it 8-4.
 
The Penguins threatened in the seventh, scoring two runs but Callie Dickerson, who pitched 4.1 innings in relief, closed it out without allowing any earned runs.
 
Clara Phariss (W, 5-6) earned the win after pitching the first 2.2 innings.
 
IU Indy outhit Youngstown State 11-8 with Kable knocking a team-high three hits with three RBI while Rosenbaum and Gilbert each added two hits.
 
The Jags improve to 16-23 on the season with a 10-8 Horizon League mark. They will now travel to West Lafayette to face the Purdue Boilermakers on Tuesday, April 15.