INDIANAPOLIS – The IU Indy softball team dropped both games of a Sunday doubleheader to Valparaiso at the IU Indy Softball Field, falling 11-7 in game one before an 8-0 loss in five innings in game two.
 
IU Indy battled throughout the opener but Valparaiso used late offense to secure an 11-7 win.
 
The Beacons jumped out early with three runs in the first inning and added two more in the second to take a 5-1 lead. IU Indy responded with a big third inning, scoring four runs to briefly take the lead.
 
After the Jags took the lead with a Tori Candler home run in the third, Valpo tied the game at 6-6 in the top of the fourth. IU Indy regained the lead with a homer from Callie Dickerson in the bottom half of the fourth frame.
 
After a scoreless fifth inning, Valpo blew the game open with two runs in the sixth and two runs in the seventh to take the win.
 
Paige McPhearson led the Jags in game one going 2-for-3 with a home run and two runs. Candler, Pallas Dominion and Dickerson also each added a home run with Candler leading the Jags with three RBI.
 
Valparaiso carried its momentum into the second game, scoring in the first inning before breaking things open with three runs in the third and four more in the fifth to secure an 8-0 run-rule victory.
 
The Jaguars recorded four hits in the game. Kennedy Cowan led the Jags going 2-for-2 while Molly Kable and Dickerson each added a hit.
 
IU Indy will return to action on Wednesday, March 18 when the Jaguars travel to face Indiana.