EAST PEORIA, Ill. – The top-seeded UIndy softball team (47-3) opened the 2016 GLVC Championship Tournament with a 2-1 victory against eighth-seeded William Jewell (24-26) Friday afternoon. Trailing 1-0 in the sixth, the Greyhounds plated two late runs to slip past the Cardinals, with senior Jenny Thompson plating the game-winning run with an RBI single.
 
The Greyhounds advanced to the winners' bracket and will face Truman State University at 5 p.m. ET later today. Jewell moves to the losers' bracket and will play Maryville, who lost to Truman 6-1, at 3 p.m. ET.
 
The eight-team, double-elimination tourney is being held at the Eastside Centre in East Peoria, Ill. Friday through Sunday.
 
After managing just two base runners in the first five frames combined, the Hounds strung together four singles in the bottom of the sixth to earn the come-from-behind win. Facing a late one-run deficit, All-GLVC first teamer Katie Kelly produced a one-out single to spark the comeback.
 
UIndy would go on to produce three more singles – all with two outs – to bring home the game-tying and game-winning runs. Jessie Noone, Natalie Lalich and Thompson perpetuated the rally with consecutive base knocks, with the latter plating Noone with the decisive tally.
 
Lalich finished 2-for-3 with an RBI as the only Hound with more than one hit.
 
Fresh off being named the GLVC Pitcher of the Year less than 24 hours ago, senior Morgan Foley (36-2)  earned the win in the circle, limiting the Cardinals to one run on three hits, striking out 12 and walking two. Jewell's only run came with two down in the fourth inning when designated player Nona Pauline found the gap on a 1-2 pitch.

WJC's 3-4-5 hitters combined for the team's only three hits, as the rest of the Cardinal lineup went 0-for-15 at the dish.