Box Score

EAST PEORIA, Ill.- Fourth-seeded UIndy bowed out of the 2011 GLVC Softball Championships with a 5-4 loss at the hands of No. 8-seed Rockhurst to open play Saturday morning at the EastSide Centre. The No. 14 Greyhounds fall to 34-12-1 with the loss and now await the NCAA Tournament field selections to continue their season.

A solo homerun off the bat of Jamie Keltz in the bottom of the third broke a scoreless tie and staked the Greyhounds to a 1-0 lead. Rockhurst took the run back a half-inning later, however, scoring a single run on an RBI double by Amanda Burger.

The Hawks took the lead in the next inning, plating one run on a single through the right side.

Rockhurst padded its lead with three runs in the top of the seventh. All three Hawk scores came home on a homerun to centerfield by Lizzy Tucker, pushing the Rockhurst lead to 5-1.

The Greyhounds mounted a comeback in the bottom of the seventh, starting with a one-out walk issued to Lauren Edwards. Krysta Bradford followed with a single to leftfield to put runners on first and second.

Both runners moved over on a groundout to first by Kelsey Rummel, and a Keltz double plated both Edwards and Bradford.

Keltz came around to score the final run on a single through the leftside by Audrey Ernst, who was out at secondbase on the play trying to stretch out a double.

Edwards suffered the loss, falling to 7-5 on the year. Keltz was 2-for-3 at the plate with three RBIs.

The Greyhounds, currently ranked No. 1 in the Midwest Regional, await the announcement of the NCAA Tournament field. The NCAA has the announcement slated for 10 a.m. Monday, with a live selection show that can be viewed here.