LIBERTY, Mo. – The 12th-ranked UIndy softball team settled for a split at William Jewell Saturday.  After taking the opener 7-5 in extra innings, the Greyhounds (16-6, 5-1 GLVC) dropped game two by a 5-4 final.
 
GAME 1
UIndy dug a hole after a third-inning rally by the Cardinals (11-6, 2-4) put the home team up 4-0.  Nevertheless, the Hounds clawed their way back with two runs in both the fourth and fifth innings to tie it up.  Seniors Casey Williamson and Taylor Russell started the fourth with back-to-back doubles, while Russell came up with a base-loaded single in the fifth.
 
UIndy eventually took a 5-4 edge in the seventh inning with an Erika Goodwin double and another Russell ribbie, but Faith Song's leadoff bomb in the bottom of the seventh knotted the score once again.  A walk and a wild pitch followed, but starting pitcher Morgan Foley calmed down to retire the next three Cardinal batters and force extras.
 
The Hounds started the eighth with singles by Cassie Reed and Katie Kelly, and after Goodwin advanced the runners with a grounder to the right side, Sydney Russell plated pinch runner Crystal Rains with the game-winning run.  Williamson followed with an RBI knock for good measure.
 
Foley (12-3), who notched her ninth complete game, sat the Cardinals down in order in the bottom of the eighth to earn the win.  She tossed all eight innings, giving up nine hits and five walks while striking out 12.
 
T. Russell finished with three hits and three RBIs, while Goodwin, Williamson, Reed and Kelly all had a pair of hits.
 
GAME 2
After a sac fly third and an RBI double in the foruth from Kelly put the Hounds up 2-1 heading into the fifth, Williamson and T. Russell homered in consecutive at bats to make it 4-1 UIndy.  The two sluggers have 32 and 35 career home runs, respectively, and trail only Megan Russell (36) and Jamie Keltz (42) on UIndy's all-time list.
 
The lead would not hold, however, as a two-run blast from Nona Pauline in the fifth and a two-out, two-run double from Madi Giles in the sixth shifted the lead back to the Cardinals, this time for good.
 
Junior pitcher Coryn Tirpak (0-3) took the loss, giving up five runs in 5 2/3 innings of work.  Kelly recorded two more hits in the capper to finish the day 4-for-7 at the plate.
 
The Greyhounds make the short trip to Kansas City this evening for a doubleheader at Rockhurst Sunday starting at 1 p.m. ET.  Live stats came be found here.