INDIANAPOLIS – The 12th-ranked UIndy softball team (24-6, 11-1) swept a doubleheader versus in-state Saint Joseph's at Baumgartner Field Tuesday, 5-3 and 2-0. Senior sluggers
Casey Williamson and
Taylor Russell shared the spotlight, as both broke the program record for RBIs in a career.
Russell turned the trick first, as her RBI single in game one upped her career total to 157, surpassing former program-leader Megan Russell (2007-10)
– no relation. Willamson later passed both Russells with two-run double in game two, lifting her career RBI sum to 158.
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GAME 1Williamson got the Hounds on the board with a two-run homer in the third inning. She sent an 0-1 pitch over the right-field netting and onto State Street, plating herself and junior
Erika Goodwin.
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UIndy extended the lead on
Katie Kelly's two-RBI single in the fourth. Goodwin's leadoff triple in the fifth also led to a run when she was driven in by Russell's single.
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Meanwhile,
Natalie Lalich and
Jenny Thompson each finsihed a single and a run scored.
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Starting pitcher
Morgan Foley (18-3) tossed five scoreless innings before reentering in the seventh to get the final two out and secure the win. She finished with eight Ks in 5 2/3 IP, including striking out five of six batters in one stretch.
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GAME 2Foley (19-3) also got the start in game two, going the distance for the complete-game shutout. She again fanned eight Pumas, while scattering five hits and four walks.
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The Greyhounds' two runs came off the bat of Williamson in the third inning, as her two-out double in the right-center gap plated both Goodwin (bunt single) and
Sydney Russell (walk).Â
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Williamson and Goodwin each had two hits in the capper, while
Jessie Noone recorded a single and a stolen base.
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Weather permitting, the Greyhounds will travel to Louisville, Ky., to take on Bellarmine before returning home to host Southern Indiana Saturday at noon.
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