ROMEOVILLE, Ill. – The 14th-ranked UIndy softball earned a pair of one-run road wins Sunday, downing host Lewis University by scores of 1-0 and 5-4. Finishing the weekend with three wins in four games, the Greyhounds (28-8, 9-3 GLVC) moved into a tie for first atop the conference standings with co-leader Rockhurst.
 
UIndy 1, Lewis 0
Freshman Lauren Honkomp tossed her second consecutive shutout. A day after blanking Wisconsin-Parkside, the Richmond, Ind., native delivered a seven-hit, zero-walk encore on the way to up her pitching record to a stellar 19-1 on the year.
 
Lewis (19-13, 7-5) managed a pair of singles in the bottom of the seventh, putting two on with one out, but Honkomp fanned the final two batters to squelch the threat and finish with seven Ks for the game.
 
The lone run came in the top of the fifth. Freshman Cathy Skaggs started the frame with a single. She advanced to second on a sac bunt by Jessie Noone, touched third after a Julia Liceaga walk and came home on a single by Katie Kelly.
 
UIndy 5, Lewis 4
The Hounds once again held off the Flyers for a one-run win in the capper. UIndy was up two heading into the bottom of the seventh, but Lewis loaded the bases with two out. An RBI single pushed the potential tying run to third before the game ended on a harmless groundout to the pitcher.
 
Freshman Lindsey Bowers got the start for the Hounds, but after giving up a leadoff homer in the second and later a walk and a double, she was pulled in favor of Honkomp after 1 1/3 innings.
 
Though Honkomp would allow three runs the rest of the way, snapping her 22 2/3 innings scoreless streak, she would go on to earn win No. 20 on the year, becoming just the 11th Greyhound to win 20 games in a single season.
 
Coming into the game with just one hit in her last 15 at bats, senior Natalie Lalich blasted her team-leading 10th home run of the year with a three-run bomb in the first inning. The Hounds tacked on two more in the third on Honkomp's two-run single. Senior Dani Turner chipped in two walks and two runs scored.
 
After eight consecutive games away from home, the Greyhounds return to Baumgartner Field Tuesday to host in-state Saint Joseph's College. First pitch is slated for 3 p.m. ET.