CLERMONT, Fla. – The 20th-ranked UIndy softball team (14-4) opened their six-game Spring Break trip at the PFX Spring Games in Central Florida Sunday with a pair of wins. The Greyhounds took down St. Thomas Aquinas, 3-1, before doubling up Sioux Falls, 8-4.
UIndy 3, St. Thomas Aquinas 1
Freshman starter
Halie Waters (4-2) went the distance in the circle, holding the Spartans to a single run in the complete-game win. A solo home run in the fifth proved her only blemish, as she scattered five hits and three walks while fanning five.
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The Greyhounds got on the board with an RBI groundout by freshman
Taylor Danielson in the second. After starting the third with back-to-back singles from
Julia Liceaga and
Jessie Noone, UIndy tacked on two more thanks to an Spartan fielding error and a run-scoring single from
Taylor Podschweit.
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Freshman
Gianni Iannantone had two hits, including a sixth-inning double.
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UIndy 8, Sioux Falls 4
The Hounds scored the game's first eight runs before cruising to victory versus the Cougars. A two-run double by Podschweit got things going in the first, while Danielson scored two more with her second homer of the season in the fourth.
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Danielson, who added a double and a run scored in the sixth, finished 3 for 3 with two runs, two ribbies and a walk. Fellow-freshman
Brooke Montgomery had three singles.
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Sophomore
Lauren Honkomp (5-2) earned the pitching win. The Richmond, Ind., native started the game with five scoreless frames before giving up a three-run home run in the sixth. Junior
Katelyn Fisher came in to get the final four outs, surrendering a single unearned run in the process.
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The Greyhounds continue play at the Spring Games with two games on Monday. They'll take on Bridgeport at 2 p.m., followed by a rubber match with Purdue Northwest at 4:30 p.m. Live stats will not be available Monday.
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