INDIANAPOLIS – The No. 20 UIndy softball team (22-8, 5-3 GLVC) had a successful – if not wet – Sunday at Baumgartner Field, handing visiting Truman State University (13-6, 3-5) two losses. The Greyhounds got in a 8-3 victory before the rains came, then earned a soggy 7-3 come-from-behind win in the capper.
 
#20 UIndy 8, Truman 3
UIndy jumped out to an early lead with three runs in the bottom of the first. Six Hounds reached base in the frame, with Gianni Iannantone (groundout) and Haylie Foster (single) providing the RBIs.
 
Trailing 3-0 in the third, the Bulldogs got on the board with a two-run homer from reigning GLVC Player of the Year Christa Reisinger, but UIndy answered right back in the next half inning when senior Shannon Schuetz blasted a two-run bomb of her own. She later had a two-run double and would finish the weekend with seven hits.
 
Reisinger had another home run in the seventh but also had one robbed by center fielder Sydnie Foster in the fifth.
 
Sophomore pitcher Halie Waters (11-4) got the win in the complete-game effort. She scattered eight hits and two walks while fanning nine.
 
#20 UIndy 7, Truman 3
With the rain picking up in the afternoon, UIndy came from behind and later held off the Bulldogs to complete the sweep. Truman owned a 2-0 edge heading into the bottom of the fourth, but UIndy managed a six-run uprising to take the lead. UIndy sent 10 batters to the plate in the rally, with Sydnie Foster and Taylor Podschweit each delivering two-run singles and Gianni Iannantone adding an RBI double.
 
Pitchers Lauren Honkomp (4 1/3 innings) and Waters (2 2/3) combined to beat the Bulldogs. Honkomp (9-3) got the start and the win, while Waters earned her first save of the season.
 
Schuetz did not make an out Sunday, finishing the twin bill with four hits, two walks and a hit by pitch.
 
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UIndy steps out of conference play to host in-region Lake Erie for a midweek doubleheader. First pitch from Baumgartner Field is scheduled for Wednesday, March 27 at 2 p.m.