SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – The No. 9 UIndy softball team (39-11, 17-5 GLVC) upped its win streak to 12 before settling for a split at Illinois Springfield Saturday afternoon. The Greyhounds shut out the host Prairie Stars in the opener, 2-0, before dropping an extra-inning decision, 2-1, in game two. The game-one final marked the third consecutive shutout for the Hounds' pitching staff.
 
UIndy 2, UIS 0
Sophomore Halie Waters (19-6) whirled her second consecutive two-hit shutout. The Boonville, Ind., native, who also blanked McKendree yesterday, struck out seven and walked three to get the win.
 
The Greyhounds scored both their runs in the second inning. Sophomores Gianni Iannantone and Haylie Foster led off the frame with back-to-back singles and would later come around to score on an RBI groundout by Taylor Danielson and an infield single by Brooke Montgomery, respectively. Foster and Montgomery each finished with two hits.
 
UIS 2, UIndy 1 (9 inn.)
Trailing 1-0 heading into the sixth inning, Danielson found the right-center gap, plating Foster with a clutch double. Neither team would score again until the bottom of the ninth, when a leadoff walk proved fatal after the Stars eventually pushed across the game winner on a sacrifice fly. The run ended a 23-inning scoreless streak for Waters (19-7), who came on in relief in the sixth.
 
Junior Lauren Honkomp got the start, tossing 5 1/3 innings of one-run ball before yielding to Waters. At the plate, senior Shannon Schuetz recorded a single and two walks, while Iannantone, Montgomery and Taylor Podschweit each chipped in a double.
 
UP NEXT
The Greyhounds return for their final regular-season homestand next weekend. UIndy will host Bellarmine for their annual Team Ealy Day at Baumgartner Field on Saturday, April 27, followed by Senior Day versus Southern Indiana Sunday the 28th.