ST. CHARLES, Mo. – With both teams facing elimination from the 2022 Great Lakes Valley Conference (GLVC) Championship Tournament, the top-seeded Drury University Panthers outlasted the University of Indianapolis Greyhounds in a tournament rematch game by a final score of 9-7. With the loss, UIndy caps off its season with a final overall record of 21-31.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
UIndy gained the upper hand first in the opening frame by crossing a run on an error by the Panthers. Drury answered the call with its own run on an RBI single in the bottom half to tie things back up.
 
The Hounds delivered a two run third to race back out in front, led by a Caleb Vaughn RBI single through the left side and a Denton Shepler RBI double down the right field line. Not to be denied, the Panthers brought around a trio of runners in the bottom half to give the team the lead.
 
From the fourth inning on, Drury clawed out in front and hardly skipped a beat afterwards. The Panthers crossed a total of five runs through four innings which played a key role in the victory. The Hounds, who scored one in the seventh on a Shepler sacrifice fly, made one final push in the final inning when Drew Donaldson and Bo Minor each corralled a pair of RBI doubles to cut the deficit down to two. However, UIndy stranded the tying runners on second and third to end the ballgame.
 
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
-The Hounds tallied 14 hits while Drury had 13.
-Vaughn had a stellar game with four hits, three runs scored, two stolen bases, and one RBI.
-Vaughn, Shepler, Brandon DeWitt, and Jared Bujdos all had a multi-hit game.
-Each team had three errors in the field.