ALBERTVILLE, Ala.—The No. 16 UIndy softball team earned a pair of important victories Saturday at the Charger Chillout. The Greyhounds started the day with a 4-1 region win versus GMAC-member Trevecca Nazarene before earning an 11-8 comeback win over 23rd-ranked Alabama Huntsville.
 
GAME 1 | 16 UIndy 4, Trevecca 1
Starting pitcher Kenzee Smith earned her first win of the season with a complete-game effort. She shook off a first-inning run and kept the Trojans scoreless the final six frames, striking out seven along the way.
 
The Greyhound offense provided all that was needed in the bottom of the first when an Emily O'Connor sac fly scored both Maddy Stout and a hustling Megan Nichols, putting the Hounds up for good.
 
UIndy tacked on single runs in the third and fourth innings on an RBI knock from O'Connor and a Sydnee Perry solo shot, respectively.
 
GAME 2 | 16 UIndy 11, 23 Alabama Huntsville 8
Trailing 5-0 early, the Greyhounds came storming back to eventually knot it at five apiece in the top of the fourth. UIndy pushed across four runners in inning, with Megan Nichols' bases-loaded triple the primary generator.
 
The Chargers retook the lead with three runs in the next half inning, but the Hounds once again struck back with a four-spot in the top of the sixth. A leadoff single from Tori Angles sparked the rally, before Lexy Rees' double plated Dominique Proctor with the go-ahead run.
 
UIndy added two more for good measure in the seventh thanks to a double by Jocelyn Calvin.
 
Smith (2-0) again got the pitching win, this time in relief. With the Hounds up just one run, she came in to face a two-on, no-out jam  and escaped unscathed before tossing a scoreless seventh.
 
UP NEXT
UIndy concludes its stay in Northern Alabama with two final contests at the Chillout. The Greyhounds face Carson-Newson and Miles in back-to-back games, starting at 11 a.m. ET.