LEBANON, Ill. - The No. 5 UIndy softball team downed host McKendree in a conference doubleheader Saturday afternoon. Junior second baseman Jocelyn Calvin had five hits on the day, including a seventh-inning, go-ahead home run in game two. Greyhounds are now 11-1 in GLVC play and are tied atop the conference standings.
 
GAME 1 | UIndy 3, McKendree 0
Ace Kenzee Smith garnered her 17th win in 18 decisions with another shutout performance. She finished with seven strikeouts in the complete-game effort, giving up only four hits and two walks. The decision also marked her 100th career win, making her just the second-ever Greyhound to reach triple digits (Morgan Foley).
 

?? | S/O to Kenzee Smith of @UIndySoftball on career win #?1?0?0? on Saturday! Just the second Greyhound to hit triple digits!

Congrats, Kenzee!! ?????? pic.twitter.com/sIwMSZCgIZ

— UIndy Athletics (@UIndyAthletics) April 1, 2024

 
Offensively, all of UIndy's runs came via a pair of triples by junior Megan Nichols. The all-region outfielder broke a scoreless tie in the fifth inning, driving in Grace Mosele and Calvin with a gapper. She later plated Calvin with an insurance run in the seventh with another three-bagger.
 

?? 7th | Meg does it AGAIN! Triple number TWO on the day for Meg, and cashing in three RBI for the win over McKendree. #ONEHOUND ?????? pic.twitter.com/46OVtppFyg

— UIndy Softball (@UIndySoftball) March 30, 2024

 
Three Hounds hit a double during game one – Calvin, Lexy Rees and Shelby Cook.
 
GAME 2 | UIndy 4, McKendree 2
Entering the final inning, the game was tied at two. A solo homer by Calvin broke the stalemate and gave the Greyhounds the lead. Two batters later, Emily O'Conner added another solo bomb to increase the lead.
 
Smith made sure it held, pitching a scoreless bottom of the seventh. She earned her second win of the day with three hitless innings of relief. Jayden Casebolt was the starter for game two, tossing four innings and allowing two runs.
 
Rees was the RBI leader for the Hounds, as she gave UIndy an early lead with a two-RBI triple in the first. Dominique Proctor finished with a double and a run scored. 
 
UP NEXT
UIndy enters a two-week-long homestead featuring four home doubleheaders. The first will be against in-region Ohio Dominican on Wednesday, April 3. The mid-week matchup is set to begin at 2 p.m. at Baumgartner Field.