ORLANDO, Fla. – The No. 2 UIndy softball team saw its historic season come to a close at the NCAA DII Championship Wednesday night with a 7-0 loss to Western Washington. The Greyhounds finish the season with a stellar 60-7 overall record, while WWU moves on the best-of-three championship final.
 
The Hounds set a number of program records in perhaps the most successful season in school history. Winning a GLVC regular season crown and a Midwest Region championship along the way, UIndy hit the 60-win mark for the first time ever and also racked up its highest-ever winning percentage in conference play (.962). This squad is also the first UIndy team to host back-to-back Super Regionals and also the first to win two games at the World Series.
 
INS & OUTS
Playing their second game of the game—the first being a marathon 12-inning contest, the Greyhounds found themselves in an early hole after a three-run homer from the Vikings in the top of the first. They tacked on a couple more runs in the next two frames and kept control the rest of the way.
 
All-American Kenzee Smith took the loss to finish the season at 39-5. The Greyhound ace tossed 17 innings in all Wednesday, part of a 69-inning body of work in team's 10 NCAA Tournament contests. She finished the season with a DII-best and program-record ERA of 0.35.
 
Seven Greyhounds finished with a hit, including Smith's RBI single in the sixth. Emily O'Connor added a pair of walks. She upped her the season with a lofty .402 batting average as well as UIndy single-season record totals in homers, RBIs and runs.
 
Pitchers Kaitlyn Brown and Jayden Casebolt tossed a scoreless inning apiece, Sydnee Perry had a single and a walk, while Braxton Downs and Jocelyn Calvin each had a double.