MARION, Ill. – The 11th-ranked UIndy softball team split a pair of in-region neutral-site contests Friday, shutting out Ferris State, 7-0, before dropping a 9-1 decision versus Parkside. The games were played at Oasis Sports Complex in Marion, Ill.

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UIndy remains in Marion to face Midwest-rival Grand Valley State Saturday at 1:30 p.m. The Hounds will stay one more night, wrapping up the road trip Sunday with one another in-region game versus Purdue Northwest at 11 a.m.
 
GAME 1 | UIndy 7, Ferris State 0
Ace Cheyenne Eads blanked the Bulldogs with another solid impressive performance in the circle to move to 6-0 on the year. The Shelbyville, Ind., native spun seven complete frames, allowing just three hits—all singles—while striking out six and walking only one.
 
Meanwhile, the Greyhound offense offered seven runs and 13 hits in support. A two-run double from sophomore Sydney Oliver got things rolling in the second inning and the Greyhounds were off and running from there. Junior Cara Cooper kept the pressure on with a two-run homer in the fourth, and Oliver delivered again in the seventh, capping the scoring with an RBI single.
 
Freshman Christina Stankus continued to swing a hot bat, leading the Hounds with three hits while driving in two. Third baseman Maya Rodriguez added two hits and two ribbies of her own, and leadoff hitter Brooklyn Willis added two singles and a run scored.
 
GAME 2 | Parkside 9, UIndy 1
The Hounds' 11-game, season-opening win streak ended with a loss to the Rangers, who struck first with a four-run inning to open the game. They tacked on single runs in the second and third innings before UIndy got on the board with a solo shot from Eads—her first of the season.
 
The homer marked the lone UIndy run of the contest, with Rodriguez's fourth-inning single representing the only other UIndy hit. Eads reached base two other times via a hit by pitch and a walk, while Ella Palm and Willis also coaxed a base on balls.