MELBOURNE, Fla. – The 11th-ranked UIndy softball team extended its unbeaten Spring Break trip with two more wins at the Space Coast Spring Games in Melbourne, Fla. The Greyhounds blasted in-region Ferris State, 12-5, before taking down Gannon, 6-4.
 
UP NEXT
UIndy gets a day off before concluding its Central Florida stay Wednesday with games against Bemidji State and Florida Tech.
 
GAME 1 | UIndy 12, FSU 5
UIndy topped Ferris State for the second time in 10 days. The turning point came in the bottom of the fourth when the Greyhounds exploded for eight runs, turning a 4-1 deficit into a 9-4 advantage. Freshman Christina Stankus sparked the rally with a one-out solo shot to right—her first home run as a collegian. Things unraveled from there for the Bulldogs, as each of the next 10 Greyhound batters reached base safely. By the time the dust settled in the frame, UIndy churned through three different Ferris pitchers, racking up five hits and five walks along the way.
 
Sophomore Brooklyn Willis led the offensive onslaught, amassing two hits, two walks, three runs and four ribbies. Her solo home run in the third got UIndy on the board, while her two-run double in the sixth capped the Hounds' scoring.
 
Starting pitcher Cheyenne Eads (9-0) tossed 4 1/3 innings to earn the win, while Caitlin Bunte faced one over the minimum in 2 2/3 innings of scoreless relief.
 
Sophomore Josie Jager added a double and two walks, while junior Cara Cooper registered two hits and a pair of walks.
 
GAME 2 | UIndy 6, Gannon 4
UIndy jumped out to an early lead with a three-run first inning thanks to RBI singles from Jager and Stankus. The Golden Knights would eventually tie the score at 4-4 in the bottom of the fourth, but single tallies in the fifth and sixth put the Hounds up for good. Eads delivered the go-ahead single, while a Bunte RBI provided the insurance.
 
The Greyhounds employed the pitching trio of Hailey Thompson, Isabelle Noble and Bunte to dispatch Gannon. Noble (1-0) earned her first win of the season, while Bunte was credited with her first career save after throwing the final three innings without allowing a hit.
 
Senior Shelby Cook smacked two doubles in the contest, Eads reached base in all four of her plate appearances, and Willis and Cooper pulled off a double steal in the first.