COLUMBUS, Ohio – The seventh-ranked UIndy softball team saddled Ohio Dominican with a doubleheader sweep Wednesday, topping the host Panthers by scores of 6-2 and 9-2. The day netted Head Coach
Melissa Frost her 900th win at UIndy, upping her own record as the winningest coach in Greyhound Athletics history, regardless of sport.
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The Greyhounds return home to host doubleheaders versus Missouri S&T and Lincoln on Saturday and Sunday, respectively. The action is scheduled to start at noon ET on both days.
GAME 1 | UIndy 6, ODU 2
After the Panthers trimmed the UIndy lead to 3-2 in the bottom of the fourth, the Hounds earned some breathing room with a productive fifth inning. Sophomore
Maya Rodriguez found the right-center gap for an RBI double, and senior
Shelby Cook immediately followed with a two-run homer. Both hits came with two outs, giving the Greyhounds a three-run lead they would not relinquish.
Cheyenne Eads tossed her 13th complete game of the season, scattering seven hits and three walks in seven innings. She is now 19-2 on the year.
Eads also finished a triple shy of the circle at the plate, as both her and Cook recorded a home run and a double. Rodriguez and
Sydney Oliver had two hits apiece,
Paige Vickery coaxed two walks and
Brooklyn Willis scored twice.
GAME 2 | UIndy 9, ODU 2
The Greyhounds hit three more dingers in the capper, with Cook going yard for the second time of the day. Both Cook and Vickery cleared the fence in the third inning, staking the Hounds to a 6-0 advantage, while Willis put the cherry on top with a sixth-inning homer. All three home runs were solo shots.
Willis also had a two-run double in the game and led the team with three RBIs.
Caitlin Bunte went 3-for-4 with two ribbies, and Cook had two hits and three runs.
Bunte also excelled in the circle, lowering her already minuscule ERA by not allowing an earned run in the complete-game outing. She moved to 19-1 on the season, striking out two and walking only one. She now sports a league-best 1.04 ERA.
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