INDIANAPOLIS, IND., – Sophomore
Serena Olson broke the program's single season RBI record on Monday as the University of Missouri-St. Louis softball team split a GLVC doubleheader at Indianapolis in the final road games of the regular season.
The Tritons ran their win streak to nine games with a 4-1 win in the opener, but the host Greyhounds took the capper, 7-6, on a two-run walk-off home run.
Olson finished the day 5-for-8 at the plate with two home runs, two doubles and five RBI. She now has 58 RBI on the season.
The Tritons move to 35-13 overall, including 17-7 in the GLVC, while Indianapolis, the defending GLVC champion, is now 32-18 and 13-13 in the league.
Game 1: UMSL 4, Indianapolis 1
Game Highlights
- A three-run fourth inning helped UMSL erase a 1-0 deficit en route to the win. Sophomore
Serena Olson got the Tritons on the board with a solo home run before RBI singles from juniors
Rachel Matthies and
Jennah Perryman.
- An RBI single from senior
Sara Kern in the fifth rounded out the scoring.
Statistically Speaking
- Kern and senior
Alex Stupek each had two hits for UMSL, which held a 9-7 advantage in that category.
- Sophomore
Carly Kingery notched her 19
th win of the season with the complete game effort. She struck out five and walked three.
Game 2: Indianapolis 7, UMSL 6
Game Highlights
- A three-run blast from Olson in the third inning knotted the score at 3-3, while a solo home run from Perryman in the fourth tied it at 4-4 after the Greyhounds' used a solo round tripper to take a 4-3 lead in the bottom of the third.
- An unearned run in the bottom of the fourth gave UIndy the 5-4 advantage, but a two-out RBI double from Kern made it 5-5, while Olson drove in the go ahead run with her RBI double in the top of the seventh.
- A one-out walk, followed by a home run in bottom of the seventh gave the hosts the win.
Statistically Speaking
- UMSL tallied 10 hits to UIndy's nine. The The Tritons were also tagged for four errors which led to two unearned runs.
- Olson finished 4-for-4 with four RBI.
- Sophomore
Reagan Osborn added two hits.
- Freshman
Andee Tiffee was charged with the loss in three and one-thirds inning of relief work. She allowed two runs on four hits, struck out three and walked one.
Up Next
UMSL will close out the regular season at home on Saturday and Sunday, hosting No. 5 ranked Southern Indiana and Bellarmine on Saturday and Sunday, respectively.
