INDIANAPOLIS – An historic season came to a close for the #21 Trevecca Nazarene University softball team (47-15) after falling to the NCAA Midwest Super Regional champion the #2 University of Indianapolis (58-5) at Greyhound Park on Thursday afternoon.
SERIES HISTORY/NOTES
After claiming the first-ever meeting back in the 2014 season, the Trojans have only handed the Hounds one loss in 12 contests since. UIndy leads the all-time series 13-3 including a 5-0 win in the two sides only meeting during the regular season.
At the Midwest Regional and Super Regional levels, the Trojans are all too familiar with playing the Hounds and have a 2-4 record.
The Trojans bowed out of their first-ever regional tournament with a 2-2 record with both losses coming at the hands of the Hounds. A season later, the 2016 Trevecca squad bested UIndy to open the regional tournament before falling to Grand Valley State University in two of three games.
HOW IT HAPPENED – GAME ONE
TNU 1, UINDY 0
In a game that featured just five combined hits from both sides, the Trojans found a way to get things done. The Hounds only really threatened the Trojans in the first inning, as the hosts were sat down in order in three of the seven innings.
To lead off the first, UIndy received a walk and a double to plant runners on second and third with just one out before Trojan starter Ashlan Sensing closed the door.
Trevecca managed just two hits through the first four innings before finally breaking the silence in the fifth. With two outs, Malone Thrift stole second base and later scored off Anna Bennett's single to left center field, the game's only run.
CIRCLE AND BOX NOTES – GAME ONE
* Anna Bennett was 3-3 with an RBI.
* Brianna Asmondy got the only other hit going 1-2.
* Sensing improved to 25-9 with another complete game performance. She struck out five while tossing a one hitter over seven innings of work with no earned runs.
HOW IT HAPPENED – GAME TWO
UINDY 6, TNU 0
Through the first five innings the Trojans were kept hitless before Maddie Poschke broke through with a single to left center to lead off the sixth. After being shutout in game two of this series, UIndy responded with two runs in the second off back-to-back singles. The Hounds added another run in the fourth inning after an RBI double with two gone. In the fifth, UIndy blew the game open with a three-run frame. An RBI double followed by a sacrifice fly that plated two gave the hosts a 6-0 lead which they held onto.
CIRCLE AND BOX NOTES – GAME TWO
* Maddie Poschke registered the Trojans only hit, going 1-2.
* Anna Bennett and Kendall Andrews both drew walks.
* Halle Grace Patton falls to 13-4 on the season. She tossed 3.1 innings of relief allowing seven hits and five earned runs.
NEXT ON THE DIAMOND
Despite the Trojans falling just short of reaching the NCAA Div. II College Softball World Series, the historic ride saw the Trojans win 47 games.
Trevecca's 47 wins this season ties the 2006 squad for the fourth-most wins in program history and eclipses by two the wins record set in 2016 for a NCAA Div. II team.
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