CHICAGO – The UIC softball team (24-20, 14-3 HL) snagged a pair of wins against Horizon League foe Green Bay (11-23, 6-11 HL) at home Tuesday evening. The Flames shutout the Phoenix 7-0 game one and held on for the 4-3 win in game two to clinch their third-straight Horizon League series win.

Game One Highlights

• Kayla Wedl ignited the offense in the bottom of the second with a one-out triple, and she came in to score on a single from Skylee James, 1-0. Alyssa Griman walked and Jasmine Willis bunted to load the bags for Claire Crane, who singled through the left side of the infield to plate James, 2-0.
• UIC added another pair of runs in the bottom of the second. Cassie Kaelber singled and was replaced by Watts on a fielder's choice. Wedl doubled, and Griman singled out to center to bring in both Watts and Wedl, 4-0.
• Green Bay had an opportunity to score in the top of the fourth after a leadoff single and an error, but the next three batters went down in order to end the threat.
• Wedl doubled again in the bottom of the fourth, and she scored again on another Griman single, 5-0.
• Back-to-back homers by Watts and Wedl in the bottom of the fourth extended UIC's lead, 7-0.

Game One Facts & Figures

• UIC put up 15 hits to Green Bay's two. Wedl finished a perfect 4-for-4 at the plate, with all four of her hits going down as multi-base. James, Griman and Kaelber also finished with two hits apiece, while Watts, Willis, Crane, Wetzel and Ek each hit one. Kaelber's two hits extended her career-high hit streak to 13.
• Griman drove in three runs, while Watts, Wedl, James and Crane each got credit for one.
• Watts's solo shot was her second long ball of the season. Wedl's following bomb was her 12th of the season.
• Allie Trudeau got the start and pitched the duration, allowing just two hits in her seventh complete-game win of the season.

Game Two Highlights

• Watts and Wedl led off the bottom of the first with singles, and a bunt from James ended in a run, as an error on the throw to third in an attempt to contain Watts got past the infielder, 1-0. A grounder from Griman in the next at bat allowed Wedl to score, giving UIC another early 2-0 lead.
• The lead grew to three in the third, as Watts singled, moved all the way to third on a passed ball and scored on single down the right field line by Wedl.
• A two-run homer for the Phoenix in the top of the fifth reduced UIC's lead to one, 3-2.
• UIC got one run back in the bottom of the fifth. Watts put the ball through the right side, stole second and made it back home on a Wedl single, 4-2.
• Green Bay once again pulled within one in the top of the sixth after a walk, a hit by pitch and a fielder's choice, 4-3, but the Flames retired the Phoenix with a trio of grounders in the top of the seventh to claim their second win of the night.

Game Two Facts & Figures

• UIC outhit Green Bay, 8-5. Watts and Wedl both finished with perfect 3-for-3 performances, while James claimed the other two. Wedl finished with both of UIC's RBI.
• Karissa Frazier got the start and took the win, allowing two earned runs on five hits in 4.0 innings. Marley Hanlon pitched 1.1 innings of relief, allowing one earned run, and Trudeau pitched the final 1.2 innings to earn her first save of the season.
• Both James and Wedl extended their career-high hit streaks, hitting in both games. James is now up to 15-straight games with a hit, while Wedl has successfully hit in the last 14.

Up Next

• UIC and Green Bay close out the series tomorrow at 3 p.m. CT.

Game One Highlights

 

Game Two Highlights