INDIANAPOLIS – Maryville University softball lost both games of a doubleheader on Sunday afternoon to the fifth-ranked University of Indianapolis. The Saints fall to 18-25 overall and 10-10 in the Great Lakes Valley Conference.
 
Game One Recap
Maryville starting pitcher Chayse Ramey gave up a leadoff single in the bottom of the first, but still retired the side in order on a double play and a groundout to third base. She followed up in the second with a hit-by-pitch, a pop-out, and a double play on a strikeout and a caught stealing.
 
The Greyhounds plated a run in the bottom of the third when a leadoff walk came around to score on a Jocelyn Calvin RBI double to left.
 
The Saints answered right back in the top of the fourth after back-to-back singles from Brooklyn Moore and Melanie Nelson put runners on base with no outs. Kenzee Smith got a pair of strikeouts in front of Erin Wurst who loaded the bases on an error. Kylie Swinney drove in a two-out RBI with an infield single to tie the game, but Smith held the game steady with another strikeout to end the frame.
 
Ramey and Smith kept the game knotted at 1-1 into extra innings. Maryville put a runner on base in the eighth with a two-out walk to Taylor Duff, but UIndy halted a two-out rally. In the bottom of the ninth, the Greyhounds loaded the bases with no outs before the next two batters were retired by Ramey. Grace Mosele dug in with a chance to be the hero and worked a walk to end the game with a 2-1 final.
 
Ramey's final line for game one was 8.2 innings, five hits, two earned runs, four walks, five strikeouts, and 138 pitches. Smith improved to 21-1 in 2024 with nine innings, six hits, one unearned run, one walk, and seven strikeouts on 135 pitches.
 
Winning Pitcher: K. Smith (21-1)
Losing Pitcher: Chayse Ramey (14-11)
  
Batting Leaders
Isabella Garcia: 2-for-3
Kylie Swinney: 1-for-4, RBI
Brooklyn Moore: 1-for-4, R
 
Game Two Recap
Emily O'Connor started a four-run top of the first with a solo home run. The next two batters walked before a three-run blast from Shelby Cook opened a 4-0 lead. Emily Senjan came out of the bullpen and finished up the first frame with a groundout to shortstop.
 
Maryville responded in the top of the third after Emily Corona led off the inning with a double to center field. She came in to score later in the inning on an error after Nelson put a ball in play. In the fourth, Jenna Kosnoff hit her second home run of the season to make the score 4-3.
 
UIndy restored a two-run lead in the bottom of the fourth and added another with a solo home run in the fifth. Later in the fifth, a bases-loaded hit-by-pitch extended the lead to 7-3.
 
Down to their final three outs now trailing 8-3, Kosnoff singled to lead off the frame and came in to score on Moore's first career home run. The Greyhounds wrapped up an 8-5 final with a flyout in the next at-bat.
 
Winning Pitcher: J. Casebolt (14-1)
Losing Pitcher: Chayse Ramey (14-12)
  
Batting Leaders
Jenna Kosnoff: 3-for-3, HR, 2 RBI, 2 R
Brooklyn Moore: 1-for-3, HR, 2 RBI
Emily Corona: 2-for-3, 2 2B, R
 
What's Next?
Maryville travels to Warrensburg, Mo., for a doubleheader against the University of Central Missouri on Wednesday, April 17. The first pitch of game one is set for 2 p.m.
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