BANNOCKBURN, Ill. --- With the final full week of the regular season quickly approaching, the TIU softball team welcomed the Titans of IU-South Bend to campus on Friday afternoon for a Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference (CCAC) doubleheader. Having lost their last five games, the Trojans looked to bounce back at home with just ten conference games remaining on the schedule.

Hailey Baker would start game one for Trinity, looking to snap her recent two game losing streak as a starting pitcher. After the Titans scored two runs in the top of the first inning, TIU's defense would keep them in check for the next four innings. While Baker would strike out five and allow just one walk, the Trojans struggled to find an offensive response. 

IU-South Bend would score a third run in the top of the sixth before TIU cracked the scoreboard in the bottom of the inning, as Kristin Storer doubled to right field to lead off the frame before scoring on a Britney Knox RBI single to center field. That would unfortunately be all the offense Trinity could put together, as they would drop game one by a final of 3-1.

In game two, Alyssa Frey took the mound, looking to provide a spark for Trinity after a tough loss. While Frey limited allowing batters to reach base on balls, the Titans swung away for 14 total hits in the game scoring 11 runs. 

IUSB scored four in the first inning, followed by one in the fourth, two in the fifth, and their final four in the seventh. While the Trojans were able to make better contact against Titans starting pitcher Aly Brickel and only limit themselves to two strikeouts, they found their scoring opportunities very limited with 16 groundouts as TIU dropped game two 11-0.

ADDITIONAL GAME NOTES

• TIU falls to 1-7 all-time against IU-South Bend with today's losses.

• The Trojans have lost their last seven games, their longest losing streak of the season, and longest since dropping eight in a row during April of 2019.

• With her four plate appearances on Friday, Lauren Neveau tied Tenley Bozzi (2017-18) for the ninth most at bats in program history (378).

• Hailey Baker drops to 8-6 on the season as a starting pitcher, her third consecutive loss.

• Kristin Storer led the TIU offense in game one with two hits, including the 6tsixthh inning double that set up TIU's lone run scored. It was her fourth double of the season.

• Brooke Heraty's game one double was her team-high seventh of the year

• Waverly Miller's double in game one was the first extra base hit of her college career.

• Heraty's seven putouts led Trinity defensively in game one.

• Pitcher Alyssa Frey drops to 3-10 on the season, her fifth straight loss.

UP NEXT

The Trojans (11-17) return to action on Tuesday, April 27 as they host the Fighting Saints of St. Francis in a doubleheader. First pitch is scheduled for 3:00pm at the TIU Softball Field and can be watched LIVE on the Trojan Sports Network.

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Trinity International University is a comprehensive, national university affiliated with the Evangelical Free Church of America and located in Bannockburn, Illinois, 25 miles north of Chicago. TIU educates men and women to engage in God's redemptive work in the world by cultivating academic excellence, Christian faithfulness and lifelong learning.