BANNOCKBURN, Ill. --- The TIU softball team wrapped up the home portion of their 2021 regular season on Friday afternoon as they hosted the Lincoln College Lynx in a Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference (CCAC) doubleheader. Entering the final week of the season, the Trojans looked to build off a series split at Saint Ambrose from Wednesday and build momentum down the stretch.

The blue and white started Alyssa Frey in the pitcher's circle in game one looked to post back-to-back wins. The right-hander brought the heat with an impressive 10 strikeouts in a complete game shutout with just one walk. Offensively, Trinity struck early and played solid defense throughout, kicking things off with an RBI double to right field by Britney Knox to score Kristin Storer in the bottom of the first. 

Dana Percival followed up the TIU left fielder by notching two of her three RBI's on the day on a single to center, scoring Knox and Lauren Neveau to give the Trojans a 4-0 lead after just one inning. Percival would drive in Trinity's only other run one inning later in the second on a sacrifice fly to left field to bring home Neveau as part of the 5-0 win.

In game two, senior Hailey Baker took to the pitcher's circle and put on a show in the final home game of her career with eight punchouts in six innings of work. Storer got things going early by leading off the bottom of the first inning with a leadoff home run to left field for an early lead. Brooke Heraty would drive in Knox a few batters later for a 2-0 Trojan lead. Two innings later, Heraty drove in a pair of runs in Percival and Storer, with Heather Anderson singling to right field to bring in Heraty for a 5-0 TIU lead. 

Heraty would reach base safely on a fielder's choice in the fifth to score Neveau, while Neveau would double to center to score Madison Lenzke in the sixth for a 7-0 lead. Freshman Meghan Ramseyer would cap the day off with an RBI single to score Storer to allow TIU to claim victory in six innings by an 8-0 final score.

ADDITIONAL GAME NOTES

• Prior to Friday's doubleheader, TIU's

• With Friday's sweep, the Trojans improve to 3-1 all-time against Lincoln.

• Friday's victories mark the first doubleheader sweep for TIu since April 1 at Clarke (IA).

• TIU's sweep marks the first set of back-to-back shutout games won since the season-opening doubleheader against Ripon (WI) on March 1.

• The Trojans have now won three of their last four games, after dropping their previous nine.

• In the final home games of the season, Trinity finishes the 2021 season with a 3-9 record at the TIU Softball Field this year.

• Lauren Neveau led TIU with four hits in her seven plate appearances on Friday. Dana Percival drove in three RBI's with her two hits, while Brooke Heraty brought home four base runners on two hits.

• Alyssa Frey's ten strikeouts in game one give her 101 on the season, making her only the second pitcher to punch out at least 100 batters in a season alongside Taylor Carli from the 2016 campaign. She currently ranks second all-time in single-season strikeouts in a season.

• Frey passes Duree Purcell (2006-07) for the third most strikeouts in program history with 128.

• Hailey Baker's eight strikeout in game two give her 88 on the year, passing Allie Micucci for the third most in a single season.

• The Trojans hit four total doubles in Friday's doubleheader, one each from Kristin Storer, Britney Knox, Brooke Heraty and Lauren Neveau.

• Frey now sits at 5-11 on the season in the pitcher's circle with her game one win, marking the second time she has won consecutive starts this year.

• Frey's ten strikeouts are a career-high.

• Frey's ten strikeouts broke two and tied one single-game program records. Most strikeouts in a game against a CCAC opponent, most in a home game, and tied for most in a win (Taylor Carli - April 15, 2016 at Mount Mary).

• Knox's stolen base in game one was her first of the season, and fourth of her career.

• Baker evens her pitching record on the season with her game two win at 9-9.

• After six innings in the pitcher's circle on Friday, Baker ties Grace Magnuson (2017-18) for the seventh most innings pitched in school history (118).

• Storer's home run to lead off the bottom of the first inning in game two was her team-best fourth home run of the season and 11th of her career.

UP NEXT

The Trojans (14-20) return to action on Monday, May 3 as they visit the Judson Eagles in the final doubleheader of the season. First pitch scheduled for 3:00pm at the Judson Softball Complex in Elgin. Both games of the doubleheader can be watched LIVE on the Judson Live Stream.

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