Indiana (PA) will share the second day of spring games with Alliance and Bentley

CLERMONT, Fla. The Indiana University of Pennsylvania softball program fell to Bentley in the first contest by a score of 6-5 before bouncing back to beat Alliance 6-4 immediately after heading to its day off Monday.

Despite only mustering four hits against AU, IUP scored six runs via two sacrifice flies and three base runs crossed the plate, which directly correlated with the Warriors’ errors.

Delaney Patella he had a 2-for-2 game, a pair of RBIs and a run scored in the second contest while doing so Faith Jones and Jaycee Haidze had two singles in the match against Bentley.

Tess Smiley recorded an RBI triple and Meghan Grill recorded a double for the only extra-base hits of the day.

The speed came from the legs Paige Truax and Allyssa Schmidt who each caught two steals.

Anyssa Brannon secured the win on the mound with three innings of two-run, two-hit ball Bella Bucy locked in save number two of the year by getting four outs over six batters faced.

The next two spring games will be played on Tuesday afternoon inside the Sleepy Hollow Complex against the St. Thomas Aquinas at 1:30 p.m. and Felician at 3:45 p.m.

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