ST. CHARLES, Mo. - Lindenwood softball (9-9, 0-0 OVC) continued their win streak (six games) after picking up two wins to finish out the 2024 Lindenwood Invite. The Lions started the morning with a 4-1 win over Green Bay then followed that with a 8-0 win against Bellarmine.

"Avery and Amanda were excellent today," said head coach Erin Brown. "Avery had 14 strikeouts to start the day while both did a great job of keeping batters guessing and hitting their spots. I thought we made some nice plays on defense and we got a lot of people on base and scored a lot of runs. A lot of people had some nice clutch hits for us."

GAME ONE
Lindenwood - 4
Green Bay - 1

It was a defensive battle to start the day as both teams posted only four hits, but Avery Wapp (W, 3-2) was able to shut down the Phoenix offense with a season high14 strikeouts. Wapp threw all seven innings in the win allowing just one run on four hits.

Lindenwood's offense capitalized on their chances even after only having four hits. Three different Lions had an RBI in the win. Dallis Darnell and Ashley Gerber both had a double for LU.

The Lions scored their first three runs of the morning in the second inning after and error by Green Bay's third baseman which brought home Mya Bethany after she walked to lead off. Irelynn West then singled to bring home another two runs.

Wapp struck out three straight batters in the top of the third inning to follow the Lions offense surge in the second. She tossed multiple strikeouts in every single inning except one.

Bella Herman tripled for the Phoenix that scored their lone run of the game in the top of the fifth, but Lindenwood responded with an insurance run in the bottom half of the inning with an RBI double by Gerber. Wapp would conclude the game with two strikeouts to secure the win.

GAME TWO (6 inn.)
Lindenwood - 8
Bellarmine - 0

Lindenwood wrapped up their day on Saturday with an 8-0 victory where the Lions had 11 hits and limited the Bellarmine team to two. Amanda Weyh (W, 5-4) picked up her second victory of the weekend after throwing her fifth complete game of the season.

Weyh allowed just two hits on the afternoon while tossing six strikeouts and had two walks. At the plate, Lindenwood had five extra base hits including two triples by Chloe Honchar and Weyh.

After a scoreless first inning, the Lions responded two a two run second after a two RBI double by Irelynn West. Weyh came back on the mound going three up three down to end the top of the third. 

Lindenwood had their biggest inning of the day after scoring four runs in the bottom of the fourth. Weyh helped her cause with a triple to bring home West and Madisen Noll. Dallis Darnell and Gerber provided two RBI singles to extend the lead to 6-0.

The Lions finished off the game in the sixth after scoring to runs to end the game at 8-0. After a double by Weyh, Honchar hit her triple to bring home the seventh run. Tori Hatton's single brought home Honchar to end the game and moved Lindenwood to 9-9 on the season.

Lindenwood will return to action for a double header on Wednesday, March 6 at Evansville starting at 3:00 pm. For more information go to lindenwoodlions.com.