CLEVELAND, Ohio (GreenBayPhoenix.com) - The Green Bay (12-10, 1-1 HL) softball team opened Horizon League play with an impressive showing against the reigning conference champs, Cleveland State (18-11, 3-2 HL), on Sunday. The Phoenix split its doubleheader with the Vikings after the game was delayed one day due to weather conditions in Cleveland.

Game 1 - Green Bay 3, Cleveland State 0 - In the first game, Green Bay handed Cleveland State its fourth shutout of the season with a 3-0 win to start off Horizon League play. Senior Katie Cooney (East Moline, Ill.) pitched the entire game for the Phoenix, allowing just one hit while striking out seven batters.

At the plate the Phoenix scored three runs off four hits, including two in the top of the sixth. Senior Kendra Woepse (Manitowoc, Wis.) led off the third inning with a home run to left center field, giving Green Bay the 1-0 lead.

Sara Junion (Egg Harbor, Wis.) led off the sixth inning with a single to left field before being thrown out at second on a fielder's choice while Amanda Omahen (San Diego, Calif.) reached first. With one out, Cooney singled down the right field line, advancing to second while Omahen advanced to third. With two outs, Jessica Hrncar (Bristol, Wis.) was pinch running for Cooney and advanced to third on a wild pitch while Omahen scored to boost the Phoenix lead to 2-0.

Sophomore Dani Peerenboom (Appleton, Wis.) reached base on an error by the Vikings' shortstop as Hrncar scored the unearned and final run of the game.

Green Bay stranded four runners on base throughout seven innings of play.

Game 2 - Green Bay 4, Cleveland State 9 - The Phoenix kept its bats rolling against the Vikings, scoring three runs in the first inning in game two of its doubleheader before falling 9-4.

With one out and Omahen on first base in the top of the first inning, Cooney reached base on a fielder's choice, advanced to second, then third on an error while Omahen scored the unearned run for the Phoenix making it 1-0.

With Cooney on third, Alli Rivera (Geneseo, Ill.) singled to left field scoring Cooney to boost Green Bay's lead 2-0 before the Phoenix added another unearned run by Peerenboom to close the inning with the 3-0 advantage.

Cleveland State scored two runs off three hits in the bottom of the second, cutting the Phoenix lead to one. The Vikings tied the contest 3-3 in the third before taking the lead in the fourth off an RBI single with two outs.

In the fifth inning, the Vikings hit two home runs to boost its lead to four (7-3) before Green Bay scored its final run of the contest in the sixth inning when Amanda Pozolinski (Appleton, Wis.) scored on an error.

Cleveland State secured the win in the sixth inning scoring two runs off two hits. The rubber match will be played Monday at 10 a.m. at Viking Field.