BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (GreenBayPhoenix.com) --- The Green Bay softball team played its first two of four games at the Hoosier Classic on Friday, dropping a pair of tight matchups to Northern Illinois and Indiana. The Phoenix (2-14) fell 5-2 to NIU in their first game of the day, before falling by just one run to Big Ten-member Indiana 4-3 in the nightcap.

Northern Illinois 5, Green Bay 2
The Huskies (7-17) scored the first run of the game in the top of the first inning, but GB answered with Bailey Schultz' RBI single to plate Chyanne Onstad and tie the game at 1-1. Schultz finished 1-for-3 at the dish, accounting for both of the GB runs scored. She knocked one in and scored in the fifth inning thanks to a Morgan Bihun double.

That cut the NIU lead to 3-2 heading into the sixth inning, but a two-run triple gave the MAC team the 5-2 lead. GB brought the tying run to the plate in the bottom of the seventh with two outs, but a groundout to shortstop ended the potential comeback.

The Phoenix outhit the Huskies 8-7 in the game and seven different players recorded at least one hit. 

WP: Frenz
LP: Kayla Schwebke (1-7)
 
Indiana 4, Green Bay 3
The Hoosiers kept GB off the board for the majority of the game, with the Phoenix not scoring its first runs of the night until a three-run Jaclyn Delagrange home run in the sixth inning. Indiana led 4-0 at that point, before Delagrange came through with her first home run of the season with two outs. 

GB went 1-2-3 in the seventh inning, unable to tie the game late. Four different players recorded a hit for the Phoenix, led by Delagrange's three RBIs in her pinch hit appearance. 

After Pautz got the start, Alexis Kinnaird was able to come in and throw two shutout innings. She allowed just one hit to the eight batters she faced in relief.

WP: Kirk
LP: Elizabeth Pautz (1-7)

Green Bay continues play in the Hoosier Classic on Saturday evening, playing NIU again at 5:30 p.m. CT.
 
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