LOUISVILLE, Ky. – The Green Bay softball team opened up the Bellarmine Invite Saturday afternoon with a split, dropping their opening contest to Bellarmine 2-1, before taking down Western Michigan 3-0.

GAME 1
Bellarmine got on the board first, brining home a run in the first inning thanks to a Sarah Ratterman sac-fly that scored Grace Werner. The Phoenix tied it up in the third when sophomore Samantha Saloun drove home senior Isabella Curtin. Ratterman came up big again for the Knights in the fourth inning, hitting a solo shot which proved to be the winner.

Senior Brittany Baneck (0-0) got the ball to start for Green Bay (4-6) and took the loss. The right-hander went six innings, giving up two runs, both of them earned, on three hits, allowing one walk and striking out seven.

Offensively, the Phoenix were led by senior Curtin, who went 1-for-1 with a double and a run scored.

GAME NOTES
» Green Bay's highest scoring inning was the third, when it pushed one run across.
» The Phoenix out-hit the Knights at a 4-3 clip.
» Green Bay pitchers limited Bellarmine to just 1-for-6 (.167) with runners in scoring position.
» Green Bay pitchers faced 24 Bellarmine hitters in the game, allowing six ground balls and five fly balls while striking out seven.
» Curtin led the Phoenix at the plate, going 1-for-1 with a double.
» Bellarmine was led offensively by sophomore Sarah Ratterman, who went 1-for-1 with a home run and two RBIs.
» Freshman Claire Lehmkuhler led the Knights pitching staff, throwing seven innings of one-run ball.

GAME 2
Neither team got on the board until the fifth inning when the Phoenix took the lead thanks to a two-RBI double from Randi McKay. GB added an insurance run in the sixth with a solo homerun off the bat of senior Greta Thompson.

Freshman Abigail Gawlinski was dealing on against the Broncos, tossing a two-hit, seven-inning shutout for her third win of the season.

In the batter's box, the Phoenix were paced by McKay, who went 3-for-3 in game two with a double and two RBIs. Thompson put together a standout performance at the plate as well, going 1-for-1 with a home run and an RBI.

GAME NOTES
» McKay picked up three base hits in the game for Green Bay.
» The Phoenix out-hit the Broncos at an 8-2 clip.
» Western Michigan was led offensively by junior Alyssa Kramer, who went 1-for-2.
» Sophomore Rissa Bajusz led the Broncos pitching staff, throwing six innings of three-run ball.

COMING UP
GB is back in action tomorrow with rematches against both Bellarmine and Western Michigan. The Phoenix will take on the Broncos at 10 a.m. and the Knights at 12 p.m.

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