GREEN BAY, Wis. – A busy week is on tap for Green Bay softball as the Phoenix prepares for a short road trip to the state capital to face the Wisconsin Badgers before returning to King Park to battle IUPUI.

SCHEDULE UPDATE
The dates and times for the Green Bay-IUPUI softball series have been changed due to forecasted weather this weekend. The Phoenix will now host the Jaguars for a doubleheader on Thursday, March 31 at 11 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. followed by a single game at 1 p.m. on Friday.

Gameday Information

Green Bay vs. Wisconsin
When: Tuesday, March 28
Where: Madison, Wis. (Goodman Softball Complex)
First Pitch: 3:00 and 5:30 p.m. 
Series history: Badgers lead Green Bay 34-11-1 
Follow the action: Live Stats | Watch (BTN+)

Green Bay vs. IUPUI
When: Thursday, March 30 -  Friday, March 31
Where: Green Bay, Wis. (King Park)
First Pitch: 11:00 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. (Thursday) | 1:00 p.m. (Friday)
Series history:  Green Bay leads IUPUI 13-12
Follow the action: Watch (ESPN+) | Live Stats

UPCOMING SCHEDULE
Green Bay at Oakland – April 7, 12:00 and 2:30 p.m.
Green Bay at Oakland – April 8, 11 a.m.
Green Bay at St. Thomas - April 11, 3:00 and 5:30 p.m.

LAST MATCHUP
Green Bay softball snapped a nine-game losing skid by splitting a doubleheader against Horizon League foe Robert Morris Friday afternoon. The Phoenix dropped the opening game before closing out a tight contest in game two. Friday's matchup was the first time GB has played on their home turf in 2023. RMU took the first game 6-0, with the Colonials turning three Green Bay errors into four unearned runs. Paeton Kringel was sensational in the circle for Green Bay, surrendering just two unearned runs in seven innings while racking up 11 strikeouts.

In the second contest, the Phoenix got on the board in the first inning after McKay snuck an RBI single past Winchell at first base to make it 1-0. GB extended its lead in the second when Jadin Justman ripped a double to the left-center gap, scoring Giese and Gianna Sanchez. Paige Hanson would ensue with an RBI double, bringing Green Bay's lead to 4-0. In a dramatic seventh inning, GB starter Kelly Greene got Kinsey Ventura to ground out to avenge GB's game one loss with a 5-4 victory.

SAM-I-AM
Junior Samantha Saloun is one of GB's most consistent hitters through the team's first 26 games. The SPASH graduate currently leads (min. 12 ABs) the Phoenix in:

• OPS (.886)
• Doubles (7)
• RBIs (18)
• Total bases (38)
• Slugging percentage (.507)

Saloun's OPS is also the sixth-highest in the Horizon League.

SPEED DEMONS
The Phoenix has been lethal on the basepaths, swiping 18 bases in 21 attempts (85.7-percent conversion). Tiffany Giese is 7-for-7, while Justman is 3-for-5. Paige Hanson, Hailey Heckenlaible, and Randi McKay are 2-for-2. Kendal Herschbach and Kaylin Fahy have each stolen one base as well.

DUCK DUCK GIESE
Outfielder Tiffany Giese has had a hot hand at the dish recently. She strung together a 10-game hitting streak from February 26 to March 12, collecting 12 hits in 31 at-bats (.387 average). Green Bay's leadoff man went 3-for-3 in GB's last outing at Northern Kentucky on March 16, scoring a run and drawing a walk in GB's 9-6 loss. She followed that up by going 3-for-6 in two games versus Robert Morris while swiping three bases. Giese is also knocking on the door of becoming the all-time hits leader in Green Bay softball history. Giese currently has 157 career hits, just 11 shy of Katie Cooney for the record.

KRINGEL CRUSHIN' IT
Paeton Kringel showed out last Friday against Robert Morris. The freshman from New London, Wisconsin gave up just two earned runs in seven innings, posting her first career complete game. Only nine of her 122 pitches left the infield, surrendering just three flyouts (compared to seven groundouts) and six base hits. Kringel racked up 11 strikeouts and struck out the side in the first and second innings.

NEW PHOENIX FACES
Green Bay officially welcomed Mary Bean as an assistant coach on January 25. The Phoenix also welcomes 10 newcomers to the squad in 2023.

Transfers
Lauren Porter | U | So. | Harland, Wis. | Western Michigan
Payton Brennan | U | Jr. | Hortonville, Wis. | Daytona State College

True Freshman
Giana Sanchez | IF | Whiting, Ind. | Marist
Viviana Guzman | P/OF | Waukegan, Ill. | Waukegan
Kelly Greene | U | Palos Heights, Ill. | Alan B Shepard
Paeton Kringel | P/U | New London, Wis. | New London
Kaylin Fahy | U | Niles, Ill. | Maine South
Kendal Herschbach | IF/OF | Lockport, Ill. | Lockport Township
Paige Hanson | C/SS | Cottage Grove, Wis. | Monona Grove
Aidyn Messmann | C/3B | Jefferson, Wis. | Jefferson

2023 #HLSB Preseason Poll
Pl. Team – Pts. (First-place votes)
1. Oakland (8) – 77
2. RMU (1) – 68
3. Cleveland State – 61
4. Green Bay – 51
5. Youngstown State – 50
6. Northern Kentucky – 43
7. IUPUI – 22
8. Purdue Fort Wayne – 20
9. Detroit Mercy – 13

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