MOON TOWNSHIP, Pa. – The Green Bay softball team opened the Horizon League season with a bang, sweeping a Thursday doubleheader at Robert Morris. The Phoenix took game one 7-5 before taking game two 10-7.
 
GAME 1 | Green Bay 7, Robert Morris 5
Hailey Heckenlaible ignited the Phoenix offense in the first inning with a solo home run to take a 1-0 lead. GB followed that up with a run in each of the second, third, and fourth innings. The second inning run came from an Aidyn Messmann RBI double, the third inning came from an RBI single from Sam Saloun and the fourth inning run came off the bat of Bella Herman, who singled home Kendal Herschbach to take a 4-0 lead.
 
The Colonials were unable to scratch the scoreboard against Phoenix starting pitcher Ava Schill until the bottom of the fourth inning, where they scored two runs to make it 4-2.
 
GB responded however, with back-to-back home runs from Heckenlaible and Saloun, followed up by a double steal from Paige Hanson and Lauren Porter to give the Phoenix a commanding 7-3 lead. Robert Morris would tack on two runs in the seventh, but it was too late, as Green Bay wrapped up the 7-5 win.
 
Heckenlaible put together a monster performance at the plate in game one, hitting her first two home runs of the year to lead the Phoenix. Saloun also went yard and finished the day 2-for-3 with two RBI along with one walk.
 
Schill (3-3) got the win for Green Bay. The right-hander went three innings, giving up two runs, both of them earned, on five hits, allowing two walks and striking out two. Kelly Greene also pitched well, going four innings, surrendering three runs, one earned, on five hits, walking none and striking out two.
 
GAME NOTES
» RMU outhit GB 10-8.
» Greene wrapped up a save with her relief appearance.
» Green Bay scored runs in each of the first five innings.
» GB never trailed in game one.
» Green Bay went 3-for-9 (.333) with runners in scoring position.
» Robert Morris was led offensively by Logan Black, who went 2-for-2 with a double, a triple, and an RBI.
» Porter and Messman were the other two Phoenix besides Heckenlaible and Saloun to have extra-base hits.
» Green Bay had three stolen bases in the contest.
 
GAME 2 | Green Bay 10, Robert Morris 7
Game two was the opposite of game one, with the Colonials exploding out of the gates for six runs in the bottom of the first inning. However, the Green & White responded immediately with four runs in the second thanks to two RBI singles from both Kaylin Fahy and Herman to cut the RMU lead to 6-4.

The Green Bay offense kept rolling in the third, tacking on three more runs to grab a 7-6 lead after RBI singles from Messmann, Laabs, and Herman. Porter drove home a run with a single in the fourth, and Saloun hit another solo home run to push the Phoenix lead to 9-6 before the Colonials would respond. 
 
The hosts cut into the Phoenix lead with an RBI single in the sixth, but Herman continued her big game two and drove home Fahy to make the score 10-7, where it would end.
 
Herman racked up four RBIs to lead the Phoenix on the offensive side of the ball. Saloun was great again in game two, going 2-for-4 with a home run. Porter also contributed for Green Bay, putting together three hits in four trips to the plate while adding a double and an RBI.
 
Martha Miller (2-4) got the win out of the bullpen for GB. The right-hander went 6.1 innings, giving up one run on five hits, allowing no walks, and striking out two.
 
GAME NOTES
» Green Bay outhit RMU 15-9 in game two.
» Four Phoenix had multiple hits in the ballgame.
» The Phoenix had a total of 15 hits, the most in a game this season.
» Green Bay went 6-for-12 (.500) with runners in scoring position.
» Robert Morris was led offensively by Anna Resnik, who went 2-for-3 with two doubles and an RBI.
 
UP NEXT
Green Bay will look to complete the series sweep tomorrow at 1 p.m. against Robert Morris. Next weekend, GB will have its home opener, as they host Northern Kentucky for a Friday doubleheader and a single game on Saturday.
 
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