ST. CHARLES, Mo. – After having the Bellarmine Invite that was scheduled to be played this weekend cancelled, the Green Bay softball team scheduled four games at Lindenwood today and tomorrow. The Phoenix split the first two games of the weekend, with a shutdown pitching performance from Ava Schill in game one highlighting the day.

GAME 1 | GREEN BAY 2, LINDENWOOD 1
The Green Bay Phoenix took a 2-0 lead in the second inning after Sara Ebner scored on a wild pitch and Jenna Redders singled home Paige Hanson. The Lions responded in the bottom of the second with an RBI triple off the bat of Danielle Franz, but that's where the Phoenix held them.

After the second-inning run, Schill shut down the Lindenwood offense, pitching five scoreless innings to secure the 2-1 win for GB. Schill's final line was seven innings pitched, giving up just three hits and one earned run.

Hanson and Redders each had good games at the plate, going 2-for-3. Those four hits is what GB finished with.

GAME NOTES
» Game one was a pitcher's duel, with the Phoenix out hitting the Lions at a 4-3 clip.
» Green Bay pitchers limited Lindenwood (MO) to just 0-for-4 with runners in scoring position.
» Lindenwood was led offensively by freshman Danielle Franz, who went 1-for-3 with a triple and an RBI.

GAME 2 | NORTHERN ILLINOIS 2, GREEN BAY 0
Game two didn't go as smoothly for GB, with NIU putting up one run in the second and third innings off of Phoenix starter Genesis Eggart. Despite six hits on the day, Green Bay was unable to push a run across and fell 2-0. GB finished the game 0-for-3 with runners in scoring position.

Eggart had a solid outing in the circle, going six innings, giving up two runs, both of them earned, on four hits, allowing one walk and striking out six. Hannah Bolly was lights out for NIU, pitching seven shutout innings.

Six different Phoenix got a hit, with Aidyn Messmann and Grace Kahr hitting doubles.

GAME NOTES
» The Phoenix outhit the Huskies at a 6-4 clip.
» Northern Illinois was led offensively by Madison Mathews, who went 1-for-2 with a double and an RBI.

UP NEXT
The Phoenix will play a pair of games tomorrow at Lindenwood. GB will square off against Saint Louis at 10 a.m. and 12 p.m.

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