ST. CHARLES, Mo. - The Green Bay Phoenix softball rallied from down 5-4 in the fifth inning to earn their first win of the 2026 season, defeating the Lindenwood Lions 8-6 on Thursday to open the Lindenwood Invite.
 
Freshman pitcher Jasmyn Trigueros (1-4) got her first collegiate win out of the bullpen for Green Bay (1-11). The right-hander went 2.2 innings, giving up a single run on one hit, allowing three walks and striking out two.
 
In the batter's box, the Phoenix were led by another freshman, Gracie Anderson, who went 2-for-3, blasting her first career home run, adding a double, a walk, and two RBIs. Kendal Herschbach also helped out for Green Bay, putting together two hits in three trips to the plate while adding the game-tying RBI in the sixth. Paige Guse finished the day 3-for-4.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
The Phoenix got the scoring started early, putting one run on the board in the top of the first inning thanks to Anderson's RBI double with one out.
 
The Lions then tied the ballgame at one before the Phoenix came back to reclaim their advantage in the second inning. Paige Guse came across to score the lone run of the inning for Green Bay thanks to an RBI sac fly from Jenna Redders. Green Bay kept Lindenwood scoreless before expanding its lead to 3-1 after Anderson's homer.
 
Green Bay kept the offense going in the fourth, with Redders driving in another, this time Anna Trimble, to make the score 4-1.
 
Lindenwood then mounted a comeback, scoring 4 unanswered runs to take a 5-4 lead heading into the sixth. However, the Phoenix tied the game when Herschbach scored Aidyn Messmann on an RBI single, before Guse scored the go-ahead run on a passed ball. The Green Bay offense piled up two more runs in the sixth, finished off by a one-run single off the bat of freshman Katherine Filkowski to score Bella Herman. Lindenwood added another run on the scoreboard in the bottom of the seventh, but the Phoenix still held on for the 8-6 win.
 
GAME NOTES
» Guse compiled three hits in the game for Green Bay.
» Green Bay's highest scoring inning was the sixth, when it pushed four runs across.
» Four Phoenix had multiple hits in the ballgame.
» The Phoenix out-hit the Lions at a 12-10 clip.
» Filkowski stole two bases in Thursday's game.
» Green Bay went 5-for-13 (.385) with runners in scoring position.
 
COMING UP
The Phoenix will continue the Lindenwood Invite tomorrow when they take on Indiana State and Valparaiso at 10 a.m. and 12:30 p.m.
 
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