GLENVILLE, W.Va. – The Indiana University of Pennsylvania softball program got its season off on the right foot, scoring seven unanswered runs to open game one before using clutch late-game heroics to sweep both contests opposite Wheeling, 8-3 and 5-2.
 
Both starters in the circle went the distance with neither allowing a single earned run as Amanda Fischer and Elizabeth Kasper combined to hurl 14 innings of unearned glory (five runs earned) and five strikeouts between them as Kasper did not surrender a walk over 30 batters faced.
 
The sticks of Jordan Sylvia, Allyssa Schmidt, and Paige Truax were the big boppers in the lineup for the Crimson Hawks, driving in three runs apiece, hitting .500 (10-of-20) collectively and scoring thrice to form a terrific trio.
 
Truax stood out in particular on the day as she added two stolen bases plus a triple to her stat line while Sylvia and Schmidt contributed doubles of their own.
 
Other notable IUP ladies to make an immediate impact were Tess Smiley, who cranked out a pair of doubles and a stolen base on top of a 3-for-6, three score, afternoon, and Delaney Patella, who also swiped second base once, drove in a run and scored a run as well as racking up three base knocks.
 
The women from the Keystone State will play its first true road contest of the year at tournament host Glenville State with first pitch slated for 12:30 p.m. inside the Sue Morris Sports Complex.
 
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