The University of Indianapolis softball team fell one win short of tying a season record for wins with a pair of NCAA Division II Super Regional losses to McKendree.
In the best-of-three series that started Thursday at Baumgartner Field in Indianapolis, the visitors notched a 3-2 victory over the Greyhounds.
Cheyenne Eads, a Shelbyville graduate, had a run-scoring single and was hit by a pitch for the 38th time this season – a NCAA Division II national record.
Eads stepped into the pitcher’s circle in game two Friday and suffered a 5-4 loss when McKendree delivered a game-winning two-run home run in the bottom of the seventh inning.
Eads finished the season 31-3. She became the fifth Greyhound pitcher in program history to win at least 30 games.
Indianapolis finished 59-7 and made its fourth consecutive Super Regional appearance.
Here is a look at other Shelby County graduates competing at the collegiate level:
Kylee Edwards
The Shelbyville graduate finished 1-for-7 at the plate in a pair of NCAA Division I Super Regional losses at Alabama.
Edwards went hitless Friday in a 7-0 loss to the Crimson Tide.
On Saturday, Edwards had a single in a 4-1 loss.
LSU finished the season 40-19.
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