LOUISVILLE, Ky. --- Showing why they are the fourth ranked team in the nation, the visiting University of Indianapolis Greyhounds swept the Bellarmine University softball team on Saturday afternoon in a pair of Great Lakes Valley Conference games.

Bellarmine(17-15, 8-6 GLVC) drops their third straight while UIndy(24-1, 12-0 GLVC) extends their win streak to a remarkable 20 games.

Game 1: No. 4 UIndy 8, Bellarmine 0 (5 innings)

Game one was a matchup between the power hitting Knights, who have tallied 29 home runs on the season going into the game, and UIndy's Jennifer DeMotte, the reigning NFCA National Pitcher of the Week. It was DeMotte who won that battle though, throwing 5.0 shutout innings, giving up three hits and striking out five.

Meanwhile, the Greyhounds took advantage of several miscues by the Knights to plate eight runs in the first five innings to shorten the game. Of the eight runs, four were the result of errors committed by Bellarmine, including a three-run homer by Casey Williamson in the second after an error by freshman Kayla Padgett extended the inning.

Alicia Miller(8-9) took the loss for the Knights, throwing 5.0 innings and allowing 11 hits and striking out three.

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Game 2: No. 4 UIndy 4, Bellarmine 1

Alexa Alfaro's two-run homer in the sixth broke open a 1-1 tie to ensure the Greyhounds sweep of the doubleheader.

Junior Madi Ratliff hit her 10th homer of the season in the bottom of the second give the Knights the early 1-0 lead. UIndy's Kelsey Rummel would tag up in top of the third on a sac fly to deep center by Casey Williamson to even the game at one apiece.

After Alfaro's bomb in the sixth, Indianapolis would add on an insurance run the top of the seventh as Briana Clark hit a solo shot to lead off the inning.

Senior Amanda Meyer (9-6) pitched 7.0 innings in the losing effort but recorded a season-high 9 strikeouts for BU. Audrey Ernst picked up the win, allowing just 2 hits on the day.

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Bellarmine returns to action on Sunday afternoon, hosting St. Joseph's College for a doubleheader at Knights field, first pitch is scheduled for noon.