CEDAR FALLS, Iowa - The Drake softball team swept its two games on the final day of the UNI Dome Classic beating Green Bay, 5-1 and shutting out Northern Iowa, 6-0 to improve its record to 4-1 on the young season.

In game one, junior Jordan Gronewold (Carlisle, Iowa) pitched five innings and allowed just one run on six hits and struck out six Phoenix batters to earn the win. Sophomore Rebekah Schmidt (Cottage Grove, Minn.) pitched two scoreless innings with three strikeouts to pick up her first save.

At the plate junior Amy Pierce (Overland Park, Kan.) paced the Bulldogs offensive attack finishing 3-for-5. Senior Macie Silliman (Winterset, Iowa) went 2-for-4 with two runs scored and an RBI. The Bulldogs scored two in the first, one in the second and two in the sixth to get the win.

Against Northern Iowa, Gronewold (3-0) had another stellar performance on the mound. She pitched five scoreless innings and allowed no hits with four strikeouts and four walks for the win. Schmidt came on in relief and allowed just one hit to pick up her second save.

Silliman added two more hits and scored a run while sophomore Laura Brewer (Waukee, Iowa) went 2-for-2 with two RBIs. Brewer drove home the Bulldogs first run in the opening frame and drove home another run in the third.

Drake added two more runs in the fifth on a UNI throwing error that scored Silliman and Pierce. The Bulldogs added two more in the seventh. Junior Nicole Randel (Alpine, Calif.) blasted a pinch-hit RBI double and Liz Buck (Olathe, Kan.) followed with an RBI single to put the game away.

The Bulldogs will travel west for their next action at the Hillenbrand Invitational hosted by the University of Arizona. Drake will open the tournament Friday night (Feb. 15) at 7 p.m. against the No. 13 Wildcats before ending the evening against the Purdue Boilermakers at 9 p.m.