Griner was 4-for-8 with two home runs and eight RBI as the Trojans went 3-1 against Ohio Valley and Kentucky Wesleyan.
She also had a double and scored three runs while drawing one walk. Griner came up with two of TNU’s five homers hit in the series.
The Trojans needed her two-run shot in the top half of the third inning against Ohio Valley in a tight 9-7 final. She drilled a two-run, two-out blast that gave TNU a 6-2 lead.
In the first game against OVU, Griner keyed a five-run second inning with a three-run homer as the Trojans rolled to an 8-0 final in six. Her five home runs on the season rank tied for fifth in the league with Alderson Broaddus’ Brianna Burger.
Griner is hitting .295 on the year and has a grand slam to her credit, emptying the bases in style against Bellarmine early in the spring.