YOUNGSVILLE, La. – The North Dakota softball team dropped two games on Saturday – falling 4-3 to Eastern Illinois and 8-0 to Southeastern Louisiana.

Game 1: EIU 4, UND 3

After a scoreless first, EIU got on the board first in the top of the second with a one out double and then a two out RBI single. UND wasted no time as Madison Pederson hit a bomb over the left field fence to lead off the second that evened the game.

Both teams went down 1-2-3 in the third, the Panthers struck for three in the top of the fourth; two earned. After 3.1 innings, Jackie Albrecht relieved starter Makaela Carr. She finished off the fourth inning and then got out of a jam with two on and one out in the fifth.

In the top of the seventh, Albrecht kept the Fighting Hawks in the game as she kept EIU off the board with runners on first and second and one out. In the bottom of the frame, Taya Hopfauf reached on an error and then moved to second on a groundout. Mariah Peters followed with a single up the middle to make it 4-2. Izzy Haslett followed and singled to third base to put runners on first and second. Brooklyn House came to the plate and singled to center field and brought Peters in to score and make it 4-3 for her first career RBI. Haslett moved to third representing the tying run, but was unable to get home to score.

Rachel Kaufman got the win and Olivia Pierce the save while Carr took the loss.

Game 2: SLU 8, UND 0

The Lions jumped on the Fighting Hawks quickly with a four-run bottom of the first inning. SLU picked up another run in the bottom of the second, and in the top of the third Haslett got the first UND hit and second base runner of the game.

After running into trouble in the first and second innings, Camryn Lasota didn't allow a hit in the third and got a double play in the fourth with two runners on base to get out of the inning.

UND got a leadoff walk in the top of the fifth and then a single from Katelyn Neumayer, but were unable to bring a run across the plate. In the bottom of the fifth the Lions got a leadoff triple and then five straight singles, which made the score 8-0 to finish the game.

Lasota took the loss while Ellie DuBois got the win.

The Fighting Hawks will conclude the weekend tomorrow at 11 a.m. going against Louisiana Monroe.

Postgame Notes 

·        Emily Marr made her first career appearance in the fifth inning against SLU.

·        NoDak drops to 0-3 against EIU all time and 0-1 against SLU.

·        Mariah Peters went 3-5 on the day with an RBI and a run scored.

How It Happened 

Game One

T2 – EIU 1, UND 0

B2 – UND 1, EIU 1

T4 – EIU 4, UND 1

B7 – EIU 4, UND 3

Game Two

B1 – SLU 4, UND 0

B2 – SLU 5, UND 0

B5 – SLU 8, UND 0

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