The Beloit College softball team dropped a pair of games on an unseasonably cold day in Clermont, Florida Sunday. The Buccaneers fell to Wisconsin Lutheran 12-1 (five innings) before dropping an afternoon game to Lasell 9-2.
The opener was a brisk start to the day with wind chills under 35 degrees. WLC got on the board first with a solo blast to right center in the top of the second. The Bucs responded in the bottom of the frame with
Maddie Moser tallying an RBI single to right center that plated
Sydney Harbison to knot the game 1-1.
WLC plated two more in the third before posting a big fourth that saw nine runs cross the plate.
Moser, Harbison and
Kaitlynn Taft entered the hit column in the game.
Maddy Pfortmiller suffered the loss on the mound to fall to 0-2 on the season.
Lasell University got the jump on Beloit in game two scoring in the second, third and fourth innings to take a 9-0 advantage.
Beloit extended the game with a pair of runs in the fourth. Taft drew a one-out walk to spark the offense.
Briana Arteaga slapped a hard shot to the shortstop that was bobbled to put two runners on for the Bucs. After a flyout,
Kit Kronberger singled to rightfield to load the bases and
Isabel Johnson singled to left center to bring in both runs.
Kronberger went 2-for-3 at the plate to lead the Beloit offense.
Cora Aubert suffered the loss to fall to 0-2 on the season.