BELOIT, Wis. - Beloit's softball team lost both games of Saturday's doubleheader against Knox College, dropping game one by a score of 5-1, before falling 3-1 in eight innings in the second game.
In game one, Knox (6-16, 2-4 MWC) struck first with a two-run second inning, scoring on an RBI double and on a fielding error by the Buccaneers. Beloit (8-14, 0-4 MWC) cut that lead in half in the fourth on an RBI single up the middle, which scored
Maddie Moser, but Knox added three more runs in the seventh to put the game away.
Beloit finished the game with five hits, led by
Cora Aubert's two base knocks. Knox recorded nine hits, with Lacey Miller going 3-for-4 and Hailey Carpenter adding a 2-for-4 performance with two RBI.
In game two, Knox again took the first lead of the game, scoring on an RBI single in the top of the second. Beloit tied things up in the fifth when
Briana Arteaga recorded a sac fly, which scored
Jess Coppe from third base.
The two teams entered extra innings still tied at one, before Knox scored twice on a double down the left field line to take a 3-1 lead in the top of the eighth. Beloit's
Kaylee Witte led off the bottom of the eighth with a single to center, but she would be left stranded, as Knox retired the next three batters to earn the victory.
Beloit finished the game with seven hits, w8-14, 0-4 MWC)ith two apiece coming from Witte and
Siddalee Meyers.
Samantha Friedrichsohn (2-4) suffered the hard-luck loss, allowing just two earned runs on 10 hits in the complete game. Knox had three players finish with two hits in the contest.
The Buccaneers will be in action again on Saturday when they'll travel to Cornell College for a doubleheader with the Rams. That twinbill will begin at 1 p.m. in Mount Vernon, Iowa.
