MADISON -- Big innings from Dakota State were Presentation's downfall as the Saints dropped both ends of a college softball doubleheader Saturday, 15-7 and 11-2.
The Saints had a promising start in the opening game, building a 6-0 after two and a half innings. During a three-run second, PC received RBI singles from Shelby Anderson and Kelsey Schmidt, as well as a triple from Alexa Volesky that drove in a run. The Saints doubled the lead in the third, scoring a run on a double from Kelli Boekelheide and a two-run single from Danielle Naumann.
Things fell apart for PC during a seven-run third inning for the hosts. Dakota State used five hits and three errors to overtake the Saints. Presentation tied the game at seven in the next inning as Boekelheide's triple drove in Jacque Trost, but never led again. Dakota State broke the game wide open with half a dozen runs in the bottom of the fifth inning.
Nine players had at least one hit for PC, with two each for Boekelheide and Steph Mastel. Audrey Lorenz paced a 13-hit attack for Dakota State, going 4-for-4 with three RBIs and scored three runs.
Presentation held a brief lead again in game two, scoring a first-inning run on a sacrifice fly from Trost. The Trojans, scoreless for their first two innings, broke through in the next two, scoring five in the third and six more in the fourth. Dakota State pitchers Katie Silbowski and Bretton Lien combined to limit the Saints to one hit, a two-out single for Mastel in the fourth inning.
The Saints fell to 7-17 on the season, face Dakota State today for another doubleheader starting at 1 p.m.
|Game One|
Presentation|033 100-- 7 11 5
Dakota State|007 161--15 13 1
Danielle Naumann, Shelby Anderson (5) and Jacque Trost; Shai-Lee Hill, Katie Silbowski (3) and Elizabeth Rubalcava. 2B -- Presentation, Kelli Boekelheide, Sarah Hendricks; Dakota State, Rubalcava, Audrey Lorenz. 3B -- Presentation, Boekelheide, Alexa Volesky; Dakota State, Rubalcava. HR -- Dakota State, Lorenz.
|Game Two|
Presentation|100 10-- 2 1 1
Dakota State|005 6x--11 9 3
Anderson, Naumann (4) and Trost; Silbowski, Bretton Lien (5) and Rubalcava. 2B -- Dakota State, Rubalcava, Lorenz, Hill. 3B -- Dakota State, Chelsey John.