The Benedictine University softball team dropped two games in walk-off fashion against Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference foe Concordia University Wisconsin on Saturday afternoon, falling 2-1 and 6-5.

Game One

BenU started the game fast, scoring on the game's first at-bat. Leadoff hitter Shannon Fritsche homered to right center field to start the action, giving starting pitcher Holly Haberkorn a 1-0 cushion. Habekorn held the lead by holding the Falcons to just three hits through the first four innings, but the Eagles offense was stilfled through the fourth inning after Fritsche's homer as well.

Benedictine plated another run in the fifth inning via the longball, as Jenna Boyajian hit her third home run of the season with one out and no one on. However, BenU would strand two runners later in the inning, and the Falcons responded by plating a run in the bottom half of the inning on a fielder's choice.

Both offenses were shut down in the sixth. After the Eagles stranded a runner on second in the top of the seventh, CUW doubled with one out and advanced the runner to third with two outs. Then, CUW's Christine Sharon hit a walk-off home run, giving the Falcons the win 3-2.

Haberkorn suffered her fifth loss of the year despite tossing 6.2 innings and allowing just three runs on six hits. The Eagles tallied just six hits on the day, with Fritsche and Kailee Cable each recording multi-hit games.

Game Two

Both BenU's Melissa Guzior and CUW's Emily Brekke coasted through the games first five innings, as both teams tallied just two hits a piece in that span. Guzior held the Falcons hitless through the first four innings, but the Falcons tallied two hits in the fifth and then a run in the sixth on a single to take a 1-0 lead. Katie McKay entered the game for Guzior and ended the Falcons threat.

However, the Eagles offense came to life in the seventh. After Cable reached on an error, Courtney Grasz, Alex Daviera, and Haberkorn all singled. A throwing error allowed Cable to score to tie things at one, then with the bases loaded, Boyajian doubled to clear the bases. A Fritsche groundout scored Boyajain later in the inning to give BenU a 5-1 lead.

CUW would mount a furious comeback in the bottom off the seventh. Thanks to four BenU errors, the Falcons plated five runs on just three hits to win 6-5. With Guzior back on the mound, CUW's Andrea Thiry singled to score the game's final run and give the Falcons another walk-off win.

Guzior allowed just four hits and one earned run through 5.2 innings, while McKay took the loss on five unearned runs in one inning of relief. At the plate, BenU tallied seven hits, with Boyajian having the only multi-hit game (2-for-2) and the Eagles' only extra-base hit (double).

The Eagles look to bounce back on Sunday, April with a noon NACC doubleheader at the Village of Lisle/Benedicitne University Sports Complex. Live audio, video, and statistics will be available at http://portal.stretchinternet.com/benu/.