The Ursuline College softball team dropped a pair of road games at Wheeling University on Thursday afternoon.
Wheeling took game one 5-2 and rallied to win game two in its last at-bat 7-5.
In game one, trailing 5-0 in the sixth inning, the Arrows broke up the shut out with a pair of runs.
Savannah Hicks started the inning with a base hit to center field and Rawlings picked up a one-out single.
Kiley Gallagher doubled to left center to score Hicks and get Ursuline on the board.
Maddie Fields delievered a sacrifice fly to score pinch runner
Ashley Buttolph to make it 5-2.
Kelsey Jakosh started the game and allowed five runs on six hits over three innings of work.
Marcella McMahon tossed three innings of scoreless relief and allowed just two hits while striking out one.
Game two saw the Ursuline offense strike for three runs in the first two innings to take an early lead over the Cardinals. In the first inning,
Sara Fessler drew a walk and stole second base to move into scoring position with one out. After a ground out by
Tara Backherms, Gallagher reached on an error by the right fielder that allowed Fessler to score to make it 1-0.
Alyssa Baratta picked up a single to left field to put runners on the corners and Fields reached on a fielder's choice that allowed Gallagher to score to make it 2-0.
In the second inning,
Kat Ferretti started the inning with a base hit up the middle and Buttolph followed with a base hit through the left side to put two on with no outs. After a strike out from
Jovanna Herrera, Fessler doubled down the right field line to score Ferretti to make it 3-0.
Wheeling pulled to within a run with a pair of runs in the third inning, but the Arrows offense answered in the top of the fourth inning. Herrera picked up a one-out single to center and moved to second on a ground out by Fessler and advanced to third on a wild pitch. Backherms came through with an RBI single to make it 4-2 and Baratta knocked in a run with a base hit up the middle to extend the lead to 5-2.
The Cardinals battled back again and added two runs in the home half of the fifth inning and with two outs in the seventh inning got a walk-off three-run home run to claim game two 7-5.
Baratta finished 3-for-4 at the plate in game two while Ferretti was 2-for-4. Fessler was 1-for-3 with a double and a run driven in and also scored a run.
The Arrows will be back in action on Friday in conference as they travel to Ohio Valley University. Game one is set to begin at 3:00 PM.
