(SPRINGFIELD, Ohio) - The visiting Wilmington Quakers sprint out to an early lead in game one, but give up six runs in the last two innings to give the game to the Wittenberg Tigers 8-6, and in the second game, get stifled by Tiger pitching and defense in an 8-0 shutout.

GAME ONE

The Quakers jumped out early in the first, with Judaea Wilson hitting a single to the right side and scoring Kori Cornett. Then moments later, Wilson got caught stealing second for the second out, enabling Jocelyn Franz to score.

Then, in the fourth, with the score 2-1, the Quakers unloaded on Wittenberg for four runs. Haley Johnson hit a two-run home run, her third of the year, scoring her and Alasandra Spears. Then, with the bases loaded, Franz walked, scoring Spears, and two batters later, Rachel Berry scored on a passed ball.

Wittenberg kept chipping away at Wilmington's lead, first with a run in the third to make the game 2-1.

Then, in the bottom of the fourth, right after Wilmington built a 6-1 lead, the Tigers got one more.

The Tigers would draw closer, making it 6-4 after the bottom of the fifth.

But the errors would do in the Quakers in the bottom of the sixth. After getting the first two batters out, two straight errors would put runners on second and third. Kirsten Wright doubled, scoring two, then Diana Quevedo doubled in Wright for the 7-6 Tigers lead.

One more run would be scored after starter Gracey Dearmon was pulled for Laney Starbuck, with Quevedo scoring on a Rebekah Giel double.

Franz went 2-2 with two walks and an RBI. Johnson went 2-4 with two RBI.

Claire Scully went 1-4 with a double. Spears would go 1-4 with a double.

Dearmon would go 5.2 innings, eight runs on 10 hits and three walks. Only three runs were earned.

Samantha Zungri started for Wittenberg and pitched 3.2 innings, yielding six runs on nine hits and three walks while striking out four.

Lilly Shaw earns the win for the Tigers, going 3.1 innings of one-hit shutout softball.

GAME 2

The second game saw Wittenberg starting pitcher Julie Hall throw a five-hit complete-game shutout.

The Quakers were held to their second-lowest hit total of the season, getting five hits in the game. Five Quakers each got a single hit.

Samantha Schwab got a single in the first inning after Franz reached on an error.

Cornett and Franz each singled in the top of the third with one out and set up the Quakers with two in scoring position with two outs.

Johnson hit a single up the middle, and then Scully singled, setting up a first and second situation with one out in the fourth inning.

The Quakers threatened again in the sixth inning, with Wilson and Schwab reaching on fielding errors with no outs, but a double play and a foul out ended that rally.

Belle Baughman pitched a solid five innings, giving up six runs off nine hits and five walks, striking out three. Baughman held the Tigers to a single run through 3.2 innings and two through four.

WHAT'S UP NEXT
The Quakers hit the road to open Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC) play at Baldwin Wallace University in Berea, Ohio on Saturday for a doubleheader starting at 1:00 p.m.