ROMEOVILLE, Ill. - The Lincoln softball team suffered a pair of four-run losses to Lewis in a double-header on Saturday afternoon (April 6). The Blue Tigers fell in the opener, 4-0, and dropped game two, 6-2.

Neither team was able to push a run across the plate in the first contest until the bottom of the third, when an infield single allowed Lewis to take a 1-0 advantage. Vanessa Cardenas hit a double in the top of the fourth, but Lincoln was unable to score, and Lewis drove in two more runs on a base hit into center field in the bottom half of the frame. The Flyers later padded their lead with a solo home run in the fifth.

Abbi Conrad also had a hit for the Blue Tigers while pitchers Kasey Kilburn and Jaedin Blankenship each notched a pair of strikeouts. Cardenas led LU with seven putouts, Kierra O'Rourke added four and Conrad provided two. Conrad and Gabby Newman each totaled two assists while Mackenzie Graham had a team-leading three assists.

In the second game, Lewis built a 4-0 lead before Lincoln got on the board in the top of the fourth. The Blue Tigers cut the Flyer lead in half on a two-run homer by O'Rourke that also plated Cardenas. Lewis tacked on one run apiece in the fourth and fifth frames, however, and kept the Blue Tigers off the board.

Lincoln had five hits in the night cap, including two by Jamilyn Bagby and one each by Cardenas and Ann-Marie Simpson. Abby Pulliam and Blankenship each struck out Flyer batters and Cardenas finished with five putouts while Hannah Heisler and Lindsey Brandt had three apiece. Graham led the Blue Tigers with four assists.

The Blue Tigers return home to host Truman State at LU Softball Field on Saturday (April 12) at 12:00 p.m. CDT.