FORT MYERS, FL - The Saint Joseph's College Softball team lost both of their games in extra innings on the team's second day of their Florida trip. FY Alyssa Dunn (Standish, ME) collected 5 hits in the two games. St. Joe's is off to a 1-3 start this season and will next play on Thursday when they take on Tri-State and Wisconsin Lutheran.

In the first game of the day against WPI (MA), St. Joe's managed to put three runs on the board in the third inning by way of some nifty baserunning and clutch hitting. JR Liz Jordan (Sandwich, MA) singled with one out and proceeded to steal both second and third base before being sent home via a JR Alysn Ludwig (Waldoboro, ME) single. Ludwig went on to steal second base to get into scoring position for SO Liddy van der Linden (Worcester, MA), who drove her home with a single. SO Jillian Kimball (Albany TWP, ME) walked and later scored on an error made by the WPI leftfielder to account for the third run. SO pitcher Christy Wezowicz (Granville, MA) held the Engineers batters in check through five innings before allowing 2 runs in the sixth inning to cut the SJC lead to 3-2. WPI's JR Nicole Maglione (Charlton, MA) tied the game with a solo home run in the seventh inning to the send the game into extra innings.

WPI pushed a run across the plate in the top of the eighth to take the 4-3 lead. St. Joe's countered with a run in the bottom of the inning as Liddy van der Linden scored off an FY Alyssa Dunn (Standish, ME) struck-ball that was misplayed by the Engineers' first baseman to tie the game at four apiece. WPI exploded for 5 runs in the top of the ninth with four runs coming off the bat of SO Meg Foley (Belchertown, MA), who connected for a grand slam home run to help the Engineers take a commanding 9-4 lead in the extra frame, a lead they would not relinquish.

For St. Joe's, starting pitcher Christy Wezowicz threw seven innings and scattered seven hits, allowed two earned runs and two walks while striking out seven. Alyssa Dunn was 3-4 with a double; Liz Jordan went 2-3 with a double, two stolen bases and a run scored and Alysn Ludwig was 2-3 with a run, RBI and two stolen bases. FY Kiera Walsh (Benton, ME) took the loss in relief.

In the team's second game of the day, St. Joe's squared off against St. Mary's College (IN). SJC was behind 4-0 after five innings of play as St. Mary's pushed two runs across the plate in both the 3rd and 5th innings. It appeared that St. Joe's would be shut out after an emotional loss in the first game of the day, but the Lady Monks rallied to score four runs in the bottom of the seventh to force extra innings. FY Kayla Soucy (Colebrook, NH) led off the inning with a single and Liz Jordan, Anna Willis and Jillian Kimball all followed with base knocks to begin the inning and Liddy van der Linden smacked a double to drive in three runs during the last inning offensive surge. St. Mary's scored a run in the top of the eighth to take the lead and St. Joe's stranded two runners on base in the bottom of the inning to take their second hard-fought loss of the day.

Jillian Kimball went 2-4 at the plate with a run and an RBI and Alyssa Dunn was 2-3 with a double in the defeat. Starting pitcher Kiera Walsh went the distance and allowed four earned runs, nine hits and one walk while striking out two batters in eight innings of work.