KISSIMMEE, Florida — The Marietta College softball team dropped two decisions on its second day of the Rebel Spring Games Monday (Mar. 7) afternoon. Marietta (1-3) lost to Bluffton University 2-1 by way of a Beaver walk-off single in the bottom of the seventh, then fell 14-1 to Trine University in a five-inning nightcap. [Game 1 Box Score] [Game 2 Box Score]

In game one, Marietta took a 1-0 lead in the top of the fourth when sophomore Michelle Sayre (Ripley, W.Va./Ripley) ripped a double down the left field line to score Marissa McDaniel from second after she reached on a fielding error by the Bluffton center fielder.

Bluffton responded in the fifth to knot the score at 1-1 when Meagan Price was able to wiggle out of a rundown and steal second, which enabled Emily Manahan to score from third. The Beavers put the game away in the bottom of the seventh when it loaded the bases against Chelsea Chaffin (Wheelersburg/Wheelersburg). Natalie Nikitas then blooped a single over Katie Swejk (Tallmadge/Tallmadge) to bring in the winning run.

Chaffin (1-1) pitched all seven innings of game one. The sophomore allowed two runs, both unearned, on four hits and finished with four strikeouts and two walks.

McDaniel and Sayre were the only two Pioneers to record a hit in against Bluffton. Sayre's double gave her a RBI in the fourth, while McDaniel's hit was a triple in the sixth.

Game two saw Trine (3-0) take command early by scoring nine runs in the first two innings. The Thunder plated five runs in the first against Marietta junior Megan Born (Delta/Pike-Delta-York) (0-2) and then four more in the second off sophomore Kirstie Welch (Pickerington/North).

Junior Hazel Brogdon (Chugiak, Alaska/Chugiak) came on and pitched a scoreless third before giving up three in the fourth making the score 12-0 in favor of the Thunder.

Sayre recorded Marietta's only RBI of game two with a solo blast over the right field fence in the fourth

Trine added two more runs in the fifth and went on to win in a run-rule shortened game 14-1.

Marietta will continue its play at the Rebel Spring Games at 9 a.m. Tuesday (Mar. 8) morning, against Thomas More College and then take the field again at 1 p.m. against Greensboro College.