KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Maryville University softball lost a pair of games on the road at Rockhurst University on Saturday. The Saints fall to 15-19 overall and 7-4 in the Great Lakes Valley Conference.
 
Game One Recap
Rockhurst plated a run in the bottom of the first after a leadoff single, an error, and an RBI single from Cheyenne Minnick. The Hawks extended the lead to 2-0 in the second frame when they got another leadoff single and later an RBI from Katherine Maggard.
                                                                                                        
In the sixth, Lauren Good hit a solo home run, her second of the year, to make it 3-0. Avery Huffman took it from there, throwing a complete-game shutout in the circle for Rockhurst. She tallied five strikeouts and allowed five hits.
 
Maryville starting pitcher Chayse Ramey also tallied a complete game, going six innings while allowing two earned runs and tallying three strikeouts.
 
Winning Pitcher: A. Huffman (5-8)
Losing Pitcher: Chayse Ramey (11-8)
  
Batting Leaders
Jenna Kosnoff: 2-for-3
Erin Wurst: 1-for-3, 2B
 
Game Two Recap
In the bottom of the first of game two, Kerstyn Finch led off with a walk and stole second. Maya Gallagher stepped in the next at-bat and tripled to right-center to pick up the RBI. Gallagher then scored on a wild pitch.
 
Finch doubled home another run in the bottom of the second to make it 3-0. Maryville did not answer until the top of the sixth when Isabella Garcia blasted her second home run of the season plating two runs. After a pitching change, Mandi Lenon doubled two at-bats later with two outs, but Anna Stephen worked out of the jam with the 3-2 lead still intact.
 
Emily Senjan worked around a couple of singles in the sixth to hold the game steady, but Stephen retired the side in order in the seventh to pick up the save and a 3-2 Rockhurst win.
 
Winning Pitcher: A. Newcomer (2-6)
Losing Pitcher: Mercedes Delgado (1-5)
Save: A. Stephen (1)
  
Batting Leaders
Isabella Garcia: 2-for-2, HR, 2 RBI
Emily Corona: 2-for-2, R
Jenna Kosnoff: 1-for-4, 2B
 
What's Next?
Maryville is back at home for a pair of conference doubleheaders against the University of Missouri-St. Louis and McKendree University next weekend. The first game against McKendree is set for noon on Saturday, April 6, at the Maryville Athletic Complex. 
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