Easton, PA- The Wagner College softball team fell twice to the Lafayette College Leopards this afternoon at Metzgar Fields. Wagner's first loss came by a 2-1 count, while the Green & White fell in the night cap 5-3. 

After two scoreless innings in the first game of the twin bill, the Seahawk broke the dead-lock in the top of the third off a RBI single by senior Kate Eshelman (Reno, NV / McQueen). Eshelman's single to right field drove in freshman Carley Nicoletti (Plainville, NY / C.W. Baker), who reached on a double down the right field line. The Leopards responded in the bottom of the frame, tying the game at 1-1 on a homerun over the right field fence. 

Both teams battled back-and-fourth in a defensive battle for the remainder of the contest, until Lafayette finally plated the walk off run on a single to right in the bottom of the seventh. 

In the circle, freshman Judy Betz (Ashburn, VA / Broad Run) pitched the entire 6.2 innings of action while fanning three and allowing one earned run. 

In game two, Wagner jumped out to an early 1-0 lead in the first on Eshelman's sacrifice bunt. On the play, Eshelman plated junior Emily Pierce (Phoenix, AZ / Desert Vista) who reached via a walk by Lafayette pitcher Emily Noel. 

This Wagner lead held until the bottom of the third when the Leopards tallied three runs on a pair of singles up the middle. Lafayette extended their lead to 5-1 in the bottom of the fourth, scoring on two more singles. 

In the top of the fifth, Wagner responded by notching two runs to bring the game to 5-3. Junior Christina Pinkus (Cohasset, MA / Cohasset) supplied Wagner's two runs on a double to right field, driving in Pierce (reached on a single up the middle) and freshman Krysta Fauria (Yorba Linda, CA / Valencia) (reached on a single through the left side). However, Lafayette's defense held the Seahawks' bats scoreless through the reminder of the contest as the Leopards garnered the 5-3 victory. 

Toeing the rubber for the Seahawks were freshman Terah DeBinder (Cypress, CA / Cypress) and sophomore Amanda Garcia (Fresno, CA / California State University, Fresno). DeBinder hurled for 3.2 innings of action while Garcia finished the remainder of the game with 2.1 innings of work. 

Wagner (4-17) returns to action Saturday, March 26 when the Seahawks travel to New Britain, CT to face Central Connecticut State University in a Northeast Conference double header at 12:00PM. 

Game 1

Game 2