New Britain, CT – The Wagner College softball team dropped a pair of games at Central Connecticut in the Northeast Conference (NEC) opener for both teams on Saturday. The Seahawks fell 1-0 in extra innings in game one before falling 3-1 in game two of the afternoon.
 
Game 1 Recap: CCSU 1-0 Wagner
 
The first game of the afternoon was a pitcher's duel between graduate student Eve Harvey and CCSU's Kaylee Whittaker, with both teams combining for 11 hits in the contest.
 
Sophomore Kate Wolf led the way with two hits for the Seahawks, while the top of the Wagner lineup also contributed hits, with senior Bianca Worthy, graduate student Nora Conway, and sophomore Justine Carranza all entering the hit column.
 
Harvey struck out seven batters in the complete game effort, but was charged with the loss after the Blue Devils came through with the lone run of the game in the bottom of the eighth inning.
 
Game 2 Recap: CCSU 3-1 Wagner
 
The Blue Devils took the early lead in game two, scoring all three of their runs in the second inning.
 
Wagner answered in the fourth, as graduate student Penelope Russ came through with the bases loaded, bringing home Worthy with an RBI single, but that's as close as the Seahawks would get, as they fell in game two.
 
Apart from Russ and Worthy, Wolf and graduate student Mackenzie Vogler also had hits for the Green and White.
 
In the circle, freshman Natalie Rodriguez was charged with the loss after striking out three batters in six innings.
 
Both teams will conclude their series tomorrow at noon.