LANCASTER, Pa.- The Mighty Mac softball team (16-7-1) surged into a doubleheader at Franklin & Marshall (10-12) after winning four games over the weekend, but their momentum was slowed by the Diplomats in a pair of losses, 4-0 and 9-1.
 
IU mustered just three hits in the opener, and in the second game, they were trailing 6-0 through three innings and they couldn't recover.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
GAME 1
-The Mas had a baserunner in the top of the first as junior Jessica Bormann singled with one out, but a fielder's choice and strikeout ended the inning
-Bormann was in the circle for IU and worked around a baserunner in each of the first two innings before a 1-2-3 inning in the third, including two punchouts
-Junior Michaela Petito singled with one out in the second, and sophomore Keani Hindle doubled with one out in the fourth, but those were the only two hits the rest of the way for IU as they were kept off the scoreboard
-The Diplomats broke through in the bottom of the fourth with three runs, all scoring on a pair of doubles to end Bormann's day
-They would add one more in the fifth on another RBI double against sophomore Renee DeAngelis
 
MACS AT THE PLATE
-Bormann: 1-3
-Hindle: 1-3, 2B
-Petito: 1-3
 
IU IN THE CIRCLE
-Bormann (L, 6-2): 4 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 3 ER, BB, 2K
-DeAngelis: 2 IP, 3 H, R, ER, 2 BB
 
GAME 2
-IU could not get their offense going in this one as they were set down in order in the first three innings
-Franklin & Marshall swung the bats well in this one, scoring four second inning runs and two in the third which chased Petito from the game, bringing on sophomore Emma Bischoff
-Bischoff would get hit for three more runs in the third on a bases clearing double
-IU got on the board in their half of the fourth as freshman Katy Newton singled and stole second before going to third on a single by Bischoff.  Hindle brought her home with a sacrifice fly
-The Macs couldn't score in the fifth as the game ended early
 
MACS AT THE PLATE
-Newton: 1-2, R, SB
-Bischoff: 1-1
-Sturgill: 1-2
 
IU IN THE CIRCLE
-Petito (L, 4-3): 2 IP, 7 H, 6 R, 5 ER
-Bischoff: 2 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 3 ER, BB, K
 
UP NEXT
The Mighty Macs will travel to Ursinus for a doubleheader on Thursday.