LOUISVILLE, Ky. – The Spalding University Softball team dropped both games of their midweek doubleheader. They lost the first game by a score of 7-0. They dropped the second game, 12-2.
 
Spalding dropped the first game to Mount St. Joseph, 7-0. The win improves the Lions to 15-10 overall. The loss drops the Golden Eagles to 11-9 on the season. Paige Kiesewetter (8-4) picked up the win, while Robyn Schoen (5-5) was hit with the loss.
 
Laken Heavner had a solid day at the plate, going 1-for-3 with a stolen base. Caroline Hale went 1-for-3 on the day.
 
The Lions jumped out to an early 3-0 lead on a run scoring double and a two-run home run in the top of the first inning. They padded the lead with a run in the second and three more in the third. The Eagles could not get anything going against Lions starter Kiesewetter, as she held Spalding to just two hits and tallying eight strikeouts over seven shutout innings en route to a 7-0 Lion victory.
 
The Golden Eagles fell to the Lions in game two, 12-2. The win improves the Lions to 16-10 overall. The loss drops the Eagles to 11-10 on the year. Danielle Nichelson (9-5) picks up the win, while Olivia Leet (4-5) is handed the loss.
 
Samantha Klein had a solid day at the plate, going 2-for-2 with a double, walk, and two runs batted in. LeeAnna Hundley went 1-for-2 with a double and run scored. Caroline Hale and Lindsey Hubbard had a hit apiece.
 
The Lions scored early and often in this one, as they scored one run in each of the first four innings. They added two more in the fifth and six in the sixth. The Golden Eagles scored a pair of runs on the Klein double in the bottom of the sixth to keep the game alive, but that was all they would get as the Lions went on to another trouncing of the Eagles, 12-2.
 
The Golden Eagles will be back in action Friday, April 14^th, as they head to St. Louis, Missouri to take on the Griffins of Fontbonne University in doubleheader action. First pitch of game one is scheduled for 5 pm EST.