Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 (Rolla, Mo.) – Trailing by two runs going into the bottom of the seventh the Missouri S&T Lady Miners loaded the bases with one out and had the winning run at second base but was unable to get the big hit as it lost the second game to Missouri-St. Louis 2-1 on Sunday afternoon. The Tritons took the opener 12-0.

The backend of the doubleheader was scoreless until the third inning. Missouri-St. Louis (26-3, 13-1 GLVC) had runners at first and second with one out when Katie Schultz bunted down the third base line. Olivia Culbertson (Nevada, Mo./Nevada) fielded it and tried to throw the runner out at third, but her throw went into left field which allowed Hannah Wessels to score.

S&T (7-24, 4-16 GLVC) nearly tied the game in the fourth as Kyra Slemp (Roeland Park, Kan./Shawnee Mission East) narrowly missed a homer to center field. She had to settle for a double instead and was left stranded at third.

The game remained 1-0 until the seventh. Katie Wood led off the inning with a double to right and went to third on a wild pitch. Becca Strope (Glen Carbon, Ill./Edwardsville) retired the next two hitters before surrendering a single to Katie Rutledge scoring Wood.

The Lady Miners started their rally in the bottom half of the frame. With one out Savannah Fedorchak (Oakville, Mo./Oakville) reached on an infield single to short. Dana Lawson (Wildwood, Mo./Lafayette) was hit with the next pitch to put the tying runs on base. Kelsi O'Neill (Blue Springs, Mo./Blue Springs) came off the bench to hit for Culbertson and worked a walk to load the bases. Cassie Rizzo (Webster Groves, Mo./Webster Groves) tapped one out in front of the plate and the Tritons got an out at the plate for the second out. Andi Davis (Blue Springs, Mo./Archbishop O'Hara ) lined the first pitch she saw into left center to score Lawson and moved the winning run into scoring position. Shelby Michaelis (Bettendorf, Iowa/Bettendorf) hit a 3-2 pitch squarely down the third base line but the third baseman was there and stepped on the bag for the final out.

S&T finished the second game with five hits led by Fedorchak with two. Davis, Michaelis and Slemp had one each. Strope went the distance allowing two runs, one earned, on five hits. She struck out two and walked two.

In the opener on Sunday the Lady Miners had a hard time with UMSL's Hannah Perryman who held them to just two hits in the contest. The Tritons scored two runs in the second and one in the third to take a 3-0 lead into the middle innings. They added to their lead with two more in the fifth before breaking it open with seven runs in the seventh highlighted by Ashleigh King's grand slam to center.

Bethany Rader (Memphis, Mo./Scotland County ) took the loss in the first game allowing five runs, four earned, on four hits. She walked two in just an inning of work. Davis and Michaelis were the only two with hits for S&T in the opener.

The Lady Miners are back in action on Wednesday when they travel to Chillicothe, Mo., for a match-up against Northwest Missouri State at 2:30 p.m.