Pittsburg, Kan. – The Missouri S&T Lady Miners dropped a pair of tight ballgames at Pittsburg State on Tuesday afternoon in Pittsburg, Kan. S&T (18-27) dropped the opener 3-2 and then fell in the nightcap 2-1. Monica Weiss (St. Louis, Mo./Marquette ) and Olivia Young (Milstadt, Ill./Belleville Township) led the Lady Miners with two hits apiece in the doubleheader.

Game 1 – Pittsburg State 3, Lady Miners 2
The Gorillas (39-13) took an early lead on Kala Holder's solo home run to left center with two outs in the third. They added to their lead in the fourth inning. With runners at first and third and one out Kristen Van Hoosen stole second and Lawren McKinney came into score on a throwing error by Hannah Franceschini (Plainfield, Ill./Plainfield Central).

S&T cut the lead in half with a run in the sixth inning. With one out, Weiss doubled to center field and Young followed with a double to center scoring Weiss. The Lady Miners had a chance to tie the game but left the tying run in scoring position after a flyout and a strikeout.

Pittsburg State reclaimed its two run cushion with a two out rally in the home half of the sixth. Van Hoosen started the rally with a double to center and scored on Tiara Ewy's single to right. The Gorillas eventually loaded the bases but Avery English (Carterville, Ill./Carterville) got Alicia Lowrey to ground out back to the circle.

S&T scored a run in the seventh on an error by the shortstop which allowed English, running for Ashley Rausch (Washington, Iowa/Washington), to score from first and put the tying run in scoring position. The Lady Miners couldn't get the game tying hit though as Jacey Allen (Roanoke, Texas/Byron Nelson) popped out to short and Abby Klein (Kansas City, MO/Staley) flew out to left to end the game.

S&T was outhit in the opener 7-5 and was led offensively by Weiss with two hits while Klein, Young and Franceschini had a hit each. English fell to 9-13 allowing three runs, two earned, on seven hits with four strikeouts and two walks in the complete game effort.

Game 2 – Pittsburg State 2, Lady Miners 1
The Lady Miners broke on top in the nightcap with a run in the first inning. Weiss started the rally with a one out walk, then stole second and moved to third on Young's groundout. She came into score on Savannah Fedorchak (Oakville, Mo./Oakville)'s single to right.

S&T threatened again in the third inning putting two on with two out but Franceschini flied out to left to end the inning.

The Gorillas tied the game in the fourth on a solo home run by Nicole Nease leading off the inning and then took the lead in the fifth on a home run to center field off the bat of Jenna Bolton. Pitt State had an opportunity to tack some extra runs in the sixth loading the bases with one out but Ashley Hill (Centralia, Mo./Centralia) got out of a jam by getting back-to-back groundouts.  

The Lady Miners were held to just three hits in the second game led by Young, Fedorchak and Rachel Aiardo (Naperville, Ill./Naperville North) with one each. Kati Viets (Sweet Springs, Mo./Sweet Springs) suffered the loss allowing two runs on four hits and a strikeout in five innings pitched. Hill went the final inning allowing no runs on two hits.

S&T is back at home on Saturday afternoon when it plays host to McKendree in a doubleheader beginning at 12 p.m.