ROLLA, MO- The Miners looked to keep their postseason playoff hopes alive today in a GLVC doubleheader against the Hawks of Quincy University. While they were able to take game one by a final score of 8-4, they were not able to hold off Quincy in game two and faced a 6-3 loss.

GAME ONE: MISSOURI S&T: 8, QUINCY: 4
The Hawks came out hot in the 1^st inning; on the first pitch that Morgan Heckman saw, she sent a ball into right field and brought home Remi Ferguson and Courtney Kernich to take a 2-0 lead.

S&T got those runs back in the bottom half of the inning on two wild plays.

With Courtney Jackson (Parkville, MO/Park Hill South) on first and Abby Klein (Kansas City, MO/Staley) on third, Jackson took off for a stolen base that would hold Quincy's attention long enough for Klein to sneak home with a stolen base. Jackson would make her way around the bases and end up scoring on a wild pitch from Quincy's Sara Demuth to tie the game at 2-2.

QU regained their lead in the top of the 4^th after Megan Sharpshair and Jessica Poore both hit RBI singles to get up 4-2.

Their lead was short lived as the Miners came back with a 6-run bottom of the 4^th inning.

After Hamann singled to left field, Jacey Allen (Roanoke, TX/Byron Nelson) took a 1-2 pitch and turned it into a two-run bomb over the left field fence.

S&T's next four runs for the inning were all unearned as the Hawks committed two errors that ended up begin costly; after Marcy McCalla (Staunton, IL/Staunton) scored on a misplayed grounder by QU's second baseman, Courtney Jackson (Parkville, MO/Park Hill South) would place a ball just behind the shortstop that would send Abby Klein (Kansas City, MO/Staley) and Lauren King (O'Fallon, MO/Fort Zumwalt North) across home plate. Jackson would be the final run to score when Olivia Young (Millstadt, IL/Belleville Township) reached on a dropped fly ball by the Hawk's right fielder to extend their lead to 8-4.

The Miners were able to hold their lead and keep the Hawks at bay as they secured the 8-4 win.

Avery English (Carterville, IL/Carterville) (8-6) got the start and the win in game one going 7.0 innings with five strikeouts and just three walks.

GAME TWO: MISSOURI S&T: 3, QUINCY: 6
Things did not go in favor of the Miners in game two of the doubleheader.

Courtney Kernich gave the Hawks the early 1-0 lead when she hit a solo homerun to open up the game.

Quincy picked up another three runs in the top of the 2^nd inning when Megan Sharpshair hit a 2-run homerun over the center field fence and Dana Walsh doubled to right field and brought Audrey Hermann around the bases.

S&T would get two runs back in the bottom of the 4^th inning with back-to-back RBI hits from Hannah Franceschini (Plainfield, IL/Plainfield Central) and Lauren King (O'Fallon, MO/Fort Zumwalt North) to cut their deficit to 4-2.

After Quincy tacked on two more runs in the top of the 5^th, Jacey Allen (Roanoke, TX/Byron Nelson) brought Courtney Jackson (Parkville, MO/Park Hill South) home on a 1-1 hit to right field and make it a 6-3 game.

QU would be able to hold on to that lead and keep the Miners from scoring the rest of the game to take the 6-3 win.

Olivia Walter (Catawissa, MO/Cor Jesu Academy) (4-15) got the start for game two going 7.0 full innings with three strikeouts and three walks.