CLERMONT, Fla. – The University of Scranton softball team (3-4) dropped a pair of contests to Carthage and Arcadia on Sunday at The Spring Games in Clermont.

The Royals fell to Carthage (1-1) in their first game of the day by a score of 9-4 before dropping an 11-3 decision to Arcadia (6-3) in five innings.

Carthage 9, Scranton 4

Carthage scored six runs over the fifth and sixth innings to break a three all tie as the Royals dropped a 9-4 decision.

Scranton grabbed an early 3-0 lead behind a trio of hits in the top of the first inning, but the Firebirds quickly responded with three runs of their own in the home half of the frame. The 3-3 deadlock would hold until Carthage took the lead for good with two runs in the fifth.

Editor's Note: This recap of the Carthage/Scranton game will be updated once full statistics from the game are available.

Arcadia 11, Scranton 3 (5 innings)

An eight run fourth inning for Arcadia proved costly as the Royals eventually fell to the Knights by a score of 11-3 on Sunday evening.

The Royals led 1-0 after the first as junior Alyssa Segnello (Flanders, N.J./Mount Olive) was hit by a pitch, advanced to second on a single, took third on a wild pitch and scored when senior Heather Alich (Bath, Pa./Northampton Area) reached on an error.

That 1-0 advantage would stand up until the afore-mentioned eight run fourth inning for the Knights when Effie Jamanis delivered a two-run single and Nathalia Diianni came through with a two-run double. Arcadia tacked on three more runs in the fifth inning, but the Royals got two back in the bottom of the frame with a two-run triple from sophomore Jessica Stadler (Monmouth Junction, N.J./South Brunswick).

In the circle for the Royals, graduate student Jennifer Sweeney (Wind Gap, Pa./Dumont) was dealt the loss as she allowed the 11 runs on eight hits while fanning three over five innings of work. Brenna Dolan gave up three runs (two earned) on three hits to go along with two walks and two strikeouts in 4 2/3 IP and earned the win for Arcadia.

Stadler led the way offensively for Scranton with two hits in the contest.

The Royals are back in action at The Spring Games on Tuesday as they take on Wisconsin-Lutheran at 1:45 p.m. and Carthage at 4:15 p.m.

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