Ohio Dominican (22-28) used three straight hits in the bottom of the first inning as the No. 4 seeded Lady Panthers wasted no time in taking a 1-0 lead on an RBI-single by Katalin Beck.

The lead grew to 3-0 in the bottom of the second inning for Ohio Dominican as Jessica Carey’s two-out, two-run single plated both Sarah Burt and Sarah Rante.

MVNU (23-19), the No. 5 seed, finally got on the scoreboard in the top of the fifth inning when sophomore outfielder Lauretta Wallace (left) led off the inning with a solo home run to rightfield - her third of the season - to pull the Lady Cougars within 3-1. The hit also broke up the no-hit bid for the Lady Panthers.

MVNU closed the gap to 3-2 in the top of the sixth inning when with two outs sophomore catcher Caitlin Murphy doubled to left center to plate freshman second baseman Kristin Kurelic.

Then, in the top of the seventh inning, the Lady Cougars had another shot tie or take the lead as junior third baseman Karly Clay just missed hitting a home run when her double down the leftfield line came up about six inches from going over the fence. Sophomore first baseman Michelle Gastin was hit by a pitch and a wild pitch moved runners to second and third with two outs.

However, that would be as close as MVNU would get as Ohio Dominican held on for the 3-2 victory to advance in the winner’s bracket.

Senior right-hander Kristin Eyerman (12-7) suffered the loss for the Lady Cougars as she gave up six hits, two walks, and three runs over six innings with three strikeouts.

Petra Jones earned the win for the Lady Panthers as she allowed just four hits, three walks, and two runs with four strikeouts.

Clay (right) finished with two hits to lead MVNU as the Lady Cougars collected just four hits and three of them went for extra bases. Amanda Ritzler’s double was the only extra base hit for Ohio Dominican.

MVNU will now face No. 6 seed Point Park (Pa.) University (16-19) in the loser’s bracket on Thursday at 10:00 a.m. The winner will take on the winner of the game between No. 2 University of Rio Grande and Ohio Dominican on Thursday at 3:00 p.m.

In other action on Wednesday, No. 3 seed Notre Dame College edged Point Park 5-3, while Rio Grande blanked Saint Joseph’s College from Maine 8-0. Saint Joseph’s later went on to get eliminated in a 14-6 loss to Point Park in the loser’s bracket.