In the first game of the day, Geneseo (2-5) scored a run in the top of the first inning on a wild pitch and added another run in the top of the second inning as an error prolonged the inning for Katie Holm to line a two-out double to extend the lead to 2-0.

MVNU (7-3) finally got on the scoreboard in the bottom of the fifth inning when sophomore outfielder Leslie Banichar (left) lined a two-out, two-run double to centerfield to knot the score at 2-2.

After Geneseo regained the lead 3-2 in the top of the sixth inning on an RBI-single by Liz Squairs, junior third baseman Karly Clay tied the game at 3-3 in the bottom of the sixth inning with a run-scoring single to right.

Then, in the bottom of the seventh inning, sophomore shortstop Tasha Konkle singled and stole second. After Banichar walked, sophomore catcher Caitlin Murphy gave the Lady Cougars a 4-3 walk-off win with a single to center to plate Konkle with the winning run.

Freshman lefty Stephanie Burlew started and worked two innings and allowed two hits, one walk, and two runs with one strikeout for MVNU. Junior right-hander Candace White (right) (3-2) picked up the win in relief as she tossed the final five innings and scattered six hits, one walk, and one run with three strikeouts.

Kerry Kuhn started and worked five innings and gave up three hits, one walk, and two unearned runs with five strikeouts for Geneseo. Lindsay Norton took the loss in relief as she allowed four hits, one walk, and two runs in 1.1 innings with one strikeout.

Clay paced the Lady Cougars’ offense by going 2-for-3, while Squairs and Kristen Newton were both 2-for-3 for Geneseo.

MVNU jumped out to a quick 2-0 lead in the top of the first inning of the second game against Spring Arbor (4-8). Sophomore designated player Staci Graham lined a triple to centerfield to drive in the first run and sophomore first baseman Michelle Gastin followed with a single to right to plate Graham.

Spring Arbor cut the deficit in half in the bottom of the third inning when Danielle Beckett made it 2-1 with a two-out, run-scoring single.

However, the Lady Cougars answered with three runs in the top of the fourth inning to build their lead to 5-1. Freshman second baseman Kristin Kurelic drove in the first run with a bases-loaded infield single, Konkle followed with an RBI-single, and Kurelic came in on a wild pitch.

A sacrifice fly by Autumn Palik made it 5-2 in the bottom of the fifth inning, but Banichar hit a sacrifice fly of her own to push the lead back to 6-2 in the top of the sixth inning. Spring Arbor closed out the scoring in the bottom of the sixth inning with a two-out, bases-loaded infield single as MVNU held on for the 6-3 win.

Senior right-hander Kristin Eyerman (4-0) started and earned the win as she scattered 10 hits, four walks, and three runs over six innings with four strikeouts. White notched her first save of the year with one scoreless inning in which she allowed just one hit with one strikeout.

Chelsea Branchean (2-3) took the loss for Spring Arbor as she gave up seven hits, four walks, two hit batters, and six runs (only two earned) over seven innings with two strikeouts.

Gastin (left) finished 2-for-2 for the game to lead the Lady Cougars, while Graham also had two hits. Beckett, Jenna Titler, and Ashley Boland each had two hits for Spring Arbor.

MVNU will now return north and will be back in action on Wednesday when the Lady Cougars will play a non-conference doubleheader at Wilmington College. The first game will start at 3:30 p.m.