MVNU (10-12, 7-7 AMC) took a 1-0 lead in the top of the third inning when the Lady Cougars used two singles, a hit batsman, a sacrifice, and an error by the Lady Cavaliers (14-22, 6-4 AMC) to snap the scoreless deadlock.

Walsh answered with a run in the bottom of the fourth inning to knot the score at 1-1. Jessica Davidson singled to lead off the inning and moved to second base with a one-out stolen base. She scored from there on an RBI-single by Erica Kreiling.

The score remained that way until the bottom of the sixth inning when Megan Allen hit a one-out home run for a 2-1 lead that would prove to be the distance in the game as the Lady Cavaliers went on to post the one-run victory.

Senior right-hander Candace White (9-9) (left) was the hard-luck loser for MVNU as she allowed just five hits, one walk, and two runs over six innings with seven strikeouts.

Ashley Virgin (9-7) earned the win for Walsh as she scattered seven hits, one walk, and one unearned run over seven innings.

Offensively, sophomore second baseman Kristin Kurelic collected two of the Lady Cougars’ seven hits, while Davidson had two hits for the Lady Cavaliers.

Walsh took an early 1-0 lead in the second game as the Lady Cavaliers took advantage of an MVNU error to plate an unearned run on a two-out, RBI-double by Allen.

The Lady Cougars got on the scoreboard in the top of the second inning when an error by Walsh allowed MVNU to knot the score at 1-1.

Then, in the top of the third inning, junior first baseman Michelle Gastin and junior shortstop Tasha Konkle had back-to-back two-out, run-scoring singles to give the Lady Cougars a 3-1 lead.

The lead grew to 5-1 in the top of the fifth inning on a two-run double by senior third baseman Karly Clay, and then MVNU closed out the scoring on an RBI-single by junior catcher Caitlin Murphy to plate senior outfielder Whitney Clark, who tripled to lead off the inning, as the Lady Cougars prevailed 6-1.

White tossed her second complete game of the year and earned the win this time as she allowed just five hits and one unearned run over seven innings with six strikeouts.

Kelsey Ford (5-12) suffered the loss for the Lady Cavaliers as she gave up 11 hits, one walk, and six runs (four earned) over six innings with three strikeouts. Katherine Cannell tossed the final inning and retired the side in order including one strikeout.

Kurlic (right) and Gastin each had two hits apiece to pace MVNU, while Kreiling collected two of Walsh’s five hits.

The Lady Cougars will return to action on Thursday when MVNU will host crosstown rival Kenyon College in a non-conference doubleheader that will start at 4:00 p.m. at Cougar Field. The team has also postponed Tuesday’s scheduled AMC twinbill against the University of Rio Grande and has rescheduled it for April 22 at 3:00 p.m.