Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 LISLE, Ill. - The Elmhurst softball team dropped both ends of a doubleheader to Benedictine University, falling 7-1 in game one before dropping a 4-3 decision in nine innings in the night cap.

Elmhurst slipped to 10-14 overall while Benedictine improved to 23-11 with the victories.

BENEDICTINE 7, ELMHURST 1 - Benedictine scored early and often, banging out 13 hits while limiting the Bluejays to only six hits in game one.

The Eagles grabbed a 3-0 lead in the first inning after Sarah Koch singled home a pair of runs and later scored on a wild pitch. Benedictine tacked on a pair of runs in the third and a two-run single from Kelly Mieszala in the sixth accounted for the Eagles' final runs of the game.

Elmhurst scored its only run of the game in the seventh when Alyssa Jasinski tripled to lead off the inning and scored on a Benedictine error.

Ele Walter accounted for two of the Bluejays' six hits. Erin Kotlarz led the Eagles, finishing 4-of-4 with a pair of runs scored.

Tiffany Potthast took the loss for Elmhurst, surrendering 13 hits and seven runs in six innings of work. She walked two and struck out one. Melissa Guzior picked up the win for Benedictine, allowing just six hits and one unearned run. Guzior struck out three while not issuing a walk.

BENEDICTINE 4, ELMHURST 3 - Kotlarz delivered a two-run walk-off single in the bottom of the ninth to lead the Eagles to the doubleheader sweep with a 4-3 victory in game two.

Elmhurst scored a run in the third on a Meg Griffin RBI single, but Benedictine answered back with a run in the bottom of the inning to knot the score.

A two-out double from Katie Boals followed by an RBI single from Griffin put Elmhurst back on top 2-1 after six innings. A two-out RBI single in the bottom of the seventh from Chelsea White sent the game into extra innings even at 2-2.

After a scoreless eighth inning, the Bluejays cashed in on a Benedictine error to grab a 3-2 lead. Benedictine opened the bottom of the ninth with a pair of singles to put runners on the corners. White stole second and Kotlarz delivered a single up the middle to score both runs and hand the Eagles the walk off victory.

Griffin drove in both Elmhurst runs in the loss while Mikayla Melone and Boals also recorded two hits apiece for the Bluejays. Elmhurst struggled to come up with timely hits as the Bluejays stranded 12 runners on were just 2-of-9 with runners in scoring position.

Boals went the distance for the Bluejays and took the loss despite allowing only two unearned runs. She walked two and fanned one while scattering 10 hits.

Elmhurst hosts Wheaton College tomorrow (April 23) at 2:00 p.m.