THIBODAUX, LA. -- The University of the Incarnate Word softball team dropped a pair of games Tuesday on the road against Nicholls State, losing the first 7-1 and the second 6-3.

NOTABLES

• Monica Flores went 2-3 with a home run, three RBIs and a run scored in the second game of the evening. This was her first multi-hit game and first home run of the season.
• Shelby Neatherlin hit her first double of the season in the opening game of the series and later scored on an error.
• Delaney Guzman went 2-2 with a double in the first game, marking the second time this year she's had a double and a multi-hit game.
• Jessica Rodriguez got the start in the second game, tossing a full 6.0 innings with a strikeout and just three earned runs. She also surrendered just one extra-base hit in an impressive performance.

HOW IT HAPPENED
Game 1
Nicholls brought in four runs in the first two innings to take the early lead. UIW got on the board in the top of the fourth when Neatherlin hit a double and later scored on an infield error. The Colonels responded with a run in the fifth and two more in the sixth, holding on for a 7-1 win.

Game 2
The Colonels had some more first-inning success, scoring a pair of runs to open up the game. They added two more in the fourth to open up a 4-0 lead. UIW scored its first run of the game thanks to a bases-loaded single from Flores, making it 4-1. Nicholls countered with two more runs in the bottom half of the inning to make it 6-1. The Cardinals began to rally in the top of the seventh, with Flores hitting a two-RBI home run over the left field wall to cut the deficit in half. UIW couldn't keep the rally going as Nicholls came away with the 6-3 victory.

UP NEXT
The Cardinals look to salvage one win from this series in tomorrow's finale. First pitch is slated for 4 p.m. (CT).

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