WEST ST. PAUL, Minn. – The Minnesota State University Moorhead softball team dropped the final two games of the Dragon-Beaver Battle on Friday at the West St. Paul tournament in West St. Paul, Minn. The Dragons fell to Dickinson State, 2-1 and fell to Bemidji State 11-0 in five innings in a pair of nonconference contests.

The Dragons fell to 2-4 on the season with the losses.

Against Dickinson, the Dragons had the tying run at the plate in the top of the seventh but were unable to mount a threat. Senior designated hitter Kristen Nordby was 2-for-3 with a homer and an RBI for MSUM while freshman shortstop Taylor Roddie was 1-for-3.

Senior Morgan Nybo kept the Dragons in the game, allowing two runs (one earned) in six innings. She allowed four hits, walking four while striking out six.
Dickinson State scored a run in the bottom of the first to take a 1-0 lead, and added an unearned run in the fifth to make it 2-0.

Nordby led off the top of the seventh with a solo homer – her second of the year – to cut the lead to 2-1. The Dragons had three batters come to the plate as the tying run, but a pair of flyouts and groundout ended that threat.

Against Bemidji State, the Dragons fell victim to a big inning as the Beavers scored eight runs off of seven hits to build an 8-0 lead in the second. They added three more runs in the fourth.

The Dragons managed one hit – a single by junior second baseman Jill Fox – against Bemidji State pitcher Jessica Yost, who improved to 6-0 on the season and has an ERA of just 0.16 in 43 innings this season.

Nordby took the loss on the mound for MSUM, going 1.1 innings and allowing five runs (four earned). Redshirt freshman Gabby Williams finished the game and allowed six runs (five earned) in 2.2 innings.

MSUM opens its annual Florida trip on March 12 against Grand Valley State in Clermont, Fla., at 12 p.m. Central time.