BEMIDJI, Minn. — The Minnesota State University Moorhead softball team split a doubleheader on the road on Saturday. MSUM rallied for an 8-7 eight-inning win in the opener before falling 3-1 in the second game.

The Dragons are now 11-18 overall and 5-7 in the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference while Bemidji State is 22-14 overall and 5-7 in the league.

"We battled today and had another come from behind win," MSUM head coach Amanda Reckamp said. "This team never gives up and it is beginning to become an identity as we move through the season. That's three extra-inning NSIC wins for us so far and it provides some exciting moments to continue building on."

In the opener, sophomore Ashley McCance was 2-for-4 with a two-run homer, which tied the game in the seventh.  Freshman outfielder Jordey Smith was 2-for-4 with a double and two RBI Elizabeth Johnson was 2-for-4 with two RBI. Freshman catcher Jordie McNeilly was 2-for-4 with a double and two runs scored while junior first baseman Payton Gaber was 2-for-5. Senior shortstop Taylor Roddie was 1-for-4 with an RBI while junior Emma Dummer was 1-for-4 with a double and RBI.

Freshman second baseman Kaiya Sundeen also had a hit and run scored.

Sophomore Becky Berth picked up the win for the Dragons, giving up seven earned runs in eight innings.

MSUM led 3-0 after the top of the first, thanks to a squeeze bunt RBI from Dummer, who scored Roddie after she tripled. Later in the inning Johnson delivered a key two-run single.

Bemidji State scored the next four runs to take a 4-3 lead. In the sixth, the Dragons regained the lead  at 5-4 when Smith's two-run ground rule double scored McNeilly and Johnson.

The Beavers answered with a three-run sixth to take a 7-5 lead into the seventh.  With one out, Gaber singled, and McCance followed with a clutch two-run homer to tie the game at 7-7.

In the eighth, McNeilly and Smith had back-to-back singles to lead off the inning, and they moved ahead a base on a sac bunt by freshman Shay Weber. Roddie hit a ball to center that was misplayed, allowing McNeilly to score the winning run.

Berth sent down Bemidji in order in the eighth to secure the win.

In Game 2, the Dragons managed just five hits — three coming from Gaber, who was 3-for-3. Dummer was 1-for-3 with an RBI while senior Lexie Kennedy had a pinch-hit double.

Freshman Anna Lang took the loss, giving up two earned runs in 3.1 innings. Berth gave up an unearned run in the fifth and pitched the final 2.2 innings.

Dummer hit an RBI single in the fifth to cut the Bemidji lead to 2-1, but the Beavers scored in the bottom of the inning to answer and the Dragons got no closer.

The Dragons will host St. Cloud State for a doubleheader on April 10 beginning at 1 p.m. The game likely will be played on the turf at Scheels Field on the MSUM campus.