LEBANON, Ill. – The Minnesota State University Moorhead softball team dropped a nonconference doubleheader to McKendree on Tuesday, losing by scores of 10-0 and 8-7 in Lebanon, Ill.
 
MSUM fell to 2-8 on the nonconference season. McKendree improved to 9-11.
 
MSUM managed one hit in the opener – a double by freshman right fielder Avery Steffen – again McKendree starter Ellie Quaethem.
 
Senior pitcher Anna Lang took the loss, giving up five earned runs in two innings. She struck out two. Freshman Emma Abbott allowed only one earned run in three innings while sophomore Reece Dahl allowed four earned runs in 0.1 inning.
 
In the second game, MSUM warmed up for 10 hits. Junior left fielder Kiley Washnieski was 3-for-3 with a career-high five RBI. Freshman right fielder Hannah Losee was 2-for-4 with and RBI while freshman shortstop Annika Norman was 2-for-4.  Senior center fielder Shay Weber, freshman second baseman Eliyah McCarthy and sophomore catcher Jessie Undem had hits. Undem had a double.
 
Sophomore pitcher Evey Evans had an RBI.
 
Steffen took the loss for MSUM, giving up two earned runs in five innings. Evans allowed six runs in 1.1 innings but only one was earned.
 
MSUM built a 5-1 lead after four innings, but a six-run fifth inning by McKendree scored six times in the fifth to take a 7-5 lead.  The Dragons battled back to score twice in the top of the seventh as Washnieski's RBI single scored two.
 
McKendree scored a run in the bottom of the seventh off of Steffen to secure the win.
 
MSUM faces Missouri S and T at 1 p.m. on Wednesday in Rolla, Mo.