PHILADELPHIA – The La Salle softball team (12-28, 3-13 A-10) lost both games of a doubleheader at Saint Joseph's (20-22, 7-10 A-10) on Thursday afternoon at the SJU Softball Complex.

Game 1: Saint Joseph's 9, La Salle 8
The Hawks scored two runs in the bottom of the 7^th inning on the way to a 9-8 walk-off win in the opening game. Down to their final three outs and trailing by a run, Saint Joseph's tied the game on a Molly Kapala sacrifice fly and capitalized on a La Salle fielding error to score the game-winning run.

Morgan Orlowski (L, 1-3) fell victim to a pair of La Salle fielding errors in the 7^th that allowed the two unearned runs to score for Saint Joseph's.

The Explorers had scored two runs in the top of the 7^th to take an 8-7 lead after Marissa Ewald scored on a wild pitch to tie the game and Angelina Refice plated the go-ahead run with an RBI single.

In a game that saw the lead change hands eight times, La Salle went ahead for the first time with a four-run 3^rd inning. Deanna Pineiro led off with her second homer of the season, and Refice scored on a failed pick-off attempt after singling. Emily Conaway then followed with an RBI double and Ashley Mendenhall capped the scoring with an RBI single.

Conaway's double was her 13^th of the season, and tied her with Amanda Clark (2001) for most doubles in a season.

The Explorers scored two more runs in the 4^th on a Conaway RBI single and an Ewald sacrifice fly.

Game 2: Saint Joseph's 6, La Salle 0
Marlo Roadcap (L, 3-13) took the loss in game two, allowing five runs over 4.1 innings. Chelsea Evans (W, 4-2) didn't allow a hit in the complete-game shutout for the Hawks, striking out five while walking three.

Saint Joseph's scored on a wild pitch in the 1^st and Sarah Ostaszewski drove in a pair with a single in the 2^nd. The Hawks scored two more in the 5^th and an insurance run in the 6^th.