AVE MARIA, Fla. --- The Ave Maria Lady Gyrene softball team dropped a pair of games against NCAA Division I Oakland University on Wednesday afternoon. The Blue and Green were edged in game one 4-3 before falling in game two 11-0.
 
The Lady Gyrenes fall to 5-9 overall as the now turn their attention to the NFCA Leadoff Classic this weekend in Columbus, Ga.  
 
In game one, Alyssa Colding got the Gyrenes on the board in the third inning on a single to left field to score Cheyenne Benson. McKayla Jeter followed that up with a double to left field to plate Colding to put AMU in front 2-0.
 
The Lady Gyrenes held on to a 2-0 lead before that lead was cut in half on a run scoring triple in the fifth innings. The Golden Grizzlies tied the game, 2-2, in the fifth before taking a 4-2 lead on a two-run home run in the top of the seventh.
 
The Blue and Green added a run in the bottom half of the seventh inning on a Benson solo home run.
 
Benson took the loss in game one, going seven innings and allowing four runs, three earned, on 10 hits. She struck out five and walked two.
 
In game two, Oakland score one run in each of the first two innings and two runs in the third and fourth innings to jump out to a 6-0 lead on the Lady Gyrenes. The Golden Grizzlies added one run in the fifth and four runs in the seventh to take game two 11-0. Oakland hit three home runs in game two which brought in seven runs.
 
Emily Lemin was credited with the loss in game two after allowing seven runs on nine hits over five innings. Hali Delashmet pitched the final two innings and allowed four runs on four hits. Both Lemin and Delashmet struck out four batters.