BANNOCKBURN, Ill. --- The TIU softball team returned home on Monday afternoon as they welcomed the Cougars of Saint Xavier to campus for a Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference (CCAC) doubleheader. Entering the day having dropped three of their previous four, the Trojans faced a tough test as they took on a SXU team ranked in the NAIA top 25 poll.

Alyssa Frey would start game one for Trinity looking to snap a four-game losing streak for inside the pitcher's circle. The Cougar offense would attack from the start with five base hits in the game and 15 total hits. SXU's Allison Golic brought the fire in the opener, keeping the Trojans out of the hit column and allowing just one walk to TIU's Lauren Neveau for her fourth no hitter of the season as the Trojans dropped game one by a final of 7-0.

In game two, Hailey Baker started inside the pitcher's circle and helped tame the Cougars early and throughout much of the game, allowing just three runs. After Saint Xavier took a 1-0 lead in the top of the first, Dana Percival responded with a two-run home run following a Neveau single to put TIU on the board. SXU would take the lead however on a three-run double by Tori Keilman to ultimately win the game by a score of 4-2. Baker would end the game with six strikeouts, her fourth game this season with at least six punchouts.

ADDITIONAL GAME NOTES

• The Trojans fall to 2-25 all-time against Saint Xavier with their losses on Monday. The losses extend their losing streak against SXU to six games.

• Alyssa Frey falls to 3-9 on the season as a pitcher with her game one loss.

• Monday's opener marked the first time in five years that a team has thrown a no-hitter against TIU. The last pitcher to do so was SXU's Nicole Nonnemacher in game one of a doubleheader on April 23, 2016 with 13 strikeouts in an 8-0 win over Trinity in five innings.

• With the loss in game two, Hailey Baker falls to 8-5 on the year. Monday's loss marked the first time since early March that Baker has lost consecutive games.

• Dana Percival's two-run home run in game two was her third of the season, 11th as a Trojans, and the 13th overall of her collegiate career.

• Brooke Heraty's game two double was her sixth of the year, the most among the Trojans this season.

• Gina Loy's double in game two was the third for the TIU shortstop this season, and her fifth extra base hit of the year.

UP NEXT

The Trojans (11-15) are scheduled to return to action on Wednesday as they visit the Fighting Bees of Saint Ambrose University  in a CCAC doubleheader. First pitch is scheduled for 4:00pm at the St. Vincent Athletic Complex in Davenport and can be watched LIVE on the SAU Live Stream. 

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