EMORY, Va. – The Bridgewater College softball team fell twice to ODAC rival Emory & Henry, 12-9 and 8-2, despite manufacturing 20 total hits at Wasps Field on Sunday afternoon.

Game one: Emory & Henry 12, Bridgewater 9

The Eagles offense banged out 13 hits during the first game of the conference doubleheader, but it wasn't enough to overcome Emory and Henry (12-16, 5-3 ODAC) in a high-scoring contest.

Bridgewater (6-18, 1-5 ODAC) got on the scoreboard quickly with four runs on four hits in the first inning.

Each run was produced by a single as senior Brooke Throckmorton smacked a two-RBI single to shortstop, freshman Mikalia Guard plated senior Brianna Cox on a single to left field and freshman Carlita Tibbs singled up the middle to bring Throckmorton home.

The Wasps responded with five runs in the bottom of the first to claim the lead. E&H scored its first run on a wild pitch, then plated four more runners with a single, double and two-run homer.

The Eagles reclaimed the lead, 6-5, after scoring two runs on a throwing error by Taylor Doss in the top of the second.

Emory & Henry began to pull away in the bottom of the third inning by adding four runs on a wild pitch, sacrifice fly, grounder and a single to shortstop. The Wasps then padded their lead in the fifth after a two-RBI double from Caley Hodge created an 11-6 margin.

Nonetheless, the Eagles continued to battle in the top of the sixth. With the bases loaded, Cox drew a walk to bring home freshman Allison Patrick and Throckmorton batted in Victoria Gontarz to cut the deficit, 11-8.

The Wasps added an insurance run in the bottom sixth as Danielle Loving hit an RBI single up the middle and held BC to one run, two hits and three left on base in the seventh.

Gontarz led the Eagles lineup with five hits, two runs and an RBI. Throckmorton posted two hits and drove in three runs, while Guard and Lacey Shifflett had two hits each.

Game two: Emory & Henry 8, Bridgewater 2

In the second meeting, Bridgewater kept Emory & Henry off the scoreboard until the third inning.

The Wasps tallied four runs on three hits to end the scoring drought. Danielle Loving drove in a runner from second base with a single up the middle, and Hodge hit a three-run homer to centerfield.

The Eagles put runs on the scoreboard in the top of the fourth. Junior Audra Koogler led off with a walk, Shifflett singled to left center and sophomore Ryan Kirtner drew another walk to load the bases. On the next at bat, Patrick singled through the left side to plate Koogler, and Nyquist batted in Shifflett on another single through the left side.

However, E&H pulled away for good in the bottom of the fourth inning as the Wasps tacked on four more runs behind a groundout, two RBI singles and an RBI double.

Freshman Lindsey Talley finished the final game with multiple hits after going 2-for-3 at the dish. Sophomore Amber Wood slowed down the Wasps offense by giving up only two hits and one walk during 2.1 innings of relief.

The Eagles return to Fulk Field on Wednesday, April 6 for an ODAC doubleheader against Eastern Mennonite at 3:00 p.m.