Softball | 3/10/2015 6:55:00 PM

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FORT MYERS, FL. -- Nazareth's softball team, competing at the Gene Cusic Collegiate Classic, earned its second victory of the season with a 3-1 win over Wilmington on Tuesday morning. Junior Carly Pike hit an RBI double to tie the score in the top of the fifth inning, then she scored the game-winning run on an error. Earlier on Tuesday, the Golden Flyers fell to Pitt-Bradford 7-2. Junior Morgan Ross connected on Nazareth's first home run of the season to score the Golden Flyers' runs.

Following Tuesday's games, the Golden Flyers stand at 2-4 overall. Following the loss, Wilmington also stood at 2-4 overall. Pitt-Bradford improved to 3-2 overall with its win over Nazareth.

Trailing 1-0 against Wilmington, Nazareth's rally began with two outs in the top of the fifth. Junior Maureen Rogers began the rally with a single. Pike connected on a double to right center to score Rogers. Senior Sophia Rhoades, the Golden Flyers' next batter, reached on an error. The error also allowed Pike to score the eventual game-winning run. With runners in scoring position, Wilmington prevented Nazareth from extending its lead with a force out to close the inning.

The Golden Flyers added an insurance run in the sixth inning when sophomore Emily Graham scored classmate Sarah Papponetti with a two-out double to right center. Papponetti reached base with a one-out single to center and scored from first on Graham's double.

The Fightin' Quakers took the lead in the first inning when Megan Warren reached on an error. She advanced to third on Jess Clutter's sacrifice bunt, and Warren scored on the Golden Flyers' second error of the inning.

Sophomore Nicole White silenced the Wilmington offense for the remainder of the game. White finished with seven strikeouts and allowed only three hits. After committing two errors in the first, Nazareth's defense also settled. They committed one error over the final six innings. Beth Persicano took the loss for Wilmington. She allowed nine hits and three runs, including two earned. She had one strikeout.

The Golden Flyers' runs against Pitt-Bradford came on Ross' second-career homer. Prior to her two-out home run, sophomore Meghan Barry reached with a double. Ross' two-run shot put Nazareth on the board, but the Golden Flyers' offense were unable to match the Panthers' runs.

The Golden Flyers are in action again Thursday when they play Mount Mary and Bethany Lutheran at 9 a.m. and 11 a.m., respectively.