MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. – The Embry-Riddle softball team split a pair of Sun Conference games at St. Thomas University on Saturday. The Eagles lost game one, 1-0, before coming back to win the second game, 3-1.
 
The results move ERAU's season record to 16-13, 5-1 in conference, while the Bobcats now stand at 16-14, 1-1 in conference.
 
Game 1 – STU 1, ERAU 0
 
The first game was a prototypical pitchers' duel, with a total of seven hits recorded between the two sides.
 
The only run of the game came in the bottom of the third when Jessica Matias tripled home Amanda Penton with two outs, giving STU a 1-0 lead.
 
The Blue and Gold threatened to tie things up in the seventh after Dee Espinosa led off with a double and moved to third on a throwing error that allowed Jessica Osteen to reach first. Two batters later, Talia Barraco hit a grounder to second; the second baseman threw to the plate and Espinosa was called out on a bang-bang play at home. Haleigh Lewis then popped out to end the game, with a 1-0 final score.
 
Robi Zimmerman (6-8) took the loss, tossing 5.1 innings, allowing one run on four hits and a walk.
 
Espinosa picked up two of ERAU's three hits, going 2-for-3 with a double, while Lewis was 1-for-3.
 
Brenda Emerson (10-6) got the complete game shutout win, giving up three hits and a walk with three strikeouts.
 
Matias finished 2-for-3 with a triple and an RBI while Danielle Borelli was 1-for-3.
 
Game 2 – ERAU 3, STU 1
 
Game two started out as another low-scoring affair, with a total of three runners reaching base in the first three innings. In the fourth, ERAU got out in front with an Osteen RBI double that scored Barraco, putting the Eagles up, 1-0.
 
The Bobcats came back to plate a run in the bottom half when Borelli stole third and came in to score on an Espinosa throwing error.
 
The score remained 1-1 until the top of the sixth when Alex Wood delivered a clutch two-out, two-run double that drove in Lewis and Taylor Cowan, giving Embry-Riddle a 3-1 lead.
 
Alexis Estrada pitched around trouble in the seventh, getting a fly out and strikeout after giving up back-to-back singles to secure the 3-1 victory.
 
Alexis Estrada (10-5) got the complete game victory, allowing just one unearned run on six hits with seven strikeouts and no walks.
 
Osteen went 2-for-3 with a double and an RBI while Wood was 1-for-3 with a double and two RBIs.
 
Cristina Sacramento (4-4) pitched a complete game and took the loss, allowing three runs (one earned) on five hits with five strikeouts and no walks.
 
Natalie Sacramento finished 2-for-3 and Borrelli was 1-for-3 with a stolen base and a run scored.
 
The Eagles return to the field tomorrow afternoon for another Sun Conference doubleheader against Northwood. First pitch for game one is set for 1 p.m. in West Palm Beach, Fla.