FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – The Embry-Riddle Eagles dropped two games to Nova Southeastern on Saturday. The hard fought battle of the first game ended in a 10-8 loss for the Eagles and the second game resulted in a 1-0 loss putting the Eagles' record at 4-6 and the Sharks' record at 2-7.
 
GAME 1 NSU 10, ERAU 8
 
The Eagles came out strong in the first inning loading the bases within the first four at-bats. The fifth batter, Kendall Funk, smacked a hard single to left field driving in Anna Battison and Eryn Chester. Jayla Jackson came to the plate with two outs and reached on an error that scored Kassidy Simons to take a 3-0 lead.
 
The Blue and Gold could not push any additional runs across in the second or third inning but the Sharks scored two in the second and one in the third to tie the game 3-3.
 
In the fourth inning the Eagles took back their three-run lead with RBIs from Maggie Scott, Simons and Funk scoring Battison, Chester and Scott. NSU answered back with one run in the fourth ending the inning with a 6-4 lead for ERAU.
 
After a double by Jayla Jackson in the top of the fifth inning, Destiny Carroll knocked her in with a single to left field. The Sharks answered with a run of their own in the bottom half, keeping the Eagle lead at two (7-5).
 
The tables turned in the sixth inning when Nova Southeastern plated five runs to take over the lead 10-7.
 
Scott came to the plate with two outs in the seventh and hit a single deep into center field to bring in Battison cutting the Eagle deficit to two runs. The Blue and Gold couldn't produce any more runs, ending the game in a 10-8 loss.
 
Kassidy Simons (1-4) took the loss allowing 10 hits, eight runs and four walks. Dana Rowley also saw time in the circle allowing two runs on two hits with no walks and two hit batters in 1.2 innings. Battison was walked twice, with one stolen base and scored three runs. Chester went 3-for-4 with a stolen base and scored two runs while Funk went 2-for-3 with a double and three RBIs.
 
GAME 2 NSU 1, ERAU 0
 
In game two, Nova Southeastern took the lead with a run in the second inning. Despite having baserunners in six of the seven innings, the Eagles were not able to put any runs on the scoreboard. The Blue and Gold allowed only one runner to reach base in the final five innings and did not give up any additional runs, ending the game in a 1-0 loss for Embry-Riddle.
 
Ilona Andringa (3-3) took the loss allowing three hits and one walk with nine strikeouts. The Eagles could only muster five hits, with Battison, Chester, Scott, Simons and Carroll each registering one hit.
 
The Eagles return to action Friday, February 24 as they travel to Saint Leo to face the Lions at 7p.m.