Game 1 Boxscore (PDF)  |  Game 2 Boxscore (PDF)

MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Eastern Illinois softball dropped the final two contests to finish up  Alabama State Invitational action on Sunday, as the Panthers lost to UNC Greensboro and the host Hornets by respective scores of 5-1 and 5-0.

The losses move EIU to 1-3 on the early season.

Sophomore Hannah Cole led all Panthers with a 2-for-4 day at the plate, which included an RBI shot versus the Spartans of UNCG.  She also earned a walk and a hit-by-pitch.

Senior Melise Brown, juniors Reynae Hutchinson and Kaylie Pruett all registered a stolen base, while Brown also tallied a piar of hits and Hutchinson accounting for the lone EIU run on the day.

The pitching of duo of juniors Janele Robinson and Stephanie Maday were tagged with respective losses to UNCG and ASU, while classmate Hanna Mennenga also saw six innings of play in the circle and led with six strikeouts.

Eastern returns to action next weekend, as the Panthers are set to compete at the multi-team Louisville Cardinal Classic as EIU will face Buffalo twice, Kent State and the host Cardinals.

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On Alabama State game -- "Let's put it this way ... one team is ecstatic and on cloud nine right now," Schuette said, "while one good team feels pretty low.  Sometimes the ball bounces their way the whole game.  Every hard shot you hit is snagged, caught or dove for and caught.  While every ball they hit finds a hole or we bobble.  Our errors didn't help but we learned a lot this weekend.

"During our next outing we won't cower," she added. "We will make adjustments.  The next time we will be a different team.  We are still pretty talented and still have a target on our backs, but we just didn't have a good game two today."

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