DUBUQUE, Iowa (Duhawks.com) - The Loras softball team ended a three-game skid on Tuesday, taking both ends of a doubleheader against Simpson by identical 3-2 scores. Bria Lenten was the hero in game two, taking a 2-1 pitch back up the middle to score the winning run.

MOMENTS THAT MATTERED
Game One
- With two outs in the bottom of the third, Ashley Lentine reached base on a fielding error that changed the entire dynamic of the game up until that point ... Shannon Coyle doubled to right field and Lentine came all the way around to score ... Coyle later scored on a single by Hannah Towns
- In the bottom of the sixth, Lenten dropped down a bunt between the pitchers' circle and first base for two-out single ... Savannah Fowler followed suit with a slap-single to third and Melanie Gerbig drove in what would prove to be a massive insurance run, scoring Lenten from second
- The Storm rallied in the top of the seventh with two runs on four hits, stranding the tying run at third base and the go-ahead run at second base to end the game

Game Two
- Loras carried the momentum over from game one and jumped on Simpson for two runs in the first ... After an RBI single by Towns, Lenten blasted her 25th career double for her 96th career RBI
- Simpson managed to cut the lead in half in the top of the fifth with a two-out single back up the middle
- Down to their final out, the Storm tied the game in the top of the seventh on a sacrifice fly
- The Duhawks fired back with a two-out rally in the home half of the seventh, which started with a single by Towns ... Hers was the first of three singles, capped by Lenten's walk-off single up the middle to score Towns

NOTABLES
- Fowler extended her hitting streak to nine games, one game short of the team-best this season held by Lenten
- Following the win in game two, Loras improved to 9-2 this season when scoring in the first inning and 8-0 when leading after the first inning
- Nine of Gerbig's 13 RBIs have come with two outs this season
- As a team, the Duhawks are hitting .318 this season with runners on base while opponents have been held to a .258 average

FRIEDMAN GROUP PLAYER OF THE GAME - Hannah Towns
The junior finished with a team-high four hits on Tuesday and drove in a pair of runs ... In the process, Towns raised her batting average to .357 and is one of three players this season with 30 or more hits

UP NEXT
Loras travels to Decorah on Thursday for a doubleheader against Luther, pending any weather-related changes. The conference doubleheader has first pitch scheduled for 2 p.m.