DUBUQUE, Iowa (Duhawks.com) - Missed opportunities and inconsistent offense plagued the Loras baseball team on Saturday, as the Duhawks dropped the final two games of the weekend series against Dubuque, 2-1 and 11-8. Richard Bryza connected on a pair of triples while Jake Oglesby finished 4-for-8.

MOMENTS THAT MATTERED
- Both teams traded runs in the opening inning, Dubuque's coming via throwing error while Oglesby singled to score Cole Thompson
- The difference came in the third inning after a one-out double for the Spartans, the go-ahead and eventual winning run would score on a two-out single through the left side
- Dubuque raced out to a 5-0 lead in game two, scoring two runs in the second and three in the third
- Loras struck for three runs in the bottom of the fourth, highlighted by a triple to the gap by Bryza that scored both Ryan Koester and Oglesby
- The Duhawks later took the lead for the first time in the series in the bottom of the sixth with a four-run, four-hit inning ... Cole Thompson delivered on a singled back up the middle on a 2-2 pitch
- Loras held the one-run lead for the next two innings and brought the Spartans to their final three outs ... The first four batters reached with Dubuque reclaiming the lead with a two-RBI single ... Before the inning was through, the Spartans tacked on two more insurance runs
- The Duhawks went down in order, all on a swinging third strike, to seal the win for the Spartans

NOTABLES
- Bryza and Oglesby carry five-game hitting streaks into the final week of the regular season

UP NEXT
Loras heads to Storm Lake on Tuesday for the series finale against Buena Vista. First pitch is scheduled for 1 p.m.