Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 Menomonie, Wis. - The University of Wisconsin-La Crosse softball team dropped a pair of games at UW-Stout Saturday afternoon at Alumni Field.  The Blue Devils earned a 5-2 victory in the opener and 4-0 in the nightcap.  UW-L falls to 21-11 overall and finish 9-7 in the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) while UW-Stout improves to 24-10 overall and 11-1 in the conference.  The Blue Devils have four WIAC games remaining.

In Saturday's opener, UW-Stout took a 2-0 lead in the bottom of the second inning on Heather Bol's two-run single.  UW-L cut the lead to 2-1 in the top of the third as Emily Holldorf scored on Katie Fink's single.  The Blue Devils extended their lead to 4-1 in the bottom of the fourth on Jessica Behnke's two-run single.  Hannah Sweet's RBI single in the bottom of the fifth made it 5-1.

UW-L finished the scoring in the seventh with Jenny Gallagher scoring on Kallie Krech's sacrifice fly.

Megan Nelson (8-5) took the loss for UW-L in the opener, pitching 3.1 innings, allowing five hits, four runs (three earned) and two walks with one strikeout.  Four different Eagles had a hit.

Tori Workman (17-8) earned the victory for UW-Stout, going 7.0 innings. She allowed four hits, two runs (one earned) and one walk with six strikeouts.  She also went 2-for-3 at the plate with two runs scored while Behnke and Bol each had two RBI.

In the nightcap, UW-Stout took a 3-0 lead in the bottom of the second on Behnke's three-run home run.  The Blue Devils made it 4-0 in the fourth.

Heather Grelle (6-4) suffered the loss for the Eagles in the nightcap, pitching 3.0 innings, allowing five hits, three runs and two walks with one strikeout.  Mary Kate Pryor was 2-for-3 for UW-L as the team was held to five hits.

Workman (18-8) also picked up the win in the nightcap for the Blue Devils.  She pitched 7.0 innings, allowing five hits and two walks with one strikeout.  Workman went 2-for-3 with a run scored while Sweet finished 2-for-2.  Behnke had three RBI.

UW-L wraps up its regular season Tuesday, April 29 hosting the University of Dubuque (Iowa) at 3 p.m. in a doubleheader at North Campus Field.