Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 CLERMONT, Fla. – The Caldwell University softball team lost to No. 25 Augustana, 4-2 and to the University of Sioux Falls, 6-3 Tuesday afternoon at the National Training Center. The results drop the Cougars to 2-5 on the season.

Against Augustana, Caldwell scored in the first inning on a bases-loaded grounder by senior Megan Fryday (San Marcos, CA/Mission Hills) that brought home senior Kristen Knorr (Monroeville, NJ/Delsea). The Augies scored three times in the top of the third and added another run in the sixth to lead 4-1. The Cougars threatened in the seventh, loading the bases with one out. A groundout by junior Caitlin McCready (Jupiter, FL/Dwyer) plated freshman Kiahna Silva (Etiwanda, CA/Etiwanda) to make the score 4-2, but a strikeout ended the comeback and the game.

Junior pitcher Amber Padilla (Chino, CA/Pomona Catholic) went the distance, allowing four runs, one earned, on six hits while striking out seven without a walk. Knorr paced the offense with two hits.

In the day's second game, senior Alyssa Calderon (Fontana, CA/Etiwanda) hit an RBI double in the first inning to give Caldwell an early lead. Sioux Falls responded with four runs in the bottom of the first and two more runs in the third for a 6-1 advantage. In the top of the fourth, junior Katelyn Biasi (Blackwood, NJ/Sterling) singled home Calderon and later scored on a wild pitch to make the score 6-3. The Cougars managed just two hits the rest of the way, losing for the third straight game.

Biasi went 3-for-3, while freshman Marisa Monasseri (Monroe, NJ/Monroe Twp.) was 2-for-2 at the plate for Caldwell. Senior Sarah Almasy (Stratford, NJ/Sterling) allowed three hits and no runs in 3 2/3 innings of relief of starter Sydney Ponto (West Deptford, NJ/West Deptford).

The Cougars play a doubleheader at Florida Southern College on Wednesday, Mar. 18, beginning at 5:00 p.m. in Lakeland, Fla.