PHILADELPHIA -- Freshman RF Lexi Weiss (Norristown, Pa.) collected four hits in the doubleheader and sophomore LF McKenzie Nazionale (Ontario, Calif.) had three as Caldwell softball dropped a pair of one-run decisions at Jefferson, 3-2 and 10-9 in CACC play on Saturday.

The Cougars (14-15, 7-3 CACC) had the tying run on third in the seventh inning of both games but couldn't get the equalizer across. In the opener, trailing, 3-0 entering the final frame, the visitors rallied, plating two runs on RBI hits by freshman catcher Amanda Preston (Warwick, R.I.) and Weiss. But the final two hitters were retired to end the game.

In the nightcap, Caldwell led, 8-3, but Jefferson rallied to take a 10-8 lead entering the sixth. A sacrifice fly by senior 1B Brooke Martin (Oakland, Maine) pulled the Cougars to within a run, and the Cougars had the potential tying and go-ahead runs on second and third with one out, but on a fly ball that could have tied the game, the runner left third early and was doubled up to end the contest.

Nazionale and Weiss had two hits in game one, and senior righthander Jayden Hill (Geneva, N.Y.) allowed just six hits and one earned run in the hard-luck defeat.

Caldwell hosts Queens in a non-league twinbill at Caldwell Athletic Field on Monday.