LEESBURG, Fla. - The Smith College softball team lost both of its games on day three of The Spring Games. The Pioneers fell to Millsaps 4-2 before a 12-10 defeat to Wisconsin River Falls in the second game. 

Smith 2 Millsaps 4

• The Pioneers went up 1-0 in the first as Molly Taketa (Redmond, Wash./Woodinville) scored on a Juno Shantz (Seattle, Wash./Garfield) double to center field
• With the game tied 2-2 in the seventh, Millsaps doubled its lead on a 2 RBI single from Mackenzie Fleming
• Taketa went 2-for-3 with two runs scored
• Kaitlen Beals (San Jose, Calif./Archbishop Mitty) took the loss in the circle surrendering two runs on six hits with four strikeouts

Smith 10 Wisconsin River Falls 12

• After smith took an early 1-0 lead, the Falcons' bats put together two-run innings in the first, third, and fourth innings, and took a 10-4 lead after a five-run fifth inning
• Smith rallied in the sixth, scoring six runs to trim the UWRF lead to 11-10, but an RBI double in the bottom half put the Falcons up 12-10
• CeCe Alainiz and Eryn Lee (Saratoga, Calif./Saratoga) each got two hits for the Pioneers
• Lucy Helms (Alameda, Calif./Alameda) gave up six runs on seven hits with five strikeouts in four innings of work

Up Next
Smith returns to the field on Thursday, March 17 with games against Kalamazoo (9:15 a.m.) followed by a matchup with Bowdoin at 11:30 a.m.

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