EMORY, Va. -- The Fairmont State University softball team continued its stretch of road games at Emory & Henry University. The Falcons fell in the first game, 8-5 before taking game two, 12-7.

Game 1: Emory & Henry 8, Fairmont State 5

Fairmont State got on the board first thanks to an Elizabeth Waszkiewicz single to centerfield as Emma Paul scored in the first inning. Emory & Henry had an answer as it tied the game with an RBI single of its own. Later in the frame, the Wasps drew a walk with the bases loaded to go ahead 2-1.

The hosts added to their lead in the second inning with a sacrifice fly and then in the third scored two more runs off a double to left center. Leading 5-1, E&H tacked on an additional run in the fourth with an RBI single up the middle. 

In the top of the fifth, the Falcons cut into the deficit when Abbie Keilholz doubled to left center to score Alexa Andrews. A few at-bats later, Breonna Marietta singled to left field as Kensy Thomas crossed the plate to make it a 6-3 game.

Emory & Henry grew its lead back to five (8-3) in the sixth with a two-run homer down the left field line. Down to its final three outs, FSU started to string a couple of hits together. With runners on second and third, Marietta hit a single to left center as Carly Crowder and Grace Sobeck scored. Unfortunately, that was the end of the rally as the Falcons fell by the three-run difference.

Game 2: Fairmont State 12, Emory & Henry 8

The hosts opened the scoring of game two with an RBI ground ball in the first frame. In the second, Fairmont State quickly took the lead thanks to a two-run homer off the bat of Alyssa McCormick. Sobeck added to the lead with a solo shot over the left center wall. Still in the second, Marietta singled through the left side of the infield as Mattea Buchta scored to give FSU a 4-1 lead.

In the third, the Falcons added to their total when Andrews doubled down the left field line to drive in Waszkiewicz. The next at-bat, Sobeck hit a sacrifice fly to center as McCormick was able to tag up and score to extend the lead to six (7-1).

E&H was able to trim the deficit in the bottom half of the inning with an RBI single before a walk with the bases loaded to make it a 7-3 contest. Fairmont State quickly gained those runs back in the fourth as McCormick and Andrews delivered back-to-back RBI singles. Keilholz then lifted a ball to left field for a sacrifice fly as Thomas was able to score on the play. 

The Wasps scored in the bottom of the fourth with a solo home run before scoring once more in the fifth via an RBI double. In the sixth, Andrews hit the third home run of the game for Falcons, another two-run long ball to make the score 12-5.

Emory & Henry was able to score an additional run in the sixth and seventh innings but the deficit was too large as the Falcons picked up the road win.

Andrews finished the game 3-4 from the plate as she drove in four runs and scored another two. Delaney Haller earned the win as she pitched 5.2 innings while Olivia Hylton went 1.1 in relief, allowing just one run.

Fairmont State (6-6) remains on the road on Wednesday, March 12 as it will face West Virginia Tech in Montgomery, West Virginia. The doubleheader will begin at 1:00 p.m.