Errors in the field and a lack of offense cost Texas Wesleyan the first game of a Tuesday night softball doubleheader against Texas Women’s University. The second game was much closer, but the Lady Rams couldn’t get the hits when they needed them.

Wesleyan managed just two hits - but committed five errors - in game one, losing 9-0 in five innings. In game two, they out-hit the Pioneers 9-8, but could only push across one run, losing 3-1 in seven.

Game 1: The Pioneers scored four in the first on one hit, two walks and three Lady Ram errors. After a three-up three-down second, they plated another run in the third on a triple and a fielder’s choice. They scored four more in the fourth on four hits and another two errors.

Amanda Kashuba went the distance on the mound for Wesleyan, allowing six earned runs and six hits in four innings. She struck out three and walked three. Monica Barrilleaux and Dana Merck had the hits for the Lady Rams. They each went 1-2. Barrilleaux was the only Wesleyan player to reach second base in the shortened game, advancing on a past ball after her second-inning single.

Game 2: The Pioneers struck first in the second game as well, scoring single runs in each of the first two innings. The Lady Rams got on the board in the third when shortstop Shannon Gower doubled and scored on Stephanie Rice’s single, but Texas Women’s added an insurance run in the fifth and held on for the victory.

Barrilleaux took to the mound for the nightcap, allowing three earned runs on eight hits in six innings of work. She struck out two and walked one. Gower led the way offensively for Wesleyan, going 2-4 with a double and run scored. Rice finished 1-4 with the lone RBI of the night. Barrilleaux, Merck, and Jennifer Perez each went 2-3, and were the only other Lady Rams with hits.

Wesleyan drops to 3-8 on the season, and will return to action on Friday, March 14. They begin Red River Conference play, taking on Northwood University in Cedar Hill at 2 PM.