FOND DU LAC, Wis. – Edgewood College wrapped up the 2016 season on Saturday at Marian University and fell twice in a pair of tightly-contested matchups. The Eagles couldn't get anything going against Marian starter Emily Gorges in game one and fell 2-0 while the Eagles concluded the season with a 3-2 loss later in the afternoon.
Edgewood College recorded two of its three hits in the first inning of game one. Kylie Clark had an infield single while Jordan Anderson pushed one through the middle two batters later, but Gorges, who finished with 11 strikeouts, got out of the jam with a strikeout to end the frame.
Edgewood College's next hit didn't come until the seventh, when Shannon Whitmus singled to right center. Edgewood College starter Rachel DeJongh cruised but couldn't work around a leadoff triple in the first and allowed an unearned run in the fifth. She went all six innings and allowed one earned run on seven hits and struck out three.
The Eagles managed to strike first in game two but quickly had their lead erased in the third. Jordan Anderson racked up her 38th RBI of the season with a single up the middle that scored Clark in the third, but Gorges' two-run bomb in the bottom half of the inning and another unearned run put the home team up 3-1. Edgewood College got one back the next half inning after Sydney Cramer scored on a wild pitch. The Eagles put together three hits in the fifth but couldn't capitalize while the team went down 1-2-3 in each of the final two innings.
Jordan Anderson and Whitmus each had two hits while DeJongh, Delleman and Cramer recorded the other hits in the nightcap. Whitmus allowed two earned on six hits over six innings of work but was tagged with the loss and fell to 3-7.
Saturday marked the final day for seniors Jackie Diesch, Rachel DeJongh, Karlie Klossner and manager Erica Remondini. The Eagles finish the season at 14-26 overall and 6-16 in the NACC.