The St. Lawrence University softball team lost a pair of Liberty League contests on Friday to conference foe Rensselaer by the scores of 8-0 (5 innings) and 8-0.  The Engineer pitchers held the Saints to five hits on the day.   

St. Lawrence falls to 8-10 on the season with an 0-2 mark in the league, while RPI improves to 15-5 and 2-0 in the conference.

RPI earned a quick victory in the first game with a six-run fourth inning capped by junior Sara Heller's three-run homerun over the center field wall to clear the bases and give the Engineers an 8-0 win. 

Senior Felicia Bua earned the shutout and improves to 5-3 on the season as she held the Saints to two hits in five innings while striking out five and walking two.  Senior Meg Goodemote falls to 1-3 on the season. 

In game two, RPI's Heller led off with a triple to center field, followed by three hits and a sacrifice fly, as the Engineers scored four runs in the second inning.  They tacked on one run in the third and two in the fifth to bring the score to 7-0.  Senior Jen Bach concluded RPI's scoring with a homerun over the left-center wall to bring the score to 8-0. 

Bach allowed three hits and struck out eight batters in the shut-out.  Senior Rachel Duffany was credited with the loss and falls to 2-7 on the season. 

The Saints will look to rebound against Potsdam on Tuesday, April19th.  Game one of the double-header is scheduled to start at 3:00 pm.