Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 The Lindenwood Lady Lions softball team dropped a pair of games to the Fontbonne Griffins on Wednesday night in St. Charles. Fontbonne won game one 8-5 and game two 2-0 in extra innings.

The Lady Lions jumped out to an early lead when the team scored a pair of runs in the bottom if the second inning. That lead lasted until the fifth inning when the Fontbonne bats woke up. The Griffins scored seven runs in the inning to take a 7-2 lead.

Fontbonne added a run in the sixth to extend the lead to 8-2. Lindenwood tried to put a comeback together in the seventh but only mustered three runs and fell 8-5.

Alyssa Esperum led the team with three hits in four at bats. Hannah Braun drove in both of the Lady Lions runs.

Game two did not see much offense. Neither team scored for the first 6 ½ innings. The seventh started with Esperum hitting a leadoff double and Kendall Ryndak walking. But unfortunately for Lindenwood the winning run did not come across.

In the top of the eighth, the Griffins would take the lead with the first run of the contest. The visitors added to the lead with back-to-back hits and left the inning leading 2-0 and went on for the win.

With the pair of losses the Lady Lions dropped their overall recordto19-27. Up next for Lindenwood is a road contest against Washburn on Friday afternoon.