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Lourdes returned to Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference play on Sunday afternoon, dropping both ends of a doubleheader to Madonna 12-0 and 7-2 at University Field in Livonia, Mich.
 
In game one Bree Crampton limited the Gray Wolves to just one hit, a leadoff single by Taylor Derr (Toledo, Ohio/Whitmer HS.) in the third inning.  Lourdes drew two walks in the contest as well for its lone baserunners.
 
Madonna took advantage of five Lourdes errors in the contest, scoring seven unearned runs.  The Crusaders scored six times in the opening inning, capitalizing on a pair of miscues and adding three extra base hits.  The hosts added another run in the seventh on a wild pitch and plated four more in the third on five hits.  Madonna added one more unearned run in the fourth to complete the scoring.
 
Erin Mayes led the Crusaders offensively, going 3-for-3, including two doubles, with three runs batted in. 
 
Casey Cherry (Comstock Park, Mich./Comstock Park H.S.) suffered the loss (3-7), allowing 10 runs, five of which were earned, and six hits in two plus innings of work.
 
Lourdes scored first in game two as Bre Megyesi (Whitehouse, Ohio/Anthony Wayne H.S.) drew a two-out walk and Hayley Roberts (Brownstown, Mich./Woodhaven H.S.) ripped a run-scoring double to left-center.
 
The Crusaders answered with two runs in the bottom of the first on a home run by Mayes.
 
In the third the Gray Wolves tied the contest at two.  Roberts singled to right for her second RBI of the game, scoring Ashley Yeager (Sylvania, Ohio/Northview H.S.) with two outs.
 
Madonna (25-12, 7-1 WHAC) took the lead in the fifth on a RBI double and a two-run single. The Crusaders added their final two runs in the sixth on an inside the park home run by Mayes, giving her four RBI for the contest.
 
Roberts and Chelsea Goebel (Archbold, Ohio/Archbold H.S.) each had two hits for the Gray Wolves in the nightcap, with Yeager adding the fifth.
 
Crampton earned her second win (13-7) of the day, this time with 2.1 innings of scoreless relief.  Kasey Graham (Oregon, Ohio/Clay H.S.) suffered the loss (2-10), allowing six earned runs and 12 hits in 5.1 innings in the circle.
 
Lourdes (5-17, 2-4) will return home to Pacesetter Park on Tuesday afternoon as the Gray Wolves host Saint Francis (Ind.) in non-conference action.  Game one of the doubleheader is slated for 4 p.m.