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Indiana Tech jumped out to an early 4-0 lead and Lourdes was never able to rally on Saturday as the Gray Wolves dropped a 6-1 decision to the Warriors to open a three-game weekend series at Mercy Field.
 
Lourdes managed just five hits in the contest, and put two runners on base in the same inning just once, the fourth when the Gray Wolves scored their lone run.
 
Trailing 4-0, Zak Laubscher (Twinsburg, Ohio/Twinsburg H.S.) led off the inning with an infield single and moved to second on a throwing error.  He scored on a two-out single by Noah Childress (Toledo, Ohio/Start H.S.).
 
The Gray Wolves put a runner in scoring position in four different innings starting with the fourth, but were unable to plate any more runs.
 
"Offensively we're going to continue to struggle until we learn to execute with runners in scoring position," head coach Jeremy Snow said afterwards.
 
Indiana Tech scored three runs in the opening inning after loading the bases with three walks.  A two-run single by Peyton Newsom and a run-scoring hit by Matt Bandor made it 3-0 before Lourdes came to bat.  A sacrifice fly off of the bat of Ryan Meisenheimer in the fourth added to the lead.
 
Matt York (Oregon, Ohio/Clay H.S.) started and worked four innings, suffering the loss (0-2).  He allowed the four runs and four hits while walking four and striking out three.  Frank Laranga (Maumee, Ohio/Maumee H.S.) came on with two innings of scoreless relief, and Ben Richard (Maumee, Ohio/Springfield H.S.) threw the final three innings fanning four.  The Warriors scored two runs in the ninth off of Richard.
 
"Matt rebounded well after a rough first inning," Snow said.  "Our two freshman came in from the bullpen and did a great job for us to try to keep us in the game."
 
Childress finished with two of the five hits for Lourdes on the afternoon, while also stealing a base in addition to his RBI.  Newsome finished 4-for-5 with three RBI to pace the Warrior offense.
 
Lourdes (0-4, 0-4 WHAC) and Indiana Tech (3-1, 3-1 WHAC) will wrap up their weekend series on Sunday with a doubleheader.  First pitch in game one is slated for 11 a.m. at Mercy Field.