Lourdes picked up its first Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference victory of the season on Wednesday night, and in the process earned its first victory ever against Madonna, splitting a doubleheader at Pacesetter Park.  Madonna won the opener 10-7 before the Gray Wolves won the nightcap 4-3.
 
"We finally put all three phases of the game together in game two," head coach Jo Ann Gordon said afterwards.  "We had a lot of positive energy, got some timely hitting, and took advantage of their mistakes."
 
Lourdes jumped out to an early lead with a pair of unearned runs in the opening inning.  With two outs Megan Mosiniak (Swanton, Ohio/Evergreen H.S.) and Erica Marvaso (Huron Township, Mich./Woodhaven H.S.) singled and Kayla Encalado (Walbridge, Ohio/Lake H.S.) reached on an error to plate the game's first run.  Hayley Roberts (Brownstown, Mich./Woodhaven H.S.) followed with a RBI single, giving the Gray Wolves the early 2-0 lead.
 
Madonna (26-9, 8-4 WHAC) tied the game with a pair of two-out RBIs in the third, but Lourdes immediately answered.  Mosiniak led off with a single and moved to second as Marvaso reached on a sacrifice bunt that was misplayed by the Crusaders.  Roberts delivered a two-run double to right-center, putting the Gray Wolves ahead for good.
 
The Crusaders cut their deficit in half in the top of the fourth, but Marissa Kostick (Saint Charles, Mich./Saint Charles H.S.) settled in the circle, and retired the final 12 Madonna hitters she faced to earn the complete game victory (5-3).  Kostick allowed just two walks and five hits in the victory while striking out six.
 
"We got a dominant pitching performance from Marissa and had some strong defense behind her," Gordon added.
 
Roberts and Mosiniak each had two hits in the game, accounting for half of the team's eight hits in game two.
 
Paige Montague suffered the loss (11-5) in the circle, despite allowing just one earned run in her complete game effort.
 
Madonna built a 3-0 lead midway through game one with two runs in the third and one in the fourth before Roberts hit a three-run home run, her first of the season, to tie the game in the bottom of the fourth.
 
The Crusaders retook the lead in the fifth, sending 11 batters to the plate while scoring seven times.
 
Lourdes tallied three runs in the bottom of the sixth, two on a RBI single by Taylor Genzman (Saint Clair Shores, Mich./Lakeview H.S.) and another on a base hit by Bre Megyesi (Whitehouse, Ohio/Anthony Wayne H.S.).  Encalado added a RBI single with two outs in the seventh to close out the Gray Wolf scoring.
 
Roberts, Encalado, and Jaime Newman (Edgerton, Ohio/Edgerton H.S.) all had three hits for the Gray Wolves in the opener while Megyesi had two more as Lourdes tallied 13 for the game.
 
Erin Combs earned the win (13-3) in the circle, going the distance, while Brooke Gallaher (Oregon, Ohio/Clay H.S.) suffered the loss (3-9) in relief.
 
Lourdes (10-18, 1-7 WHAC) will remain home on Thursday afternoon as the Gray Wolves host Cornerstone at Pacesetter Park.  The first pitch in game one of the doubleheader is set for 4 p.m.