Lourdes suffered a pair of setbacks on Monday morning at Hancock Park in Clermont, Fla., dropping a 4-3 decision to Cardinal Stritch before suffering a 13-1 loss to Bellevue.
 
In the opener against the Wolves, Lourdes jumped in front with a run in the top of the first inning.  Taylor Genzman (Saint Clair Shores, Mich./Lakeview H.S.) led off with a single, moved to second on a ground out, and scored on Jimi McNew's (Monroe, Mich./Monroe H.S.) first collegiate hit and RBI.
 
Cardinal Stritch responded with two runs in the bottom of the inning and added to the lead in the second as Karly Lange homered to center to make it 3-1 Wolves.
 
The Gray Wolves tied the game in the third.  Kayla Encalado (Walbridge, Ohio/Lake H.S.) tripled to lead off the frame and scored on a RBI hit from Taylor Tafelski (Perrysburg, Ohio/Perrysburg H.S.).  Tafelski came around and scored two batters later on a double from Kelsey Beck (Paulding, Ohio/Paulding H.S.).
 
A two-out error in the bottom of the fourth proved to be the difference in the game as the Wolves plated an unearned run for the game's final tally.
 
Genzman led Lourdes with three hits in the opener while Encalado and beck both had two hits as part of Lourdes' nine-hit attack.
 
Brooke Gallaher (Oregon, Ohio/Clay H.S.) suffered the loss (1-1), allowing three earned runs and eight hits in the complete game effort.  The junior walked two and struck out two.
 
"In game one we did not execute well offensively and it cost us in the end," head coach Jo Ann Gordon said.
 
Lexi Kirkpatrick went the distance for Cardinal Stritch (4-0) to earn the win (3-0), walking two and striking out three.
 
In the second game of the day, Bellevue (10-7) scored a pair of runs in the opening inning and added five more in the second, sending 10 batters to the plate, to build an early 7-0 lead.
 
The Gray Wolves plated an unearned run for their only tally of the game in the third.  Meghan Birr (Muskegon, Mich./Mona Shores H.S.) led off with a walk, moved to second on a stolen base and scored on an infield hit by Genzman after the throw went down the line.
 
The Bruins batted around again in the sixth, sending 11 to the plate, while scoring six more runs to close out the game.
 
Lourdes managed just three hits in the game against Erin Sharpe, who earned the win (1-0) in the circle.  She struck out three and walked one while allowing just the one unearned run in the complete game effort.
 
"Bellevue's pitcher owned us in game two because our offensive approach was horrendous," Gordon added.  "We need to trust the process and have quality at bats."
 
Samantha Shirling (Pemberville, Ohio/Eastwood H.S.) suffered the loss (0-1), surrendering seven runs, six earned, and six hits in 1.1 innings of work.
 
"Defensively we need to eliminate the big inning," Gordon concluded.  "Once we put all three phases of the game together, we will start to see good results."
 
Lourdes (1-3) returns to action on Tuesday morning, facing Mount Vernon Nazarene at 8 a.m. and Spring Arbor at 10:30 a.m.