Playing its first true road games of the season on Saturday, Lourdes battled back to force extra innings in game one, but eventually dropped both ends of a doubleheader to Concordia (Mich.) by scores of 5-4 in eight innings and 8-5 at Cardinal Field in Ann Arbor, Mich.
 
Concordia scored single runs in each of the first four innings of game one, building a 4-1 lead heading into the seventh.  Lourdes' lone run early came in the third as Taylor Genzman (Saint Clair Shores, Mich./Lakeview H.S.) singled and eventually scored on a wild pitch.
 
The Gray Wolves rallied in the seventh with two outs, as Brooke Gallaher (Oregon, Ohio/Clay H.S.) hit a pinch-hit three-run home run to tie the game at four.
 
Lourdes threatened in the eight, putting two runners aboard, but failed to score, and the Cardinals plated a run in the bottom of the frame to win the opener.
 
Jessica England went the distance for Concordia, allowing 10 hits and three walks while striking out four in the win (4-7).  Marissa Kostick (Saint Charles, Mich./Saint Charles H.S.) surrendered 10 hits as well in the loss (6-5), fanning five.
 
Oliviah Banister (Wauseon, Ohio/Wauseon H.S.) went 3-for-4 with a double while Kim Waters (Belleville, Mich./Lincoln H.S.) also had two hits.
 
Lourdes jumped in front first in game two, as Shylee Schmletz's (Northwood, Ohio/Gibsonburg H.S.) RBI double in the third plated Jimi McNew (Monroe, Mich./Monroe H.S.).
 
After the Cardinals tied the game in the bottom of the third, Concordia scored five times, all unearned after a two-out error, to take the lead.  Another unearned tally in the fifth increased the lead to 7-1.
 
The Gray Wolves mounted a rally in the sixth, scoring four times to pull within two.  Alyssa Ziegler (Archbold, Ohio/Archbold H.S.) doubled home two runs while McNew plated another on a groundout.  Banister's pinch-hit single scored the fourth.
 
Concordia (12-18, 5-6) added an insurance run in the bottom of the sixth on the way to the sweep.
 
Samantha Eubanks earned the win (7-7), allowing four earned runs and nine hits in a complete game effort while Gallaher suffered the loss, despite allowing just one earned run in 3.2 innings in the circle.
 
Waters and Ziegler had two hits each for the Gray Wolves in the loss.
 
Lourdes (13-15, 5-5) returns home on Sunday afternoon, as the Gray Wolves entertain Lawrence Tech at Pacesetter Park.  First pitch in game one of the doubleheader is set for 3 p.m., with Senior Day taking place prior to game one.