Lourdes opened Thursday facing its second ranked opponent of the week on Thursday, falling to 10^th-ranked Marian 5-0 before dropping a 4-2 decision to Grace at USSSA Space Coast in Melbourne, Fla.
 
In the opener against Marian (7-0), the Knights scored four runs in the opening inning before adding a solo tally in the fifth.  Taylor Leggins (Parma, Ohio/Normandy H.S.) allowed just two hits after the opening inning in the circle for the Gray Wolves.
 
A pair of Knight pitchers limited Lourdes to just one hit, a one-out single by Annalisse Palma (Battle Creek, Mich./Lakeview H.S.) in the sixth inning.
 
In game two, Grace (3-3) broke a scoreless tie with four runs in the fourth inning to take the lead on just one hit in the inning.
 
Lourdes plated one in the fifth as Rachel Mease (North Ridgeville, Ohio/North Ridgeville H.S.) scored on an error.  The Gray Wolves added another run in the seventh as Emily Robinson (Riverview, Mich./Riverview H.S.) singled home pinch-runner Robyn Ryan (Norton, Ohio/Archbishop Hoban H.S.).  Lourdes stranded the bases loaded in the seventh though, something the Gray Wolves also did in the second, fifth, and sixth innings.
 
Robinson went 3-for-3 with a walk in the game while Lindsey McGann (Sterling Heights, Mich./Sterling Heights H.S.) and Megan Richardson (Napoleon, Ohio/Napoleon H.S.) each had two hits.
 
"We squandered way too many opportunities," head coach Caitlin Blanchard said afterwards.  "Leaving 15 runners on base, including the bases loaded four times, tells the story of the game."
 
Lourdes (6-10) returns to USSSA Space Coast on Friday.  The Gray Wolves face Dakota Wesleyan at 4:45 p.m. and Trinity Christian at 7 p.m.