MADEIRA BEACH, Fla. – The Butler softball team split contests with Brown and Le Moyne at the Spring Games on Saturday. The Bulldogs (7-7, 0-0 BIG EAST) saw a 1-1 tie with the Bears (1-2, 0-0 Ivy League) fade when Brown produced a six-run fifth inning. In the second game of the day, Butler jumped to a three-run lead against the Dolphins (1-9, 0-0 Northeast) and held on for the narrow, one-run, victory.
 
 
Game 3: Brown- 8, Butler- 3 (7 innings)
 
Butler struck first with a Monique Hoosen solo home run in the top of the second. Brown answered in the bottom half with a run of its own, tying the score, 1-1.
 
In the bottom of the fifth, the Bears erupted with six runs, all unearned, on six hits.
 
In the sixth, the Bulldogs loaded the bases with no outs, but Brown turned a double play at home and first. Teagan O'Rilley followed with a two-run double, but that's where the rally ended.
 
The Bears added a final run in the bottom of the sixth.
 
Kayla Noerr started in the circle for Butler and was relieved by Sydney Cammon early in the second. Cammon (2-5) took the loss, allowing seven runs (only one earned) on eight hits and one walk with one strikeout in 4.1 innings. Noerr (1.2 IP, R, 3BB, K) re-entered in the bottom of the sixth and finished the game.
 
 
Game 4: Butler- 3, Le Moyne- 2 (7 innings)
 
Butler scored one in the first on a Paige Dorsett single that sent Hailey Conger sliding across home plate.
 
In the third, Ella White hit a two-run bomb that also brought in Cate Lehner. The Bulldogs led, 3-0, after three complete.
 
Le Moyne scored single runs in the fourth and sixth innings, cutting the lead to one.
 
In the top of the seventh, the Dolphins were unable to get a runner on base.
 
Katie Petran (5-0) pitched a complete game for Butler and secured the win. In 7.0 innings, she allowed two runs on five hits and a walk while striking out six.
 
 
Bulldog Bits

• Monique Hoosen's home run vs. Brown was her second of the season and the 29^th of her career.
• Ella White's home run vs. Le Moyne was her second of the season and 14^th of her career.
• Teagan O'Rilley's double vs. Brown was her fifth of the season and 12^th of her career.
• Hailey Conger's double vs. Brown was her fourth of the season.
• Katie Petran pitched her fifth complete-game win of the season vs. Le Moyne and her second in as many days.
   

Up Next
Butler remains in Madeira Beach, Florida, for day three at the Spring Games on Sunday, Feb. 25. The scheduled opponent is Bellarmine.