The Webster University softball team lost a doubleheader at Fontbonne University, 8-0 (5 inn) and 9-1 (6 inn), as the potent Gorlok offense was shut down by the Griffins.  Kate Sullens provided the lone offensive highlight for Webster, going deep in game two.

Webster was shut out in game one by Fontbonne.  The Gorloks had just four hits, and were issued no walks as nine batters went down on strikes.  Tessa Johanning (SO, Sullivan, MO/Sullivan HS) and Sullens (JR, Highland, IL/Highland HS) provided the only hits for Webster as Johanning was 2-2 and Sullens 2-3 in the contest.  Webster fell in five innings via the eight-run rule, 8-0.

Johanning started for Webster, going four innings and giving up nine hits and four runs, and is 2-4 on the season with the loss.

Webster's offensive woes continued in game two, but starter Alexis Spriggs (JR, Scott City, MO/Scott City HS) threw three three scoreless innings to start the game.  Three Griffin hits and two Gorloks errors contributed to a four-run Fontbonne fourth, though, as Webster fell behind, 4-0.

Webster got on the board in the fifth when a Sullens solo home run to right made it 4-1.  For Sullens, who came into the evening with a .419 batting average, it was her second long ball of the season. 

The Gorloks' third error of the game, with two-out in the Fontbonne fifth, led to two unearned Griffin runs as Webster fell behind, 6-1.  Two walks and a single by the Griffins in the sixth loaded the bases with no outs.  A one-out single plated two, and another single scored the game winner, as Fontbonne led by eight, 9-1, after five innings of play.

Sullens was 1-2 with the home run and RBI, and was 3-5 on the day.  Sidney Coleman (JR, Fredericksburg, VA/Fountain-Ft. Carson HS) and Emily Kolisch (JR, St. Louis, MO/Incarnate Word Academy) had the only other hits for the Gorloks.

Spriggs would take the loss and is 1-6 on the season.  She gave up nine hits and nine runs, but only four of the runs was earned.

Webster falls to 2-6 in the St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference and 5-15 overall.  The Griffins, who have dominated the SLIAC the last five seasons with five titles and a 79-3 record in the conference, are 4-0 and 10-9.

The Gorloks are right back in action on April 9 as they travel to Carlinville, IL, to play a doubleheader at Blackburn College.  They are back home on April 13 when they host the St. Louis College of Pharmacy for a doubleheader at Blackburn Park.