NASHVILLE, Tenn. - The University of Dayton softball team was bested by host Lipscomb (4-1) and Southeast Missouri (10-6) Saturday evening in action at the Purple & Gold Challenge. This weekend's games are being played at Lipscomb's Draper Diamond.

Dayton moved to 3-11 after its games Saturday while Lipscomb enters Sunday's schedule with a 6-12 overall mark and Southeast Missouri is now 9-6 on the season.

GAME ONE
Lipscomb 4, Dayton 1
• 6 - six different Flyers recorded a hit in the game
• 5 - junior Sarah Bailitz recorded five strikeouts in 3.0 innings of relief to close out the game in the circle for the Flyers
Winning Pitcher: Laine Barefoot (3-3) - 7.0 IP, 1 ER, 1 SO, 0 BB
Losing Pitcher: Mary Newton (0-1) - 0.2 IP, 3 ER, 1 K, 4 BB

GAME TWO
Southeast Missouri 10, Dayton 6
• 15 - Dayton (7) and Southeast Missouri (8) combined for a total of 15 hits in the game
• 4 - senior Alyssa Cacini sent two balls over the fence, the third time in her career she has hit two home runs in one game, and collected a career-high-tying four RBI in her 2-for-4 outing at the plate
Winning Pitcher: Rook (6-3) - 7.0 IP, 6 ER, 8 K, 3 BB
Losing Pitcher: Kelsey Gumm (0-4) - 4.1 IP, 1 ER, 3 K, 2 BB

UP NEXT
Dayton will close out the weekend at the Purple & Gold Challenge with a 1 p.m. ET game against College of Charleston on Sunday. To follow the action, CLICK HERE for live stats and streaming links.

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