INDIANA, Pa. - The IUP softball team lost a pair of 1-run games to Seton Hill on Friday, falling to the Griffins by scores of 2-1 and 3-2 at Podbielski Field. 

The scoring was similar in both games, with Seton Hill holding onto 2-run leads before the Crimson Hawks cut their deficit to one run in the sixth inning, but couldn't complete the comeback in either outing.

IUP has now dropped five straight games as it looks to clinch a PSAC postseason spot on the final day of the regular season. The Hawks are now 15-18 overall and 7-7 in PSAC West play. Seton Hill improved to 33-8 overall and 10-4 in the division. 

Game one
IUP pitcher Bella Bucy kept Seton Hill scoreless through four innings before the Griffins plated two runs on three hits and an error in in the top of the fifth. 

The Hawks came back in the sixth as Paige Truax led off the inning by beating out an infield single to the pitcher. She would then advance on an infield groundout before scoring two batters later when Jenna Rhue singled through the right side, making it a 2-1 game. IUP put the tying run on in the seventh but a groundout ended the threat.

Game two
Both teams scored a run in the second inning as the Hawks successfully operated a squeeze play, with Haleigh Zimmerman scoring on a bunt by Meghan Grill. 

The Griffins scored twice on four hits in the fifth inning to take a 3-1 lead, as Bucy entered in relief for starter Elizabeth Kasper. Renee Wall followed in the sixth by blasting a one-out home run over the fence in center, cutting SHU's lead to 3-2. That's where the the comeback ended as Seton Hill retired the next five IUP batters to end the game.

Up next
IUP needs just one win to clinch the final divisional spot in next week's PSAC tournament. The Hawks play a doubleheader at Pitt-Johnstown with first pitch set for 1 p.m.

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