RIPON, Wis. -- The Lawrence University softball team took a pair of tough losses in a MIdwest Conference doubleheader at Ripon College on Friday.
    Ripon rallied for a run in the seventh and another in the ninth to win the opener 5-4, and then scored four in the bottom of the seventh to take the nightcap 6-5 at Tracy Field.
    Lawrence (5-29, 1-11 MWC) was limited to six hits in the opener, but had scratched out a 4-1 lead through five innings. The Vikings got an unearned run in the first and another unearned run in the third. Lawrence tacked on two runs in the fifth on Gillian Guerriero's two-run double for a three-run lead.
    Ripon (12-20, 4-8) scored twice in the sixth and once in the seventh to tie it at 4-4. A pair of doubles plated the winning run in the ninth for the Red Hawks.
    Lizzy Angemi worked the final three-plus innings and allowed two runs on five hits and three walks to take the loss.
    In the second game, Mattigan Haller went 2-for-4 with two runs batted in, and Mary Boyle went 2-for-4 for the Vikings. 
    Lawrence scored first again when Janessa Gonzalez singled and scored on Guerriero's triple in the opening inning. Ripon led 2-1 before the Vikings scored on Jordan Wallin-Swanson's RBI single in the fifth. 
    The Vikings then rallied for three runs in the top of the seventh. A pair of errors put Guerriero and Kourtney Mercer on base, and Wallin-Swanson delivered a sacrifice fly to score Guerriero for a 3-2 lead. The bases were later loaded when Haller smacked a two-out, two-run single to score Adrie Villa and Boyle for a 5-2 edge.
    Ripon then scored four runs on three hits and two Lawrence errors to win the game in the bottom half of the inning.
    Kourtney Mercer went 6.1 innings and took the loss. She allowed six runs on seven hits, struck out two and walked two.