The softball program at Shawnee State dropped a pair of decisions in its Mid-South Conference doubleheader Saturday, as the Bears fell by 4-2 and 9-4 decisions to Bethel (Tenn.) in contests played in Portsmouth.

Shawnee State ultimately took a 2-1 lead in both affairs to begin the game before falling by the aforementioned counts. Cassie Schaefer, who threw six innings inside the circle, and Madison Sifford, who threw the final frame, gave the Bears a chance to win as the pair forced four groundouts and eight flyouts in Game 1.

Schaefer went 1-for-3 with a run scored in the opener as well, scoring on an error while Ashton Rankin launched an RBI single to center field as part of a 2-for-3 day at the plate.

In Game 2, Brittani Wolfenbarker and Gracie Keplinger led Shawnee State with two hits apiece in three official at-bats. Kylie Ray and Sunterius Armstrong drove in the lone RBIs in the final contest of the doubleheader.

Shawnee State will play two against Bethel (Tenn.) beginning at 11 a.m. Sunday morning.

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