INDIANAPOLIS – Redshirt sophomore infielder Jazmyn Casas (Berwyn, Ill./Illinois-Chicago/Taft) collected five RBI on the day, including four in game one, however the No. 23 ranked Saint Xavier University softball team (7-5/0-0 CCAC) lost in a non-conference doubleheader to No. 5 Marian University (Ind.) Friday afternoon at the Marian Softball Diamond in Indianapolis, Ind. Casas hit her second home run of the season in an 11-8 loss in game one. Senior outfielder Haley Matlock (Indianapolis, Ind./Southport) drove in a pair of runs and Casas tacked on her fifth RBI of the day in a 5-3 setback in game two.

Game One:

• Casas went 2-for-4 overall.
• Matlock finished 2-for-4 with an RBI and a run scored.
• Junior catcher Natalie Johnson (Bourbonnais, Ill./Grand Valley State/Bradley-Bourbonnais) was 2-for-4 as well with a double.
• Senior infielder Mallory O'Connor (Bourbonnais, Ill./Olivet Nazarene/Bishop McNamara) hit an RBI double while going 1-for-3.
• Sophomore designated player Isabelle Poortenga (Dyer, Ind./Lewis/Lake Central) tripled in two at-bats with a run.
• Junior infielder Aubrey Wroble (Crown Point, Ind./Crown Point) collected an RBI and a stolen base, finishing 1-for-5 at the plate.
• Junior pitcher Lily Strand (Evergreen Park, Ill./Saint Louis/Evergreen Park) took the loss (3-3) after pitching 2.2 innings, allowing seven hits, five earned runs, three walks and a pair of strikeouts.
• Junior pitcher Hailey Wesner (Oak Forest, Ill./Oak Forest) worked 3.1 innings of relief, surrendering seven hits, six earned runs, three walks and posting a strikeout.
• came away with the win (3-1) after pitching 5.0 innings with six hits, two earned runs, two walks and a strikeout.
• SXU plated four runs in the top of the 2^nd. O'Connor lined an RBI double, Wroble picked up an RBI on an error with another run scoring on the play, and Casas belted an RBI single.
• The Knights responded with five runs in the bottom of the frame on an RBI triple, an RBI double, two RBI base hits and a run crossing on a wild pitch.
• MU extended its lead to 9-4 in the bottom of the 4^th with a pair of RBI doubles and a pair of RBI singles.
• Casas slugged a three-run home run over the wall in centerfield to cut the deficit to 9-7 in the top of the 6^th.
• Marian added a two-run double in the bottom of the 6^th.
• In the top of the 7^th, Poortenga legged out a triple and she scored on an RBI single off the bat of Matlock.

Game Two:

• Senior outfielder Fiona Crane (Evergreen Park, Ill./Northern Illinois/Mother McAuley) was 2-for-4 with two runs and two stolen bases.
• Wroble finished 2-for-3 with a run scored and a steal.
• Matlock clubbed a two-run double, going 1-for-3.
• Casas went 1-for-3 as well with an RBI.
• Junior designated player Yalayzah Lovan (Pleasant Hill, Iowa/Dowling Catholic) doubled while going 1-for-3.
• Sophomore pitcher Payton Antkiewicz (Dyer, Ind./Hanover Central) threw 3.1 innings, allowing six hits, five runs (four earned), three walks and logging a strikeout in the defeat (3-2).
• Strand threw 2.2 innings out of the bullpen, issuing a walk.
• Matlock put SXU up 2-0 in the top of the 1^st when she sliced a two-run double to leftfield.
• A hit-by-pitch with the bases loaded and a passed ball allowed the Knights to tie the game in the bottom of the 1^st.
• In the bottom of the 2^nd, a wild pitch gave MU a 3-2 lead.
• Casas plated Crane with an RBI groundout to re-tie the game in the top of the 3^rd.
• Marian hit a go-ahead two-run home run in the bottom of the 4^th.

No. 23 Saint Xavier (7-5/0-0 CCAC) travels to Mobile, Ala. to play No. 4 Georgia Gwinnett University at University of Mobile in a doubleheader on Thursday, March 5. Game one is scheduled for a 12:00 pm first-pitch.