BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Toledo softball ended the Blazer Classic on Sunday with a 4-3 setback to North Dakota.

North Dakota took a one-run lead in the third inning on a fielder's choice, but Toledo answered with three runs in the fourth inning. Junior Riley Mohr drove in the Rockets' tying run, 1-1, with a one-out double. Freshman Kendra VanderLugt's singled to give Toledo a 2-1 advantage. Freshman Sidney Griffith's single extended the Rockets' lead to 3-1.

The Fighting Hawks evened the score with two runs in the fifth and scored the game-winning run in the seventh on an error. Toledo's rally ended on three consecutive line drive outs in the seventh.

"We had a chance to bust the game open when we were up 3-1," head coach Joe Abraham said. "We had people in scoring position and the heart of our lineup at the plate. Five minutes later it was 3-3. Then we dropped a routine fly ball with two outs in the seventh to give up the go-ahead run which proved to be the difference."

Toledo (3-7) will head down to Auburn, Ala. in two weeks to play five games at the Auburn Tournament on Friday-Sunday, March 5-6. The Rockets will face Chattanooga, North Carolina A&T, and host Auburn at Jane B. Moore Field.

NORTH DAKOTA 4, TOLEDO 3

• North Dakota scored first in the third inning on a fielder's choice with two outs.
• Riley Mohr doubled to plate Aubrey Reed for the tying run with one out in the fourth.
• Singles from Kendra VanderLugt and Sidney Griffith extended the Rockets' lead to 3-1 with one out.
• North Dakota scored twice in the fifth inning on back-to-back sacrifice flies to tie the game at 3-3.  
• North Dakota plated the winning run on a two-out Rocket error in the seventh.