TOLEDO, Ohio – The Toledo softball team closed out its series vs. Akron with a pair of losses at Scott Park on Sunday afternoon. The Rockets fell 8-2 in the opening game before dropping a 3-2 decision in the series finale.

In Game 2, Sophia Knight (3-6) held Akron scoreless through five innings but the Zips scored one run in the sixth inning and two more in the seventh to take a 3-1 lead . The Rockets scored a run with two outs in the bottom of the seventh to cut the lead to 3-2, but stranded runners on first and second to end the rally.

In the first game of the doubleheader, Akron held a 4-0 lead until solo homers by  Lauren Erickson in the fourth inning and Jenna Kroll in the sixth closed the gap to 4-2. Akron countered with four runs in the top of the seventh to go ahead 8-2, and the Rockets went down 1-2-3 in their final at bat. Erickson's homer was her fourth of the season and 10^th in her career, while Kroll's dinger was her fifth of the season and 16^th in her career. Erin Hunt (8-10) threw five strikeouts and gave up five hits in defeat. 

Toledo (11-18, 4-7) will play three games vs. Ball State in Muncie, Ind. on Friday-Saturday, April 7-8.

Game 1 – Akron 8, Toledo 2

• Akron scored a pair of runs in the third to take a 2-0 lead.
• The Zips scored two more runs to double their lead in the fourth.
• Lauren Erickson answered with a solo homer to put Toledo on the board, 4-1.
• Jenna Kroll sent one out to left field to make it a 4-2 game in the sixth.
• Akron scored four runs in the seventh to make it an 8-2 game, and Toledo could not rally in their final at-bat.

Game 2 – Akron 3, Toledo 2

• Riley Mohr hit an RBI single to give Toledo a 1-0 lead in the first.
• Akron tied the game with a single run in the sixth.
• Abigail Scheller hit a two-run homer in the seventh to put Akron in the lead, 3-1.
• Aubrey Reed led off the bottom of the seventh with a double and later reached home with two outs on an Akron error but the rally ended when pinch hitter Maris Barbato flied to left.