BATESVILLE, Arkansas - The Lyon College Scots softball split a SLIAC doubleheader with Webster on Saturday afternoon at Howard & Mary House Field in Batesville.

The Scots (7-21 and 3-5) won the first game 6-2 and lost the second game 9-1 against Webster.

Lyon College fell behind 1-0 after the top of the first inning, but rebounded in the bottom of the third inning to take a 3-1 lead. 
Soni Beene walked to lead off, then Sophie Varela put down a sacrifice bunt to advance Beene to second. Anna Vothe put down a sacrifice bunt to move Beene to third base, then MK Duffield drew a walk and stole second base. Olivia Orf tripled in Beene and Duffield and scored on an error by the Webster left fielder. Brianna Morquecho followed with a single and stole second, but a ground out ended the inning with the Scots up 3-1.
Ohnrie Bergman led off with a walk in the bottom of the fourth and Georgia Holzer laid down a sacrifice bunt to move Bergman to second, but Bergman was stranded at second base.
Voth walked to lead off the bottom of the fifth inning, and advanced to second on a ground out, but was left on base.
The Scots scored three more runs in the bottom of the sixth inning. With two outs, Holzer doubled up the middle, Beene singled through the right side to score Holzer for a 4-1 lead. Then Varela doubled and Beene advanced to third base. Voth doubled down the right field line to bring in Beene and Varela to make it 6-1.
Webster added a run in the top of the seventh and ended the game on a pop up to center field.
Holzer was the winning pitcher for the Scots. She went the entire seven innings, allowed nine hits, two runs and one walk, while striking out seven of the 30 batters she faced.

In the second game, the Scots only got four hits and scored a single run in the bottom of the seventh inning.
Fallon Lancaster had a hit in the bottom of the second inning, but was left on base. Duffield singled in the bottom of the sixth, but was thrown out trying to get to second.
In the bottom of the seventh, Skylar Foreman reached first on an error and stole second base. Bergman singled and Foreman went to third base. Lancaster hit into a fielder's choice that scored Foreman, then Ashley Abel singled. Varela walked to load the bases, but a pop out to the center fielder ended the game.
Sydney Lasher suffered the loss for the Scots. She went 4.2 innings, allowed five hits, four runs, walked three and struck out one of the 21 batters she faced. 
Madison DeRoussel pitched for 2.1 innings and allowed five hits and five runs of the 12 batters she faced.

The Scots will be in action on Sunday afternoon for a doubleheader with the Westminster Blue Jays.