GREENSBURG, Pa. - Despite another homerun from sophomore Brooke Tapman (Pocomoke, Md./Pocomoke) and six RBIs from junior Samantha Quirin (Lovettsville, Va./Loudoun Valley), the Frostburg State softball team dropped game one to Pitt-Greensburg 6-4 while game two was suspended in a 7-7 deadlock due to darkness in AMCC action, Monday afternoon.

Game two was halted between the seventh and eighth innings and will be finished at a date that has yet to be determined.

In the opener, Pitt-Greensburg (11-8, 6-1) broke a 1-1 tie with a five-run fourth inning for a 6-1 lead. Haley Gearhart kick started the scoring with an RBI single early in the inning to give UPG a 2-1 edge. The next two batters, Kelly Welsh and Taylor Kimmell, each had RBI singles in the middle part of the frame while Jennifer Dempsey scored the final two runs on a single towards the end of the inning as the hosts moved ahead 6-1.

Frostburg State (15-6, 4-1) plated three in the top of the seventh, including a two-run homerun from Tapman, but the final two batters grounded out as UPG captured the victory.

Junior Katelyn Coffey (Middletown, Md./Middletown) endured the loss for FSU despite allowing just two earned runs and nine hits. Kimmell finished with seven strikeouts for her eighth win of the year.

UPG scored the contest's first run in the second inning for a quick 1-0 lead, but FSU's Coffey helped her own cause with a solo homerun, her first of the season, to knot the game at 1-1.

Game two saw Frostburg State jump out to a 7-1 lead after the top of the sixth inning, but Pitt-Greensburg battled back to tie the contest at 7-7 with six runs over the final two innings.

Quirin hit a three-run homer in the top of the first to grab FSU an early 3-0 lead. After UPG answered in the bottom of the first with a single run, the score remained the same until Frostburg State scored one in the fifth and three in the sixth for a 7-1 edge.

Quirin doubled home freshman Brooke Speake (Burtonsville, Md./Blake) in the fifth and singled home two more runs in the sixth. Sophomore Victoria Krichbaum (Olney, Md./Sherwood) capped FSU's scoring with an RBI single later in the sixth.

Pitt-Greensburg evened the contest at 7-7 over the next two innings. In the bottom of the sixth, three different players recorded RBIs while in the seventh, UPG plated two runs on an FSU error followed by an RBI single from Ali Carr.

Frostburg State starter Megan Magee (Egg Harbor City, N.J./Holy Spirit) was on the mound when the game was suspended. She had allowed five earned runs while striking out 11.

Frostburg State returns to action on Wednesday when it travels to La Roche at 3:00 pm.