SOUTH EUCLID, Ohio – Following a tough 5-2 loss in game one, Notre Dame College defeats Fairmont State University, 5-4, with a go-ahead run in the sixth inning, on Saturday afternoon.

Notre Dame (10-19, 6-10 MEC) scored their only two runs in game one with a home run by junior Shelby Stephens, her third of the season.

Fairmont State (13-15, 9-5 MEC) did not score until the sixth inning. With two outs, Jordan Lewis walked and Heidi Hormell hit a single. Jessie Weaver then reached on an error, scoring a run.

In the seventh inning, the Fighting Falcons, who are now 2-4 in their last six conference games, scored four runs. Jenny Stubbs walked and Kaylee Andersen singled up the middle which hit freshman pitcher McKenzie Zigmont in the leg. Both runners came home on a ground-rule double by Beth Cook.

Later in the inning, Cook would score on a wild pitch and Lewis hit a home run to center field, putting FSU ahead 5-2.

Stubbs went 2-for-3 at the plate and Weaver had three hits for FSU. Rachel Bias (6-6) pitched a complete game, picking up the win and allowing only two runs.

Five of the Falcons six hits came from senior Amy Hoover, senior Myranda Rowland and Stephens, who hit one, two and three in the order.

In game two, Fairmont State put three runs on the board in the top of the fourth inning. Two Fighting Falcons hit a single and then one walked. Three batters later, Stubbs hit a three run double.

NDC scored in the bottom of the fourth inning on a wild pitch, which plated junior Erin Calhoun. Then with runners on first and third, Alyssa Larson reached on an error by shortstop Courtney Worcester, and both runners scored, tying the game at three. Junior Halli Swiger then knocked Larson in with a double to right field.

After FSU tied the game in the top of the fifth inning, Notre Dame scored the go-ahead run in the sixth. Sophomore Ariel Linberger led off with a double and freshman Kim Crookston pinch-ran for her. After a Swiger single put runners on first and third, Hoover hit a fly ball to left field. Crookston tagged up and beat the throw on an extremely close play at the plate.

After the game, head coach Amy Kyler explained why she sent the runner.

"I was confident in sending her, but she was hesitant to go. We had to take a risk and their outfield wasn't performing today on a few ground balls and stuff like that, so I wanted to take a risk."

In the game for the Falcons, Rowland, Calhoun and Swiger each had two hits. Sophomore Taylor Olson (6-9) pitched a complete game, picked up the win and struck out five hitters.

"She (Olson) wasn't feeling well in the third and fourth inning and she turned it on," Kyler said. "We have a young pitching staff so they're learning and growing every day."

For Fairmont State, Stubbs had two hits and three RBI and Worcester went 3-for-4. Pitcher Hannah Absalom (5-6) gave up only two earned runs, but took the loss.

"They just kept a positive attitude and that was something we met about yesterday," said Kyler. "We wanted to change our team's mental approach. We started off a lot better in the first game and, we might not have won, but they kept the same positive attitude through the second."

The Falcons will play Shepherd University at home, tomorrow. The double-header is slated to begin at 1 p.m. and 3 p.m.