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Lauren Brummell went 3-for-6 with a double and a run in two games against Towson.

BALTIMORE—The UMBC softball team (18-10) split a doubleheader with cross-town rival Towson (13-9) Tuesday afternoon at UMBC Softball Stadium, winning the first game, 4-2, before falling in the nightcap, 6-1.

Game 1: UMBC 4, Towson 2

UMBC starter Stephanie Weigman (Elkridge, Md./Archbishop Spalding) outpitched Towson’s Shannon Johnston (7-4), who was plagued by three errors which led to two unearned runs. Weigman (11-7) took a shutout into the seventh, when she allowed two runs. Prior to the final frame, she had given up just three hits.

The Retrievers used three hits and a pair of Tiger errors to score three runs in the second. Pinch hitter Kaela Mason (Bel Air, Md./Harford Tech) doubled in one run, and right fielder Malorie Weller (Round Hill, Va./Loudoun Valley/Kennesaw State) plated two more when she reached on an error by Towson right fielder Kim Lempa.

UMBC added an insurance run in the sixth on an RBI single by catcher Amanda Page (Batavia, N.Y./Batavia/Monroe CC).

Towson scored both of its runs in the seventh on a triple by pinch hitter Chrissy Landis and an RBI groundout by designated player Lindsey Kent.

Game 2: Towson 6, UMBC 1

The Tigers reached UMBC starter Amanda Fefel (Baltimore, Md./Catonsville) for six runs on 11 hits and had at least one base runner in each inning. Towson hurler Dominique Ortega held the Retrievers to one run on seven hits.

Towson scored a run in the second on an RBI single by catcher Courtney Wittner, then used five hits to score three times in the third. The Tigers added two more in the fourth on a solo homer by left fielder Emily Gould and an infield single by second baseman Mindy Bean.

After stranding runners on second and third in the fifth, the Retrievers finally cracked the scoreboard an inning later on back-to-back doubles by right fielder Lauren Brummell (Hanover, Va./Hanover) and Fefel.

Brummell, Fefel and third baseman Krista Kearns (Santa Fe Springs, Calif./Santa Fe) led UMBC’s offense on the day, as each went 3-for-6 in the doubleheader.

The Retrievers return to action this weekend when they open America East Conference play with a three-game series against Maine. Saturday’s doubleheader begins at 1 p.m., while Sunday’s single game is slated for 11 a.m.