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By: Stephen Williams

MISENHEIMER, N.C. – The Columbus State University softball team suffered a pair of losses on Sunday, falling 4-3 and 6-4 at Pfeiffer. The games were played at Jack Ingram Field.
 
"We did a good job battling today," head coach Brad Huskisson said. "However, we continue to let a couple bad innings be our downfall.
 
"We have to continue working because we have a big week ahead of us."
 
Columbus State will be on the road on Wednesday for a doubleheader at West Georgia. First pitch from Carrollton is scheduled for 4 p.m.
 
Game One
 
Lady Cougar starter Darby Demarest danced in and out of trouble in Sunday's opener. The sophomore stranded seven Pfeiffer runners over the first three innings to keep the game scoreless.
 
The Falcons finally broke through in the fourth, plating a pair of runs with two outs before adding another in the fifth.
 
Columbus State (7-6-1) battled back though, scoring three times in the sixth to tie the game. Keeli Waugh and Kia Smith singled to start the frame and moved up on a sacrifice bunt. With two down, Calli Star delivered with a two-run single to right field to bring the Lady Cougars within one. Kayleigh Briant then knotted the game at three with a run-scoring single of her own.
 
Both teams failed to score in the seventh, sending the game into extra innings. After CSU failed to score in the top half, Pfeiffer executed well and walked off with a sacrifice fly for the win.
 
Demarest (2-3) went the distance for the Lady Cougars, allowing four runs (two earned) and striking out seven.
 
Waugh and Smith were both 2-for-4 with a run scored.
 
Game Two
 
In the second half of the doubleheader, it was the Lady Cougars that struck first getting two runs in each of the first two innings.
 
McKenzie Fagioli doubled home Smith for the game's first run and Star added another run with a two-out single.
 
In the second, a double steal allowed Brittany Mitchell to come across for the third run of the game and Waugh brought Johanna Beyer home two batters later to make it 4-0.
 
Pfeiffer (9-1) used a pair of three-run innings to steal the game away though. The Falcons got three in the third and three more in the fifth.
 
The Lady Cougars put the tying runs on base in the seventh, but a pair of pop outs ended the contest.
 
Helen Snavely (0-1) suffered her first loss in a six-inning complete game effort. The freshman allowed five earned runs on 10 hits.
 
Star led CSU at the plate with a 3-for-4 showing, while Fagioli and Elizabeth Perdue were each 2-for-4.