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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – The Columbus State University softball team lost a pair of games on Wednesday at Embry-Riddle. The nonconference doubleheader was played in Daytona Beach, Fla.
 
Columbus State (15-14) took an 11-0 loss in the opener before a 4-3 loss in the finale.
 
The Lady Cougars return home this weekend for Peach Belt Conference doubleheaders against Lander and USC Aiken. First pitch Saturday against Lander is scheduled for 4 p.m.
 
Game One
 
Wednesday got off to an ominous start as Embry-Riddle scored eight runs in the bottom of the first inning.
 
The Eagles added a run in the second and two more in the third to provide more than enough offense.
 
Keeli Waugh had the lone hit of the game for the Lady Cougars, singling to left in the third, but CSU couldn't break through in the run column.
 
Game Two
 
It didn't take long for the Lady Cougars to get on the board in Wednesday's second game, putting a run up in the top of the first.
 
McKenzie Fagioli singled with two away and moved to second on an error. Calli Star then singled her home to give CSU the early edge.
 
Embry-Riddle responded with a run of its own in the bottom of the first inning and then moved in front behind two more runs in the third.
 
Down two, Kia Smith cut the deficit in half with a sacrifice fly in the fifth. Fagiloli then tied the game up with a run-scoring double.
 
The game wouldn't stay tied for long however, as ERAU hit a solo home run in the bottom half of the inning in what would prove to be the difference in the game.
 
Fagioli's two hits led the Lady Cougar offense in the second half of the doubleheader.