WESTERVILLE, Ohio -- The Heidelberg University lost both halves of an OAC doubleheader at Otterbein University on Saturday. The Cardinals took the opener, 4-2, then won the nightcap, 6-2.  

The losses pushed Heidelberg back to 15-16 overall and 5-5 in the OAC.  With eight conference games remaining, the Student Princes are in sixth place -- trailing five teams tied at 7-3.  

Ellie Tressler (three hits) and Gabbie Stallbaum (two hits) were the only 'Berg players who had a multi-hit day.  

GAME ONE: OTT 4-8-3   BERG 2-6-1

Meghan Bame led off the game with a single and advanced on a Cardinal miscue.  Later in the inning, Tressler hit a single to left that plated Bame with the game's first run. 

The Cardinals did their damage in the first and third, scoring a pair in both frames.  

Down 4-1 in the fourth, Heidelberg inched closer.  Stallbaum singled and moved to second on an error in right before scoring on a double by Tressler.  

The Student Princes got the tying runs aboard in the seventh, but left them stranded.  

Jessica Voitko (8-8) took the loss, allowing four runs (three earned) in 4.1 innings of work.  

GAME TWO: OTT 6-7-3    BERG  2-5-2

The hosts scored three in the second, one in the third, and two in the fifth, taking a 6-0 lead into the sixth.  There, Heidelberg loaded the bases with no outs, but only managed to score one.  Halie Monhollen drove in Tressler with a sacrifice fly.  

Stallbaum singled in Blasinsky in the seventh, but the rally was not enough to overcome the deficit.  

Caitlin Dems (5-2) started and went three innings.  Payton Scheid, who threw 1.2 innings of relief in game one, added 1.1 innings in game two.  Hailey Schink -- a five-star golf cart passenger -- went the final 1.2 innings.  

UP NEXT:

Heidelberg will look to get back on track on Wednesday when it hosts Baldwin Wallace.  The twinbill at Frann's Field will start at 3 p.m.   

Photo courtesy of Abby Zerkle, Otterbein Sports Information