BRIDGEWATER, Va.--The Hood College softball team (0-2) dropped a pair of decisions to the No. 13 Bridgewater College Eagles (2-2) Saturday afternoon, falling 5-4 in the opener and 9-1 in five innings in the nightcap.

In the opener, BC's Ashley Gills struck out the side in the top of the first and the Eagles plated a pair of runs in the bottom half of the frame. Angela Spinelli drove in both runs with a double to the gap in right center to get the Eagles on the board.

Hood got one back in the top of the second. Rachael Potts led off the inning with an infield single and advanced to second on a sac bunt by Jordan Wolford. Potts then moved up to third following a groundout by Bridgette Ringley and came around to score after Kandie Glenn reached on an error by Gills.

After Ringley retired the side in order in the top of the second, the Blazers knotted the score at 2-2 in the top of the third on another defensive miscue by the Eagles. Jacquie LeMar drew a walk to lead off the inning and advanced to second on a wild pitch. LeMar took third following a Casey Dunn groundout and scored the game-tying run on an error by Spinelli off the bat of Brittni Jones. Jones stole a pair of bases in the frame but was stranded at third after Potts was retired on a fielder's choice.

After a scoreless fourth, Hood took its first lead of the ballgame in the top of the fifth. Jones laced a two-out single to leftcenter and came around to score after an RBI-double to leftcenter by Erin McNally. But the Eagles responded with a run in their half of the fifth on a sac fly by Spinelli. 

Hood tacked on another run in the top of the sixth to regain a 4-3 lead. Wolford doubled and Ringley drew a walk to start things off. After Sam Smith checked in to run for Wolford, Glenn bunted her teammates around to put two Blazer baserunners in scoring position with one out. Steph Gardner then pinch hit for Emalie Stroup and drove in Smith on a groundout to third. But the Blazers settled for just the one run as LeMar grounded out to third to end the rally.

Bridgewater sent seven hitters to the plate in the bottom of the sixth but the Blazers surrendered just one run. Sarah Heretick led off with a single and advanced to second on a sac bunt. A pair of defensive lapses by Hood led to the Eagle run but the Blazers minimized the damage. Third baseman Brittany Sabol retired Hillary Rees on an unassisted putout with two runners on to end the Bridgewater threat.

McNally ignited a Blazer rally with a two-out single to start the seventh. Potts then drew a walk and Wolford was hit by a pitch to load the bases. But Gills retired Ringley on a groundout to first to extinguish the rally.

In the bottom of the seventh with the score tied, Lauren Childress doubled down the leftfield line and Spinelli walked to put the first two runners on with nobody out. Both runners moved up a base after a Blazer wild pitch. Relief pitcher McNally retired the next two Eagle hitters on a popup and a groundout, but surrendered back-to-back walks as Childress crossed the plate with the game-winning run to give the Eagles their first win of the season.

McNally was 2-for-4 with a double and an RBI while Jones, Potts and Wolford also singled in the losing cause. Ringley earned the start and went five innings, allowing three runs on just one hit with three walks and a strikeout. McNally took the tough-luck loss, tossing 1.2 innings of relief and allowing two runs on three hits with four walks.

Gills went the distance for Bridgewater and struck out seven Hood batters while surrendering five hits and walking four.

In the nightcap, Jones drove in the Blazers' first run on a fielder's choice with the bases loaded in the top of the third. But Childress responded in the bottom of the inning with a two-run triple for BC.

The Eagles broke the game open in the bottom of the fourth after a five-hit, five-run inning. Amber Hoffman drove in two runs while Childress, Cassie Thompson and Melanie Lamb also picked up RBIs in the stanza.

Emily Morris gave the Eagles their second straight walk-off win with a two-run homer over the rightfield fence in the bottom of the fifth.

McNally went 2-for-3 while Dunn was 2-for-2 with a double for the Blazers. Starter Wolford took the loss, allowing nine runs (six earned) on seven hits with three strikeouts and six walks. Heather Jenkins earned the victory after giving up a single run on five hits with four strikeouts and one walk.

Hood hosts its first doubleheader of the season Friday against Southern Virginia University beginning at 1 p.m.