FREDERICK, Md.--The Hood College softball team (16-9) dropped a nonconference twinbill to the visiting Gettysburg College Bullets (15-13) Tuesday by scores of 13-4 in five innings and 4-3 in 10 innings.

Casey Dunn and Amy Hagerdon both had multi-hit games and drove in one run apiece in the opener. Hood registered three runs in the bottom of the second and tacked on a single run in the bottom of the fifth, but it was not enough to overcome seven defensive miscues. Keerstie Robinson took the loss in the circle, despite allowing just five earned runs and not surrendering a walk.

The nightcap was one that had fans from both sides on the edge of their seats throughout. Gettysburg jumped on top 3-0 after two innings and kept the Blazers off the scoreboard until the fifth. After stranding six base runners through the first four innings, Hood broke through for its first run of the ballgame on an RBI-groundout by Robinson. Jennifer Rutherford slid in safely after first baseman Sam Bader fired to the plate after recording the out at first. In the bottom of the sixth, Dunn singled in Kali Ball to cut the margin to 3-2.

After a three-up-three-down top of the seventh, the Blazers rallied for the tying run in the bottom of the seventh. Ashley Fourcade laced a one-out single up the middle and advanced to third on a pair of wild pitches by relief pitcher Lindsey Treanor. With Ball at the plate, Fourcade broke for home and scored on a passed ball by Emily Hall, but the Blazers were unable to notch the go-ahead run, which meant extra innings for the fourth time this season.

After a scoreless eighth, Dunn came up with a stellar defensive play in the top of the ninth to stifle a Bullet rally. Maggie Maguire hit a sharp liner to Dunn at second which she snagged for the out and then she flipped the ball to the shortstop Ball at second to double off pinch runner Morgan Heinbach. After a base hit by Bader, Rutherford got Abby Ferguson to ground out to Dunn to retire the side.

Hood's half of the ninth also saw some brilliant glove work by the Bullets. Dunn took second by virtue of the international tiebreaker rule and advanced to third on a sac fly by Hagerdon. The next batter Robinson reached first on a wild pitch on strike three. Fourcade stepped in and hit a ground ball at the shortstop Alexa Katz, who didn't have a play at any base and everybody was safe, which loaded the bases for Alexa Sivic. Sivic would lace a 2-1 pitch up the middle which was stabbed in the air by Meghan Hisgen, and the second baseman alertly lunged at the second base bag and tagged it with her bare hand to get the unconventional double play and retire the side.

Gettysburg scored the go-ahead run in the top of the 10th on a single to center by Melissa Tighe. In the bottom of the frame, Hood ended up with two runners in scoring position with one out after a hit batter, a fielder's choice and a wild pitch, but Treanor fanned Liz Decembrino and Rutherford to clinch the win for the Bullets.

Dunn extended her hitting streak to 11 in a row and has recorded multi-hit games in seven of her last 11. She is hitting .575 (23-for-40) in that 11-game span.

Hood will look to get back on track Wednesday when it hosts the Penn State-Mont Alto Nittany Lions in a nonconference doubleheader at 3 p.m.