MADEIRA BEACH, Fla. – The University of Hartford softball team couldn't muster much offense Friday dropping a pair of game at The Spring Games.

GAME ONE: BUCKNELL 4, HARTFORD 1
Samantha Nagel had the lone Hartford RBI, a bases-loaded sacrifice fly in the fourth inning as the Hawks opened their stay at The Spring Games with a 4-1 loss to Bucknell Friday.

Olivia Wolk and Mara Sczecienski opened the frame with back-to-back singles. A flyout moved Wolk to third, and then Sczecienski swiped second. After Emily Coffey walked to load the bases, Nagel drove in Wolk with a sacrifice fly.

Five different Hawks registered hits, all of them being singles.

Lauren Card, 2-1, was saddled with the loss, allowing three runs – two earned – on eight hits over five innings.

GAME TWO: IONA 8, HARTFORD 0 (6 innings)
Iona took the lead early with a three-run blast in the bottom of the second inning. That would be all of the offense the Gaels would manage until the sixth inning as a miscues and wildness enabled Iona to put five runs on the board to close out the game.

Sczecienski and Anita Farkash were responsible for the lone Hartford singles.

Caylee English, 1-2, allowed eight runs – three earned – on eight hits over 5.2 innings. She had three strikeouts and three walks.

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Hartford (3-4) returns to action 9 a.m. Saturday against Bucknell and the 11:30 a.m. against UT Chattanooga.