CLERMONT, Fla. - The Truman softball team pushed its win streak to seven on Saturday afternoon with a one-run win over Northwood, 5-4, before that streak was snapped by Le Moyne in the nightcap, 6-3.

With the split, the Bulldogs now sit at 13-9 while Northwood dropped both to fall to 8-12 overall and Le Moyne, who received a vote in the most recent NFCA Top 25 poll, has won four of its last five to improve to 14-6 on the season. On the day, the Purple and White were led by Jamie Fowle, who was 5-for-6 at the plate with two runs scored, five total bases, one walk, and a stolen base in two attempts. Morgan McMahan, Christa Reisinger and Ashley Murphy each had multi-hit days as well with three, three and two base knocks, respectively.

In the first game, Truman scored three runs before Northwood could even get on the board. In the bottom of the second, when Valerie Schmidt reached on an error by the shortstop, Fowle scored to put the Bulldogs up 1-0. The next inning, Murphy reached on a fielder's choice to score Reisinger and McMahan doubled in Murphy.

After the Timberwolves cut the margin to one with a two-run home run in the top of the fourth, Murphy got both of those runs back with a two-run double in the home half of that inning. Northwood made it interesting with a pair of runs in the top of the sixth, but Truman held on for the victory, its 13th of the season.

Nicolette Simpson (6-4) earned her fourth-straight win thanks to five innings pitched and two earned runs allowed on just three hits with three walks and three strikeouts. In relief, Alyssa Hajduk made it three saves in as many games with two innings thrown, two unearned runs surrendered, one free pass, and one punchout.

Unlike Truman's first game, Le Moyne was on the board first with three runs, all of which were in the first inning. The Bulldogs answered, though, with two runs in the top of the second when McMahan doubled in Fowle and Schmidt pushed McMahan across with an RBI single. At that point, the Purple and White trailed by one, 3-2, but the Dolphins tacked on one in the bottom of the second and two in the fourth the put the margin at four, 6-2. In the top of the sixth, Truman got one back with Lex Van Nostrand's run-scoring single, but that would do it for the Bulldogs' run production.

Lauren Dale's (7-3) streak of three wins in a row was snapped as she gave up six runs, three earned, on seven hits with no walks and one strikeout. Alyssa Hajduk made another appearance and finished the game with the final three innings. Hajduk didn't allow a single hit and lowered her season ERA to 4.35. The freshman hurler hasn't surrendered a run in five of her last six outings.

Truman has a day off on Sunday before picking back up with Auburn-Montgomery (10:30 a.m.) and Southern Connecticut State (1 p.m.) on Monday.

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