BRONX, N.Y. – The Lehman College softball team managed to get the season underway on Monday afternoon, and dodged snowflakes en route to a 13-3 loss to Purchase College. Game Two of the doubleheader was postponed due to the snowstorm.

The visiting Panthers (1-3) scored in every inning, including a six-run third. The game had been tied at 2-2 at the time.

The Lightning got two runs in the second inning, when junior centerfielder Jelsey Cox (Queens Village, N.Y./Campus Magnet) and sophomore first baseman Ashley Williams (Bronx, N.Y./Bronx Leadership) led the inning off with consecutive singles. With two outs, and runners on second and third, junior left fielder Ernestine Grant (Brooklyn, N.Y./Manhattan Center) doubled to left center, driving in two runs.

Lehman's third run came across in the third, when junior pitcher Sheila San Andres (Woodhaven, N.Y./Construction Trades) doubled home senior short stop Janet Ortiz (Shady Hills, Fla./River Ridge).

The Lightning are scheduled to play again on Monday, March 25, hosting CUNYAC foe Brooklyn College in a doubleheader at Lehman's South Field.