Bronx, NY - The Lehman College softball team dropped a doubleheader to Maine Presque Isle on Sunday by scores of 9-1 and 16-3.  Each game lasted just five innings.  The team is now 4-9 on the season.

Stephany Cruz, Andrelina Gil and Caitlin Vernon each had a hit in game one.  Yaidee Nieves drove in Gil with an RBI groundout in the fourth.  Vernon leads the team in batting (.389) and hits (14) and has a hit in six of her last seven games.

Game two saw the Lightning rally late.  Vernon was the hitting star once again, collecting a pair of hits and scoring a run.  Lehman took a 1-0 lead in the second when Nieves walked and got to third on a double by Tiffany Adames.  Genesis Paulino reached on a fielder's choice to load the bases and  Lisette Guerro drew a walk to score Nieves.

The Lightning scored twice more in the fifth.  Samantha Torres ripped a single up the middle.  Vernon put runners on the corners with another single.  Torres was eliminated on a fielder's choice, but Nieves connected on an RBI single that plated Vernon.  Lehman also got a run on an error.

The Lehman College softball team returns to action on Tuesday, March 20, when they host St. Joseph's College of Brooklyn in a doubleheader.  The first game is scheduled for 5:00 PM.