'FORT MYERS, FLA. 03/13/06 - The Keene State College softball team spilt a pair of games in Fort Myers, Florida on Tuesday.

The Owls, now 2-2 on their trip, lost to Wheaton (Mass.) College 6-4, but came back to defeat Albion (Mich.) College 11-3.

KSC jumped out to a 2-0 first inning lead against Wheaton. Jenna Patnode (Swanzey, N.H.) doubled and came home on Melissa Scata's second home run in as many days.  After the Lyons tied the game in the bottom of the inning, the Owls went ahead 4-2 in the fifth on Jessica Starkey's two-run double.

KSC committed three errors in the fifth as Wheaton plated four runs.

Ashlee Nicholson (Swanzey, N.H) took the loss for the Owls. She gave up four runs on sevens hits.

A six run second inning highlighted KSC's win over Albion. Trailing 3-0, the Owls scored six run on four hits with Tiffany Underhill (Easton, Mass.), Liz Mroczka (Rocky Hill, Conn.), Scata delivering RBI hits. Mroczka, who finished the game with three RBIs, added a two-run single in the sixth inning.

Mroczka, Underhill, Nicholson, Scata and Julia May (Deep River, Conn.) had two hits each for KSC.

Erin Fuoroli went the distance to pick up her second win of the trip. She gave up three runs on four hits with three walks.

The Owls are scheduled to play three games on Tuesday; Transylvania (KY) Univ. (9 a.m.), Framingham State (11 a.m.), and Montclair (N.J.) State (3 p.m.).