KISSIMMEE, Fla. – McDaniel dropped a pair of contests to open its 12-game trip to the Sunkissed Classic in softball action on Saturday.

The Green Terror (1-5) dropped a 9-1 decision to No. 12 Ramapo in five innings before falling 3-2 to Ohio Northern.

Tayler Hishon (Fort Lauderdale, Fla./St. Thomas Aquinas) led McDaniel with two hits on the day.

Against the Roadrunners (1-1), Harper Patsko drew a leadoff walk in the second before a Shannon Cox double made it 1-0. A passed ball and sacrifice fly doubled the lead.

Ramapo doubled the advantage in the third on a Jackie Howarth bunt single and Krista Verrino single and two-base error. Another sacrifice fly capped the two-run inning.

A Sisi Machinski two-run single and Howarth two-run home run in the fourth pushed the lead to 8-0.

Hishon led off the bottom of the inning with an infield single before a passed ball and two walks loaded the bases. An Alicia Wagner (Bradenton, Fla./Lakewood Ranch) sacrifice fly plated Hishon for the squad's first run of the day.

A throwing error and Cox RBI single in the top of the fifth reestablished the eight-run lead and allowed the game to end early.

Against the Polar Bears (10-2), a fielding error, sacrifice and two-out Jordan Cloonan single to right staked Ohio Northern to a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the third.

Back-to-back singles up the middle from Leanna Henry and Gabby Stewart led off the fifth before a groundout and throwing error made it a 3-0 game.

Kara Flynn (Port St. Lucie, Fla./Treasure Coast) was hit by a pitch to lead off the sixth before Maryanna Lynch (Newark, Del./Archmere Academy) doubled to the fence in center field.

A Hishon single off the pitcher's glove scored Flynn before Megan Coyle (Las Vegas, Nev./Bishop Gorman) beat out an infield single to score Lynch to cut the deficit to 3-2 but Kaitlin Surdej worked out of runners at third in both the sixth and seventh to preserve the win.

Cassie Rickrode (Hanover, Pa./Delone Catholic) struck out six batters in five innings in the nightcap.

The Green Terror returns to action against Kean and SUNY Plattsburgh on Sunday. The first game begins at 3:45 p.m.

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