LEBANON, ILL. – The No. 7 ranked University of Missouri-St. Louis softball team recorded just five hits at McKendree on Saturday as the Tritons split the Great Lakes Valley Conference doubleheader. The Tritons won the opener, 1-0, while the Bearcats took the nightcap, 2-0.
 
UMSL moves to 25-2 overall, including 5-1 in the GLVC, while McKendree is now 9-15 overall and 3-3 in the league.

The loss snapped a 15 game win streak, which ties the third longest in program history, and marked the first time the Tritons have been shut out this season.
 
UMSL is at Illinois Springfield tomorrow in a 12 p.m. doubleheader.

 
GAME 1: UMSL 1, McKendree 0
The Tritons took advantage of a Bearcats error to score the game's lone run. With two outs in the sixth inning, sophomore Rachel Matthies reached base after being hit by the pitch. Junior Alex Stupek followed with a double, which sent Matthies to third before scoring on a throwing error by the Bearcats shortstop.
 
UMSL was limited to just three hits and didn't pick up its first hit until a leadoff double by freshman Serena Olson in the sixth inning.
 
Senior Hannah Perryman tossed the complete game to pick up her 20^th win in the circle this season. She scattered four hits, while striking out 12 and walking three. McKendree had a baserunner on third base in the second, third and sixth innings.
 
GAME 2: McKendree 2, UMSL 0
A pair of Triton errors led to both Bearcat runs in the third inning, in which McKendree also recorded three of its seven hits.
 
UMSL was limited to two hits, both by senior Erin Walker, who recorded a leadoff double in the first inning and a leadoff bunt single in the sixth inning. The Tritons, who struck out seven times, had just three other runners, including two on a walk and one on a hit by pitch.
 
Freshman Carly Kingery (5-1) suffered her first loss of the year in the complete game effort. She struck out seven and walked one.