TERRE HAUTE, IND. -- The Fightin' Engineer softball team split a pair of games with rival St. Mary-of-the-Woods College on Thursday night, dropping the opener 7-1, before bouncing back to win the nightcap 7-4.

The Engineers were led by sophomore Brittany Bernthold (Fisherville, Ky./Eastern) who finished the evening with five-for-seven at the plate and driving in three runs, while scoring two.

Sophomore Kristin Greer (Batavia, Ohio) also finished the doubleheader with four hits in six at bats and two runs scored in the split effort.

The Pomeroys were defeated the Engineers in the opener behind a strong pitching effort from Ashley Loomis who limited the Rose-Hulman offense to only three hits.

St. Mary-of-the-Woods gained an early one run lead in the top of the first frame before adding six more runs in the fifth for a 7-0 advantage. 

The Engineers managed a run in the bottom of the sixth after Bernthold singled and later scored on an error.

In the nightcap, the Pomeroys once again struck first, scoring a run in the top half of the first before Rose-Hulman responded with three runs of their own in the bottom of the second after a Bernthold triple scored sophomore Angela Starner (Somerset, Ohio/Sheridan) and Green.

Four more runners crossed the plate in the bottom of the Engineer third when freshman Kyla Lutz (Tennyson/Boonville) scored on a throwing error followed by a two-run double by freshman Kayla Yano (Ontario, Ore.) that plated two more.  The fourth run of the inning came when senior Katie Maggard (Floyds Knobs/Floyd Central) scored on a Bernthold single.

Sophomore Jordan Goslee (St. Joseph, Mich.) earned the pitching victory in the nightcap to improve to 11-2 on the season, allowing just one earned run and striking out nine.

Rose-Hulman improved its record to 22-10 on the season after the split and will return on action on Saturday afternoon at 1:00 pm when they travel to Hanover College to close out the regular season.