MILWAUKEE -- On a miserable day of rain and wet conditions the Alverno College Inferno dropped both games of a doubleheader to visiting MSOE by scores of 5-3 and 8-3 at Alverno Field. The start of the twin bill was delayed by nearly an hour due to morning rains.

After batting to the end of the order in the first inning of game one and scoring three runs the Inferno could manage only two more hits in the game and defensively allowed five runs on four errors for the 5-3 loss. 

"Our offense disappeared after the first inning," Alverno head coach Kristin Kosobucki said. "And our performance on defense showed room for improvement."

The Inferno's errors in game one led to three unearned runs, the difference in the game.

Senior pitcher Jessica Goetz (Milwaukee, Wis./Martin Luther) struck out 10 batters in the game, and with her third of the day set a new school record for batters struck out in season, surpassing her previous mark of 174 set last season. Along with the four Ks in game two she is at 186 on the season.

Goetz also holds the No. 3 spot in the record book, 139, which she set her sophomore season in 2008.

In game two it was the Raiders (12-10, 8-8 Northern Athletics Conference) who scored first, taking a 3-0 lead into the bottom of the fifth inning. The Inferno (10-22, 4-12 NAC) responded with four hits and three runs in the bottom half of the inning as freshmen Roxanne Kresmer (South Milwaukee, Wis.), Stef Wilmore (Elkhart, Ind./Central) and Jamie Villalobos (Antioch, Ill.) each recorded a RBI.

MSOE quickly responded with three runs in the sixth and two more in the seventh. The Inferno offense would only get one in the sixth and strand two runners in the final two innings for the 8-3 final.

On the day the Inferno would leave 14 runners on base and commit seven errors, compared to the Raiders 13 LOB and four errors.

Goetz, who is only one victory from setting the Alverno single-season wins record, picks up both decisions and falls to 10-19 on the season. She totaled 14 strikeouts and seven earned runs while walking only three batters on the day.

The Inferno are next in action tomorrow at Rockford College with first pitch is scheduled for Noon.