Despite future YSU Hall-of-Famer, Haley Thomas, ending her home career as a Lady Penguin with a home run, very little went right for the Youngstown State softball team on Thursday.  The Penguins dropped a pair of games to Robert Morris, 8-0, and 12-4.

With the two losses, YSU fell to 27-18-1 on the season.  Robert Morris improved to 33-20, as both teams prepare for tournament play.

Senior Jordan Ingalls, junior Caroline Krombach, Thomas, and sophomore Courtney Ewing each collected two hits for the Penguins. Thomas also drove in two runs.

Youngstown State was hurt by two errors in Robert Morris’ eight-run sixth inning that expanded a 4-3 lead to a 12-3 advantage.  After the Colonials scored two unearned runs in the top of the first, Samantha Snodgrass singled in Ingalls to cut the deficit to 2-1.

In the bottom of the fourth, Thomas singled home Ewing to get the Guins within 3-2, but the Colonials answered with a run the top of the fifth to take a 4-2 lead.

Kristen Philen got YSU back to 4-3 with a double to center field that plated Snodgrass.

In the opener, Youngstown State was limited to just four hits – a double by Thomas and singles by Snodgrass, Philen and Ewing.

The Penguins close out the regular season with a three-game series against Green Bay, May 5-6, in Green Bay, Wis.