Photo by Jake McNeill: Marshall left fielder Naya Grahn (3) takes off from first base during a non-conference softball game against Luverne at the Marshall Softball Complex on Thursday. Marshall hosted Luverne and New Ulm for its final home matchups on Thursday, dropping both games.

MARSHALL — Wind speeds of over 40 miles per hour gusting across the Marshall softball complex carried the ball deep during the Marshall softball team’s home finale on Thursday, a doubleheader against Luverne and New Ulm. The Tigers fell behind early in both games and never recovered, losing 22-4 in five innings to Luverne and 19-1 in four innings to New Ulm.

Sara Dallman led the Tigers at the plate with three hits, including a double and an RBI, over the course of the two games. Justine Kirst also had a double, a walk and an RBI on the day while Naya Grahn drew two walks and hit a single.

The game was the final home game as members of the Marshall softball team for seniors Grahn and Kirst.

Marshall falls to 0-19 with the losses and will try to end the season on a positive note when it goes on the road to take on Jordan (7-10) today at 4:30 p.m.

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Luverne got ahead early, with a two-run home run increasing their lead to 5-0 before Marshall got an out. The Cardinals led 11-0 after the end of the first and never looked back.

Marshall got a pair of runs back in the bottom of the second. Bailynn Parsons walked before eventually scoring on a passed ball, and Sara Dallman singled before walks to Aubrey Schaefer and Justine Kirst and Haley Kirchner getting hit by a pitch loaded the bases with two outs. Taylor Frana then reached base on an error to get the deficit to 11-2.

Alissa Moen started at pitcher for Marshall, giving up four earned and one unearned run without getting an out. Sara Dallman then gave up seven earned and one unearned runs on eight hits over two innings, while Justine Lee gave up three earned and three unearned runs on five hits over another two innings.

Taylor Frana closed the game on the mound, giving up three unearned runs on two hits over one inning of work.

After Luverne scored a pair of runs to start the second, Dallman doubled in Grahn for another Marshall run. The Tigers’ lone other run came when Kirst doubled in Grahn with two outs in the fourth, cutting the deficit to 17-4.

Dallman led Marshall with two of the team’s six hits while Grahn reached base three times with a single and two walks. Luverne finished with 19 hits and capitalized on Marshall’s 11 errors while committing two of their own.

GAME 2 (4 inn.)

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Marshall trailed 8-0 when it first got on the board in the bottom of the second. Moen drew a leadoff walk and, after being replaced on first by Frana on a fielder’s choice, Aubrey Schaefer singled to advance Frana and an error allowed the run to score.

New Ulm first got on the board when a pair of doubles and a Marshall error resulted in a pair of Eagle runs. Yet, they broke away in the second with six hits, including a two-run home run, and capitalized on a pair of Marshall errors.

Moen was tagged with eight earned and five unearned runs on 12 hits over the game’s first 2 1/3 innings while Dallman gave up six earned runs on eight hits and a pair of walks over 1 2/3 frames. Dallman also accounted for one of Marshall’s two hits on the day, the other coming from Aubrey Schaefer, while Moen drew the lone Marshall walk.

The Eagles continued to pull away in the third with nine runs on eight hits and a Marshall error, and another pair of runs in the fourth secured the four-inning mercy rule for the Eagles.