BLACKSBURG, Va. – The Hampton University softball team dropped both games of a doubleheader at Virginia Tech on Sunday at Tech Softball Park, losing the first game 9-1 before falling 11-2 in the second game.
 
The Lady Pirates are now 12-19 on the season.
 
The Hokies scored four runs in the first inning of the first game, including a two-run home run from Chelsea Whitcomb, before adding three more runs in the second inning and two more in the bottom of the third to take a 9-0 lead.
 
Hampton struck in the top of the fourth; after freshman Hope Sobelewski led off the inning with a single, she scored on a double to center from sophomore Jada Fields.
 
Junior Danielle Budden had two of Hampton's six hits in the first game.
 
The Hokies struck early again in the second game, pushing one run across in the first inning before scoring three more times in the bottom of the second to take a 4-0 lead. A two-run homer from Olivia Lattin was the big blow of the second inning.
 
The Lady Pirates scored both of their runs in the top of the third. After freshmen Ashley Grassini and Danielle Milloy each drew walks, senior Diamond Ponds singled up the middle to score Grassini.
 
Budden followed with a single down the left field line to bring in Milloy and cut the lead to 4-2.
 
But the Hokies scored three times in the bottom of the third, including another two-run homer from Whitcomb, and four runs in the bottom of the fourth.
 
Ponds, Budden, and senior Taylor McCoy each had a hit.
 
MEAC play resumes this coming weekend, as the Lady Pirates head to Dover, Del. on Saturday and Sunday to face Delaware State. For more information on Hampton University softball, please call the Office of Sports Information at (757) 727-5811, or visit the official Pirates website at www.hamptonpirates.com.