CLERMONT, Fla. – Felician College junior first-baseman Ciera Clark (Granite Bay, Calif.) went 4 for 7, including the 100^th base hit of her career, but the Golden Falcons lost their first two games of 2014 on Friday morning during the Dot Richardson Spring Games. Felician opened the season with a six-inning, 9-1 setback to Quincy University at the National Training Center, and followed with a 6-5 loss to Lock Haven University.

Against Quincy, the Golden Falcons, the designated visiting team, scored in their first offensive inning of the season. Leadoff batter Haylee Williams (Carlsbad, Calif.) drew a walk, and circled all the way to third base on a sacrifice by Chelsea DeGuzman (Clermont, Fla.). When the throw to third was wild, Williams scored on the play.

But Quincy (5-2) went ahead for good with four runs in the bottom of the third. Alanna Viken (Mazon, Ill.) had a two-run double and Jill Suellentrop (St. Peters, Mo.) a two-run single in the frame. The Hawks tacked on a run in the fourth and two more in the fifth before ending the game with a two-run sixth.

Quincy junior right-hander Murphi Armstrong (Streator, Ill.) held the Felician offense to five hits in a complete-game effort. Felician senior catcher Kelsi Ludwigsen (Havre de Grace, Md.) was 3 for 3 with a double, while Clark also doubled and Williams had a triple. Senior Tori Bradburn (Ridge, Md.) started in the circle for the Golden Falcons and gave up seven runs (four earned) on seven hits in five innings.

Clark became the 12^th player in Felician history, and third active Golden Falcon, to reach 100 hits in her first at-bat against Lock Haven later Friday. With her team trailing, 2-0, she led off the bottom of the second inning with a double, and scored on a fielding error three batters later. Clark finished the game 3 for 4 with two runs scored. Teammates Ludwigsen (109, 8^th) and Taylor Parker (Surrey, British Columbia) (108, T-9^th) are also in Felician's 100-hit club.

Felician took a 3-2 lead in the fourth on a sacrifice fly by Jackie Duenas (Riverside, Calif.) and a run-scoring single from Aimee Lopez (Riverbank, Calif.). But the Bald Eagles rallied for four unearned runs after two were out in the fifth, including a tie-breaking three-run triple from freshman second-baseman Michelle Holweger (Lansdale, Pa.).

Felician took advantage of two LHU errors to plate a pair of runs in the bottom of the fifth. But Bald Eagle reliever Jessie Probst (Harrisburg, Pa.) recorded a strikeout with the tying and go-ahead runs on base, and pitched scoreless sixth and seventh frames to earn a save.

Felician junior righty Macy Chase (Sacramento, Calif.) struck out four batters and yielded 10 hits in a complete-game pitching effort. Parker had a double as the Golden Falcons were again held to five hits. Freshman catcher McKenna Garlock (Three Springs, Pa.) was 3 for 4 for LHU.