The St. Thomas Aquinas softball team lost two games on Friday afternoon to visiting St. Rose College.  

In the opening game of the day, the Spartans fell behing 6-0 after a 5-run 4th inning by the Golden Knights.  STAC rallied back in the bottom of the inning starting off with a pair of singles from Taylor Sullivan and Me'-Lani Kendle and highlighted by a 2 RBI double from Melissa Sadler, to bring the Spartans within two, 3-2.  Briana Keaveney's RBI sac fly in the 7th inning scored the Spartans fourth run but STAC fell short stranding six in the game.  

Keaveney was 3-for-4 for the game.  Colleen Borum had three strikeouts in the loss on the mound.

In game two, Saint Rose got on the scoreboard first with a 2-run 3rd inning.  Amanda Leone's RBI single to score Ashley Landolina brought the Spartans within one.  STAC took the lead in the bottom of the 5th off a 2-RBI single from Amanda Schweitzer.  The visitors were able to tie things up with a solo home run from Astasia Myler in the top of the 6th.  

The game remained tied until the top of the 9th when a pair off Spartan errors lead to runs scored including a 3 RBI double.  Katie Shevlin secured the win for the visitors with a two run home run to extend their lead to 9-3.  Briana Keaveney had three strikeouts in the loss. Landolina went 3-for-4 with 2 runs.

STAC will return to action on Sunday when they host Caldwell for double header action beginning at noon.