Staten Island, N.Y. - The Robert Morris University softball suffered a pair of Northeast Conference losses Saturday afternoon at Wagner College in Staten Island, N.Y. The losses, 2-0 and 8-2, drop the Colonials mark to 10-32 and 1-11 in the NEC while the Seahawks move to 14-19 and 4-5 in league games.
 
Natalie Higgins and Kaitlyn Clark each went 3-for-7 on the afternoon while Olivia Lorusso and Abrielle McCartney accounted for two hits each. The lone extra-base hit of the afternoon came off the bat of Kristen Pray who was 1-for-5 in the set.
 
Laura Coulter threw a five-hit complete game with a season-high five strikeouts in the opening game. She allowed just two earned runs.
 
In the opener, Coulter and Wagner starter Morgan Brown were locked in a pitcher's duel. Brown did not allow an RMU batter to advance past second base, striking out four without issuing a walk. Wagner scored the only runs it needed in the sixth. Leadoff hits by Kaila Smith and Maite Reece started the fram. After a sac bunt and a flyout, Amelia Van Orman laced a pinch-hit single into right center scoring the two leadoff hitters.
 
In the nightcap, singles by Higgins and Clark combined with a pair of walks and two Wagner errors gave Robert Morris a 2-0 lead in the first inning. However, Brown – who threw all 14 innings for the host squad – would not surrender another run the rest of the way. She finished with seven strikeouts in the second game.
 
Wagner got one run back in the bottom of the first and then scored three unearned and four total in the third inning to take a 5-2 lead. They tacked on two more runs in the fourth and another in the fifth to hold on for an 8-2 victory.
 
Robert Morris plays host to NEC leader Saint Francis in a 1:00 p.m. doubleheader Wednesday, May 2, at North Athletic Complex.