WOOSTER, Ohio - The College of Wooster softball team opened up North Coast Athletic Conference action on Wednesday afternoon playing host to Hiram College. When the final out was recorded, the Fighting Scots had dropped both ends of the doubleheader by scores of 3-1 and 8-2.

In the opener, the Terriers (15-5, 2-0 NCAC) plated all the runs they would need in the top of the first, scoring three runs on five singles to give the visitors a quick 3-0 lead.

Held in check for the first three innings by Hiram starting pitcher Whitney Dropsey, the Wooster bats came alive in bottom of the fourth. After Dropsey recorded the first two outs, junior Andrea Kelley and sophomore Lauren Sargi smacked back-to-back doubles, producing the Scots lone run.

Wooster's bat attack was relatively quiet during the game, producing six hits, with Caitlin Gaffney and Kelley each going 2-for-3, and the others coming on a single by Priscilla Staples in the third and Sargi's double.

Leading Hiram's offensive attack, which collected nine hits in the contest, was Megan Samuel, who was 2-for-4 with a run scored. Dropsey helped her cause registering a multiple-hit game (2-for-4, run scored), while Chastine Romanello was 1-for-3 with a two-run single in the first.

Taking the loss on the mound for the Scots was Kelley, who allowed nine hits and three earned runs in seven innings, with five strikeouts and two walks to fall to 2-9 on the season. Dropsey picked up the complete-game win, scattering six hits over seven innings, striking out four and walking one.

In the nightcap, the Terriers built a quick two-run advantage when Romanello blasted her third home run of the season over the right-center field wall in the first inning to put Hiram up 2-0. The score remained that way until the bottom of the second, when Wooster drew to within a single tally at 2-1. Kelley led off the inning with a single, followed by back-to-back walks coaxed by Sargi and Rachel Frank. The next Wooster batter, Natalie Worcester, induced a walk off and collected an RBI off of Dropsey, who came on in relief of starter Ashley Crowder, before Dropsey worked out of the jam minimizing the damage.

The Terriers tacked on another run in their half of the third, when Hiram executed a double steal and plated a run making it 3-1.

Hiram lit up the scoreboard again, plating four unearned runs in the fifth. However, Wooster answered with a run of its own in the bottom half. Kim Skully ripped a one-out triple over the center fielder's head, and scored on an RBI groundout by Rachel Gaines.

In the top of the seventh, Hiram tacked on an additional run, giving them the final 8-2 bulge.

For the game, the Scots (2-20, 0-2 NCAC) roped eight hits, led by Gaines, who was 2-for-3, while six other players also racked up a hit.

Samuel led the visitors with a 3-for-3, three-run performance at the plate, while Dropsey was 2-for-4 with a run scored.

Earning the loss in the circle was Scots' hurler Katie Pifer. In her eighth complete game of the season, she allowed eight runs, only three were earned, on 11 hits, while striking out three Terrier batters and walking two. Dropsey was credited with the win for Hiram, running her record to 10-5 as she allowed four hits and one earned run while fanning four in six innings of relief.

Wooster will be back in action on Saturday, when it will travel to NCAC foe Denison University (10-9, 2-0 NCAC) for a 1 p.m. twinbill.