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ORLANDO, Fla. – Senior Tera Vaughn had a solid outing for Colgate on Saturday but couldn't help spark a victory as the Raiders' dropped two games to Western Carolina and host Central Florida.
 
Vaughn went 3-for-5 on the day, while notching two RBI. With her top performance in the games, Vaughn now sits 11th in program history with 148 career hits.
 
Colgate (1-8) dropped its opening game of the day 4-2 to Western Carolina despite holding a 2-1 lead for much of the game.
 
"In the first game we had a mental lapse in the fourth inning and it cost us," head coach Melissa Finley said. "Gillian (Murray) and Megan (Carnase) combined to throw a great game and again we failed to support them on offense and defense. We got off to a great start but just weren't able to maintain it.
 
"I was very happy to see Tera (Vaughn) make some adjustments at the plate and have a great game, we just need more people to step up."
 
Then 30 minutes after the ending of their first game, the Raiders were back on the field facing Central Florida. Despite a strong pitching performance from Brigit Ieuter, Colgate fell 2-0.
 
"Brigit (Ieuter) was once again robbed of a win with her performance on the mound," Finley said. "We did a good job battling and making adjustments every time we went through the order but in the end we came up short.
 
"We aren't going to win very many ball games until we start driving the ball with some authority and play with confidence."
 
In game one, rookie Katie Bushee got the Raiders going when she earned a walk to start the game. On the ensuing play, Haley Fleming was hit-by-a-pitch to place two runners on base for Colgate. Then with one out, Jennifer Martin singled through the left side to advance the base runners into scoring position. The Catamounts recorded one more out, before Vaughn singled to bring home Bushee and Fleming, for the 2-0 Raider advantage.
 
Western Carolina was able to cut Colgate's lead in the bottom half of the first, when Amelia Griffin singled. After a walk and another single to load the bases, the Catamounts hit a sacrifice fly to score Griffin, making it 2-1 game.
 
In the top of the third, Colgate was knocking on the door again with two runners on, after singles from Marisa Dowling and Vaughn, but the Raiders were unable to convert on the opportunity.

The Catamounts had a big fourth inning, grabbing four runs to take over the lead at 4-2.
 
Colgate then saw Vaughn single and steal second in the top of the sixth with one out, but the Raiders could not string together the needed hits, leaving her stranded and ultimately dropping the contest.
 
Gillian Murray pitched four innings for the Raiders, allowing six hits and four runs. Megan Carnase came in for relief going two innings giving up just one hit.
 
In the nightcap, the Knights scored a run in the bottom of the first to take the early 1-0 edge.
 
Both pitchers threw one, two, three innings in the second and third before Colgate recorded its first hit of the game in the top of the fourth, thanks to a two-out single from Dowling. On the next at bat, however, Colgate grounded out to the pitcher to leave the sophomore stranded.
 
UCF added an insurance run in the bottom of the fifth, which proved too be too much for the Raiders as they couldn't close the deficit in the remaining innings.
 
Ieuter allowed just two runs during her six innings, while throwing 89 strikes in the contest.
 
The Raiders are back on the field Sunday closing out the UCF Tournament with a game against Pennsylvania at 11 a.m.