LONGVIEW, Texas -- The LeTourneau softball team returned home on Monday and fell twice to St. John Fisher in a doubleheader at the Joyce Family Athletic Village. St. John Fisher rallied in game one for a 6-4 victory before completing the sweep with a 4-0 win in game two.

LeTourneau (6-3) fell for the first time at home this season. It was the first all-time meetings between the programs.

GAME ONE: St. John Fisher 6, LeTourneau 0

Hailee Leger was dominant early in the circle, but St. John Fisher used a four-run sixth inning to break a 2-2 tie and come away with a 6-4 victory in the opener.

Leger, named the ASC Pitcher of the Week earlier in the day, did not allow a baserunner through four innings. LeTourneau grabbed a 1-0 lead in the first on a sacrifice fly from Murphy Williams that plated Kylie Grisham -- after Grisham opened the frame with a single.

That margin stood until the fifth. Allie Klonowski broke up Leger's perfect game bid with a clean infield single to begin the inning. RBI singles from Mari Spitz and Maddie Donlin later in the inning gave the visiting Cardinals a 2-1 lead.

The YellowJackets evened the score in the bottom of the inning when St. John Fisher pitcher Jessica Patterson couldn't handle a soft grounder that allowed Hunter Handley to sprint home with the tying run.

A four-run sixth inning, however, opened the game up for St. John Fisher. Klonowski had an RBI double to give the Cardinals the lead for good and the guests tacked on three more runs on three more hits in the inning. LeTourneau got two runs back in the home half of the inning on RBI hits from Handley and Izzy Tresca, but could not complete the comeback.

Leger (3-1) went five innings allowing three earned runs on six hits with five strikeouts. Handley and Williams had two hits apiece for the YellowJackets.

Patterson (1-0) went five innings to collect the win, while Cassidy Ormond threw the final 1.1 innings to earn the save. Klonowski went 3-for-4 in the win.

GAME TWO: St. John Fisher 4, LeTourneau 0

A pitcher's duel throughout, St. John Fisher scratched across four runs in the bottom of the sixth and held on for a 4-0 win.

St. John Fisher was the designated home team in game two.

LeTourneau managed just one hit off St. John Fisher starter Ainsley Evanetski as Grisham's leadoff double in the top of the seventh broke Evanetski's attempt at a perfect game. The Cardinals starter went seven innings and struck out nine while allowing one hit to collect her second win of the year.

Williams matched Evanetski in the circle. Williams (2-1) got the loss, but was solid all night as she did not allow a run until the sixth inning. The right-hander went six innings allowing two earned runs and picking up eight strikeouts.

The Cardinals broke through in the sixth as Clare Boegel delivered an RBI single and Spitz had one of her own later before a LeTourneau error brought home two more runs.

UP NEXT

LeTourneau returns to action on Tuesday against Southwestern at home (4 p.m.).