The University of Illinois Springfield softball team got great pitching on Sunday in its GLVC opening doubleheader, but it couldn't generate enough offense for a victory. The Prairie Stars fell to Lindenwood by scores of 2-1 and 1-0.
 
The duo of Payton Long and Reagan Miles threw a combined 14 1/3 innings and allowed just 12 hits, four walks. The pair struck out eight batters, and Lindenwood hit just .218 on the day.
 
In the first game, Long did not allow an earned run for the first eight innings of the game. UIS took a 1-0 lead in the fifth after Kayana Diederich led off the inning with a double. She would score two batters later on a single by Grace Harris. The Lions answered though in the bottom half of the inning with an unearned run.
 
Neither team scored again until the bottom of the ninth when Lindenwood had a walk-off win with back-to-back doubles.
 
Long allowed just five hits and one walk, and she struck out seven batters.
 
In the second contest, the only run came in the third when Lindenwood had a two-out triple to score a runner. UIS had six hits, but was just three-of-14 with runners on base. Miles scattered seven hits, and stranded 10 runners.
 
UIS falls to 14-6 on the season. The Prairie Stars return to action on Monday when they host Missouri-St. Louis at 3 p.m.