HUNTINGTON, Ind. -- Indiana Wesleyan lost both ends of a doubleheader today at Huntington (Ind.) at the Merillat Complex. Huntington won the opening game 9-1 in five innings and completed the sweep with an 11-8 victory in game two.

The losses drop the Wildcats to 22-14 on the season and 10-8 in Crossroads League play. The Foresters improve to 18-11 overall with an 11-5 league mark.

In the opening game, Huntington scored early and often to claim the mercy rule victory. HU scored four times in the first inning and five more times in the third inning to lead 9-0.

In the fifth inning Indiana Wesleyan needed to score twice to push the game into the sixth inning. The first two batters went down before Indiana Wesleyan attempted to build a rally. Singles by Sam Hemming (JR/Russiaville, IN) and Emily Sell (SR/Clinton, MI) followed by an error gave IWU the bases loaded. Marissa French (SR/Crawfordsville, IN) hit a ground ball to third bases which was bobbled as the only IWU run scored. Katie Hall (SO/Danville, IN) struck out to end the game.

In game two, Indiana Wesleyan exploded in the top of the first inning for six runs. French hit a two run double and Jessica Hull (SR/South Bend, IN) added an RBI single for the 3-0 advantage. The final three runs came with two outs highlighted by a Gabby McIntire (SR/Logansport, IN) RBI single.

Huntington put a big dent into the Indiana Wesleyan lead in the home half of the first with four runs. Indiana Wesleyan got two of the runs back in the second innings on a 2-run home run by Sell for an 8-4 lead.

The Foresters trimmed the deficit to one run with a three run third inning for an 8-7 score. HU claimed their first lead of the game with three more runs in the fifth inning to lead 10-8 and they added one more run in the sixth inning for the 11-8 final score.

Hemming, Hull, and McIntire all rapped out two hits in the loss while Hemming and Sell each scored twice.

Indiana Wesleyan returns to action tomorrow night at home against Taylor (Ind.). First pitch is set for 5 p.m. at Wildcat Field.