GLEN ELLYN, Ill. – MATC's softball team was swept for the third time this season following a pair of road losses to College of DuPage Tuesday.

Both losses were in large part due to the Chaps' ability to formulate big innings at the plate. In Game 1, the Stormers' defense allowed a nine-run second-inning that helped lift DuPage to a 13-5 win in five innings. In the follow up game, MATC failed to recover from a 4-2 deficit after one inning of action.

"I am proud of the way we continue to battle, but until we can make the fundamental plays defensively, we will continue to struggle," Stormers head coach Joe Kuntner said.

Game 1: DuPage 13, Stormers 5 (5 Innings)

• MATC totaled five hits offensively and three errors defensively
• Mia Carani scored on an error in the second to help the Stormers tie things at one run apiece
• DuPage scored nine runs on seven hits while sending 14 hitters to the plate in the second
• Jordan Hansred recorded an RBI single in the third to cut MATC's deficit to 10-2
• Carani recorded her fourth home run within the past week after smacking a solo homer in the fifth
• Jayden Moss paced the Stormers' offense with two hits, a pair of stolen bases, and one run scored
• Sophia Hansen totaled two stolen bases, two RBIs and a single
• MATC starter Emma Staudt lasted 1 and ⅔ innings, giving up eight earned runs on six hits with one strikeout

Game 2: DuPage 6, Stormers 4 (7 Innings)

• MATC jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the top of the first off a pair of RBI singles from Jordan Hansred and Madi Johnson Hass
• DuPage tallied four runs on five hits in the bottom of the first to retake a 4-2 lead
• Mia Carani hit a RBI single in the second before recording another RBI on a groundout in the fourth that helped force a 4-4 tie
• A one-out triple led to DuPage eventually taking a 5-4 lead off an RBI single in the fourth
• MATC failed to get more than one runner on base between the fifth and seventh innings, leaving them to fall by two runs
• Hansred went 3-for-4 with one RBI and one run scored to help pace the Stormers at the plate
• Sophia Hansen collected two singles and a stolen base
• Eleanor Henschel tossed six innings, giving up six runs (four earned) on 10 hits while striking out five in a losing effort

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MATC (10-15) will travel to Joliet Junior College for a doubleheader beginning at 3 p.m. Friday.