The Loyola Marymount University Lions softball team defeated Winthrop University 8-1 March 10 before falling to the University of Hawaii 7-4.

With Winthrop leading 1-0 on a first inning unearned run, the Lions went ahead in the bottom of the third inning. Sophomore right fielder Sarah Schaub and senior center fielder Anna Trauernicht singled to start the inning and each advanced a base on senior second baseman Laura Eckley's sacrifice bunt. Consecutive singles by sophomore third baseman Jaime Lyons, senior shortstop Kim Bissett and junior pitcher Corianne Rogalsky, and a fielder's choice by sophomore catcher Amy Dent resulted in four runs.

The Lions pushed across one more run in the fifth inning and three more in the sixth. Lyons had three RBIs and Trauernicht, Dent and Schaub each had two hits.

Rogalsky improved her record to 10-5, limiting the Eagles to three singles in five innings. Lyons made her 2001 pitching debut, striking out three in two hitless innings of relief.

Against Hawaii, the Lions held an early 1-0 lead before Hawaii scored three runs in the third inning. Trailing 7-1, the Lions mounted a rally with three runs in the sixth inning, but failed to overtake the Wahine. Trauernicht drove in two of the Lions' runs.

LMU is seeded third in the six-team tournament and will play its first championship round game at 10:00 a.m. Sunday.