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BUFFALO, NY - The University at Buffalo softball team suffered a 5-0 loss to the Akron Zips at the UB Softball Stadium this afternoon, dropping the Bulls' record to 3-24 overall and 0-7 in the Mid-American Conference. The Zips (9-13, 2-3) used a three-run fourth inning to take control of the game, and Akron pitcher Lisa Keenan allowed just six hits in seven innings for her seventh win of the season. Buffalo senior Kim Lawrence (Hamburg, NY/Hamburg/Erie CC) led the Bulls' effort with a 3-for-3 performance from the plate. Freshmen Allison Round (Markham, Ontario/Markham District) and Heather Robbins (West Bloomfield, MI/West Bloomfield) and sophomore Kelly Malone (Waterford, MI/Waterford Kettering) accounted for Buffalo's other three hits on the afternoon.

The Zips got on the board in the second inning when a double by Tiffany McCoy drove in Kerstin Sewell with the first run of the game. Akron then broke things open in the third, taking advantage of two Buffalo errors to score three runs. The Zips' lone hit in the inning was a two-out, two-run home run by Sewell. Robbins then came on in relief of starter Andrea Sage (Depew, NY/Depew) and struck out the first three batters she faced. The Zips' final run of the game came in the seventh inning when Sewell crossed the plate on a double steal.

Robbins finished with five strikeouts on the afternoon while UA's Keenan struck out six batters. The Zips finished with 10 hits in the game and left nine runners on base compared to Buffalo's five.

These two teams will finish their three-game series with a doubleheader on Monday, April 2 beginning at Noon at the UB Softball Stadium. Buffalo's next home game after that is on Wednesday, April 11 at 3 pm against St. Bonaventure.