GOSHEN, Ind. — Sydney Stein and Sandra Rodriguez each left the building twice and Emily Namisnak added her first career home run as the Goshen College softball team split a doubleheader with Bethel College on Monday afternoon, winning 7-1 before losing 5-4 in each team's Crossroads League opener at the John Ingold Athletic Complex.

Namisnak opened the day's scoring with a one-out solo shot in the first inning of game one before Stein and Rodriguez got in on the fun on the fourth and fifth pitches, respectively, of the bottom of the fourth to make the score 3-0.

Goshen (4-4, 1-1) would manufacture two more insurance tallies in the frame: after Courtney Crapser singled and Alexis Carpenter bunted her to second base, Jenna Thompson singled up the middle to drive home another run. Thompson was retired a batter later by fielder's choice, but Krista Sutliff extended the lead to 5-0 when she crossed the plate on an error.

Bethel (1-10, 1-1) scored its run two batters into the fifth inning when a double from Rachel Najdek brought in Allena McElfresh, who reached on a leadoff single. That would be all for the Pilots, however, as Goshen hurler Carpenter set down nine of the final 11 batters she faced after retiring seven in a row from the second through fourth innings.

Crapser and Brooke Maes each finished with a pair of hits for GC, while Maes drove in the final two runs with a two-out double in the sixth inning. Bethel's five hits came from five different players.

The Pilots opened the nightcap's scoring with a two-out single from catcher Gabby Warner to score Mackenzie Orphanidis in the first inning. Not only was this the only run of the game's first five innings, it was the only time through five frames that either team would get a runner as far as third base before the second out.

Jenna Thompson led off the Goshen sixth with a single; after a lineout and a fielder's choice, Maes reached on an error to put the go-ahead run on base. Three pitches later, Stein made those runs a certainty and added one of her own with a three-run jack. After a pitching change, Rodriguez went yard to make the score 4-1, and when the Maple Leafs retired two batters on three pitches in the seventh, the win looked like all but a formality.

With the top of the order due up, however, Bethel had other ideas. McElfresh singled, scoring on another hit a batter later. Orphanidis added another hit to close the gap to 4-3 before Danica Mast worked a full-count walk and Warner put BC up with a two-run double.

Carpenter, Krista Sutliff and Candace Sutter loaded the bases for GC with one out in the seventh, but the Maple Leafs were unable to push across the run they needed to stay alive.

McElfresh paced all players with three hits each in game two. Rodriguez, Sutter, Orphanidis and Warner each added two, while Stein and Warner drove in three runs apiece. Maes fired 6 2/3 innings and allowed four earned runs for GC while Hailey Forbes got the win and Najdek the save for Bethel.

Goshen returns to action Tuesday afternoon in a 3 p.m. doubleheader with Taylor at the John In