ROSEMONT, Ill. — Emily Cummings pitched a shutout and a four-hitter in Goshen College's first two games of the 2020 season Friday night, losing 4-0 to Cleary University and defeating Roosevelt University 1-0 in the NAIA Leadoff Classic at the Rosemont Dome.

Rianna Koteles singled twice in the opener and drove in the only run in the nightcap. Cummings laced a double in the first game before Cassandra Espinoza and Koteles each did the same against Roosevelt. Espinoza and Stacey Landry each had two hits in game two.

Cleary scored in each of the first three innings of the first game, which was Goshen's season opener and the Cougars' third game of the season. CU plated two runs in the first inning behind a leadoff double from Courtney Ture, who took third on a fielder's choice and scored on groundout before a double steal doubled the lead.

Goshen stranded runners in each of the next two innings as Cleary added single runs, which made it 4-0 through three innings. The Maple Leafs had their best chance in the fourth inning when Cummings doubled to lead things off, but she was stranded at third after two flyouts and a groundout.

Koteles threw out two runners stealing in the bottom of the inning, but that bug came back to bite the Maple Leafs in the seventh before a game-ending groundout.

Cummings threw 101 pitches in the opener, allowing 3 earned runs on 4 hits while striking out 4. Cleary's Nicole Finazzo also allowed 4 hits, striking out 1 and working without a walk. Ture finished with two hits for the Cougars.

The lone run came in the bottom of the fifth of the second game, which saw Roosevelt (1-3) bat as the away team despite hosting the three-day, two-field, 35-game extravaganza. Cummings threw 133 pitches in a complete-game 3-hitter with 9 punchouts.

Goshen put runners on first and third with one out in the bottom of the first, but did not score as each pitcher made it through four innings unscathed. In the top of the fifth, Roosevelt loaded the bases on two walks and a hit batter, but Cummings got a ground ball to Landry at third before getting the next batter looking to escape the inning.

In the bottom of that frame, Espinoza led off with a double, moving to third on walks by Jolie Groeneveld and Koteles. A fielder's choice cut down the lead runner, but Groeneveld would score on Landry's infield hit to make it 1-0.

More escape artistry was required in the sixth, when the Lakers got a walk and a single to leave the tying run in scoring position with one out. Again, a groundout and a strikeout ended the inning, and two groundouts bookended a swinging strikeout in the ninth.

Emily Berni had two of Roosevelt's three hits. Kaitlin Sisson threw two innings of 3-hit ball before yielding to Lauren Watkins for four innings and 4 hits.

Goshen returns to action twice more Saturday on the tournament's final day: the Maple Leafs play Michigan-Dearborn at 11:45 a.m. EST and Aquinas at 2 p.m.