TEMPE, Ariz.- The Western Michigan (1-4) softball team fell in a pair of games Saturday at the Kajikawa Classic, dropping a 12-4 decision to Seattle and a 7-1 loss to UC Riverside. The Broncos wrap up their stay in Arizona tomorrow with a final game against Ole Miss.

GAME 1: WMU 4, SEATTLE 12
Suited up as the visitors, Seattle took a 4-0 lead with a run in each of the first four innings. Bubba Morrow hit a solo home run for the Redhwaks in the first and  Molly Campbell slapped an RBI single in the second. The third and fourth inning runs came in on sacrifice flies.

WMU got a run back in the bottom of the fourth when Sabrina Gamboa scored on an RBI groundout by senior outfielder Jenny Rohn. The Broncos missed an opportunity to do more damage however, leaving three runners stranded on base.

The Redhawks tacked two more onto their total in the fifth on a pair of RBI doubles to stretch their lead to 5-1.

A three-run home run by Bronco freshman catcher Gabby Schefka pulled the Broncos within one in the bottom of the fifth. Ivy Schaaf and Melissa Palmer got the inning going with back-to-back singles. Gamboa hit into a fielder's choice and Schefka stepped to the plate for her first career home, smoking a ball out in right field.

Unfortunately for the Broncos, Seattle had a lot more left in the tank and erupted for six runs in the top of the sixth, thanks in part to a three-run home run by Lisa Maulden.

Schefka, Schaaf and Palmer each finished the game 2-for-3 at the plate. Gamboa and Kelsea Cichocki both had one hit apiece.

Western Michigan used three pitchers in the game, Allyson Kus, Erin Binkowski and Becca Shemberger. The trio combined to allow 12 hits. Kus (0-1) was charged with the loss, giving up three runs and four hits over three innings.

GAME 2: WMU 1, UC RIVERSIDE 7
UC Riverside built a 7-0 lead and Western Michigan didn't score its run until its final at bat as the Broncos fell 7-1. The Broncos had just four hits in the game while their opponents managed 10.

UCR struck early, scoring six of its seven runs in the first two innings, collecting eight hits over the first two frames. The Highlanders added their seventh run in the sixth after a leadoff double went on to score on a sacrifice fly.

Freshman Haley Thibeault started the seventh inning with a walk for Western Michigan and with two outs, sophomore Erin Binkowski drove in the run with a single to center field.

Freshman pitcher Anissa Sanchez (0-2) took the loss, allowing six runs over an inning and a third. Binkowski threw the remainder of the game, holding the Highlanders to one run and three hits.

Senior outfielder Jenny Rohn batted 2-for-2 with a double. Binkowksi and Thibeault each went 1-for-2.