CHESTER, Pa.- Eastern University Softball saw its five-game winning streak snapped with a pair of non-league losses at Widener University this evening. The host Pride scored five runs in the bottom of the fifth to earn a 5-1 win in the opener, Widener scored three times in the fourth and added single tallies in the fifth and sixth to take game two 5-2.

Game one was a pitchers' duel at the outset. Janelle Fair allowed two hits prior to the fifth. The Eagles, generated chances in the first four innings but were unable to plate a run. The Pride scored a pair of runs on singles in the fifth. Val Perretti delivered the final blow in the fifth with a pinch-hit three-run homer to left after two were out.

Eastern pulled a run back in the top of the sixth with a Jaclyn Gangemi double and an RBI single from Maggie McGowan, but they were unable to put a substantial rally together.

The Pride held a 4-0 lead before the Eagles scored a single run in the top of the sixth in game two. McGowan doubled and scored on an error. Widener grabbed the run back in the bottom of the inning and Eastern could only score once on three hits in the top of the seventh.

Eastern (18-13-1) returns to Freedom Conference action at Manhattanville College with a chance to secure a post-season berth. Any league win for the Eagles in their final four games will put Eastern in the final four for the first time since joining the Freedom Conference.