Cornell scored first, but eight straight runs over the first three innings allowed Bethune-Cookman to hand the Big Red its second straight loss to close out the Stetson Hatter Classic with a 13-5 defeat on Sunday afternoon. The Big Red fell to 1-4 on the young season.

Tori Togash and Sarah Murray each clubbed doubles, but 13 hits, five walks and four stolen bases for Bethune-Cookman allowed the Wildcats to avoid the two-game sweep in the series. Ryan Jackson was 3-for-3 with a walk, a home run, three runs scored and five RBI. She also stole a base.

The Big Red scratched together a run in the first inning after a leadoff single by Michiko McGivney, who hit .625 in the five games in Florida. After advancing to second on a sacrifice bunt and to third on a flyout, the senior ran home on a passed ball to give the Big Red a quick lead. It would be short-lived.

The Wildcats scored twice in the first, with the big blow a two-out, two-run double by Brianna Sanders. Bethune-Cookman added a run in the second and five in the third, avoiding further damage when relief pitcher Katie Lew got Cornell out of a bases loaded jam with just one run allowed.

Sarah Murray cleared the bases with a three-run double in the fourth and Madeline Avery's RBI single the following inning got the Big Red back within 8-5, but the Wildcats scored four in the fifth and added one more in the sixth to end the game early.

The Big Red returns to action on Saturday, March 11 when it meets Akron at 11 a.m. and George Mason at 3:45 p.m. in the Mason Chery Blossom Classic in Fairfax, Va.