BOCA RATON, Fla. - Lynn University's softball team could not hold on to a late inning lead, eventually falling 2-1 in extra innings to Embry-Riddle on Friday afternoon.  

INSIDE THE MATCHUP:
Score: Embry-Riddle 2, Lynn 1 (9 innings)
Records: Embry-Riddle (21-19), Lynn (22-15)
Location: Lynn Softball Field | Boca Raton, Fla.
Series History: Lynn trails 6-2 all-time (last met in 2016)B
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STATS OF THE GAME:

• Olexa threw nine innings, scattering six hits and allowing two runs with a walk and seven strikeouts.  She took a perfect game into the sixth and lost it with two outs.
• Her counterpart in the circle did not fare as well.  Illona Andringa was pulled in the second after issuing three walks with two hits and one unearned run.  Teammate Kassidy Simons struck out 10 and allowed four hits in seven shutout innings.
• Shayle Arenson had the only RBI for Lynn, driving in Karolina Flores.
• A defensive miscommunication led to the tying run in the seventh and a dropped foul ball in the eighth kept Hannah Thomas at the plate.  She followed with a RBI single.

BEYOND THE BOXSCORE:

• This was Lynn's eighth extra inning game of the season. The Fighting Knights have gone 4-4 in those contests.
• Olexa has started five of Lynn's extra-inning games and appeared in all eight.
• Lynn left 10 runners on base in the game.
• The Eagles converted four sacrifice bunts.

ON DECK:
Lynn closes out its three-game series with Embry-Riddle with a doubleheader beginning at noon.  Fans can watch the action live at LynnFightingKnights.com.