UNIVERSITY CENTER, Mich. – Roosevelt snapped Saginaw Valley State's 14-game winning streak during its split of the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference doubleheader in Michigan on Sunday.

The Lakers (12-24, 6-12 GLIAC) led the entire way in the opening game, powering themselves to a 15-5 win with 16 hits. Roosevelt fell behind the Cardinals in the second game, but came roaring back before falling 6-5 with the tying run on base.

ROOSEVELT 15, SAGINAW VALLEY STATE 5
Roosevelt took early control of the game after teeing off on the Cardinals' pitching in the first few innings. Athena Pomele-Pen ripped a double in the first inning, but the Lakers didn't score until the second. The momentum started with Libby Kreykes hitting a single, then Ava Kaspar followed up with a walk, allowing Isis Enriquez moved the runners over with a sacrifice bunt. Caitlin Williams also drew a walk before Ella Dvoracek split the defense with a single up the middle to score two runs.

Brynn Dvoracek hit a single in the third inning then Rebecca Urbaniak brought her home with a towering homer to right centerfield. In the fifth inning, Pomele-Pen led off with her second double of the day and Brynn Dvoracek walked then Urbaniak singled to score Pomele-Pen. Kreykes loaded the bases with a single and Kaspar hit an RBI groundout to make it 6-0 Lakers.

Kailey Hancock ran into some trouble in the first inning, but escaped by inducing consecutive flyouts. Those two outs started a stretch of 11 outs in 13 batters with only a single and an error putting runners on base. Saginaw Valley State struck for a pair in the bottom of the fifth, but Hancock regrouped to retire three straight batters to end the inning.

The Cardinals scored three more in the bottom of the sixth before Riley Czarnecki stranded the bases loaded. The groundout ended up being a gamechanger as the Roosevelt offense kicked it into high gear in the top of the seventh.

The Lakers scored nine runs on seven hits and took advantage of two Saginaw Valley State errors in the frame. After back-to-back singles from Kreykes and Kaspar, Enriquez laced a doubled to give Roosevelt some breathing room at 7-5. Ella Dvoracek hit an RBI single after Williams drew a walk to load the bases. Williams later scored on a throwing error by the first baseman, which also allowed Pomele-Pen to reach.

Brynn Dvoracek plated two more runs with her bases-loaded single up the middle, then Roosevelt scored another run on a throwing error by the Cardinals. Kaspar continued the scoring with a two-RBI single before Enriquez had her second run-scoring hit of the inning with a double that scored Kaspar.

SAGINAW VALLEY STATE 6, ROOSEVELT 5
A first-inning home run gave Saginaw Valley State an early 2-0 lead, but Roosevelt didn't have an answer for much of the first five innings. Czarnecki was able to navigate around trouble to keep the deficit at 2, getting an inning-ending double play in the second. Urbaniak took over pitching in the fourth and stranded a two-out triple in the fourth.

The Cardinals added three more runs in the fifth inning before the Lakers started to mount a comeback in the sixth. Kendall Pearson led off the inning with a single and Bianca Gallegos added a pinch-hit single that moved Pearson to third. A fielding error allowed Urbaniak to reach and Pearson to score then Kreykes added an RBI single to cut the deficit to 5-2.

A leadoff walk came around to score for the Cardinals in the bottom of the sixth, which proved costly for the Lakers. Roosevelt kept its hopes alive in the seventh when Enriquez was hit by a pitch to start the frame. Williams and Ella Dvoracek hit singles to load the bases and Pearson picked up an RBI groundout to move the runners to second and third. Pomele-Pen added yet another double, driving in the two runs and cutting the deficit to 6-5.

However, the Lakers could not find the hit to score Pomele-Pen, who finished 5 for 8 with three RBIs, two runs scored and three doubles in the doubleheader.

UP NEXT: Roosevelt will play its makeup doubleheader against Parkside on Tuesday starting at 2 p.m. at the Parkway Bank Sports Complex in Rosemont.