MELBOURNE, Fla. - The Western Connecticut State University Wolves dropped a pair of decisions in Space Coast Games softball action this afternoon.  WestConn was beaten by the Hamilton College Continentals, 8-3, and suffered a heart-breaking setback against the University of Hartford Hawks, 7-6.  Junior Jayce Filancia (Hopewell Junction, N.Y.) had two hits in each game for the Wolves, who are now 3-3.  WestConn will return to the diamond on Wednesday, March 19 when they face the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts Trailblazers at 10 a.m. and the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire Blugolds at 12:15 p.m.

Hamilton jumped out to a 6-0 lead in its first three turns at bat and earned its second win over WestConn in as many days.  Sophomore Benni Tucci (Norwalk, Conn.) and graduate Rachael Usjka (Southbury, Conn.) belted back-to-back triples in the third inning to give WestConn its first run.  The Wolves scored twice more in the fifth frame on a passed ball and an RBI single by sophomore Kendall Allen (Naugatuck, Conn.). WestConn senior LHP Olivia Bordenaro (Cortlandt Manor, N.Y.) turned in a solid relief effort in the circle, going 4.1 innings and allowing four hits and two runs with three strikeouts, while sophomore righty Lindsay Farinaccio (Red Hook, N.Y.) started and fell to 2-1.

Against Hartford, the Wolves led, 6-5, in the seventh innings but surrendered two to the Hawks in the last frame of a wild affair.  Trailing, 3-0, early, WestConn scored twice on an RBI double by junior Alexis Resto (Shelton, Conn.) and a run-scoring single by senior OF Brianna Malvino (Glen Cove, N.Y.).  WestConn took the lead with a four-run fifth inning.that included RBI singles by Tucci and Ushka and a two-run single by Resto.  Bordenaro came in to pitch and got three straight outs with a runner on bas ein the sixth but the Hawks took the lead back in the seventh with a leadoff triple and three singles in a row.  The Wolves put two runners on base in the bottom of the seventh, but could not tie it up.  Resto finished 3-for-4 and Allen was 2-for-4 offensively for the Wolves.