Kissimmee, Fla. -- The Wayne State University softball team (4-8 overall) dropped an 8-3 decision to the seventh-ranked Indianapolis Greyhounds (10-5-1 overall) Monday evening.

UI led 4-0 after 3 1/2 innings before the Warriors rallied with a three-run fourth to pull within a run.  The Greyhounds added a run in the fifth and three more in the seventh to complete the scoring.

Winning pitcher Jennifer DeMotte (7-3) went 3-for-5 with three RBI, while Dakota Malayer had a solo home run.  DeMotte scattered eight hits and allowed three runs (one earned) with three strikeouts and three walks.

Freshman Lauren McLaughlin (Oakville, Ont. / Holy Trinity) allowed eight earned runs on 12 hits.  She struck out five and walked seven.

Freshman second baseman Nikki Fulton (Stratford, Ont. / St. Michael Catholic S.S.) led off the bottom of the fourth with a walk.  Junior shortstop Lauren Histed (Shelby Twp., Mich. / Utica) had a one-out infield single.  After a strikeout, junior right fielder Alison Allen (Redford, Mich. / Farmington Hills Mercy) had an RBI single up the middle scoring Fulton, while Histed crossed the plate following a bad relay throw after the initial play at the plate.  Allen later scored on a passed ball.

Junior first baseman Rebecca Ryan (Westland, Mich. / Dearborn Divine Child), Omelanchuk and Histed each had two hits in the contest.