Senior infielder Taylor Schwaner prepares to bat during the second game of Saturday's doubleheader. Brianna Hawkins/The Lion's Roar

The Lions baseball team lost their last two games in a doubleheader this past weekend during the three-game series against University of Connecticut at the Pat Kenelly Diamond Alumni Field.

The first game ended with a score of 7-6, and the second game ended with a 6-4 loss for the Lions.

The losses ended the team’s three-game winning streak, which was against Alcorn State University, University of Louisiana at Lafayette and UConn.

In the first game of the doubleheader, UConn took an early 2-1 lead as a result of unearned runs. The Lions soon tied the game to 5-5 in the fifth inning with a run. By the ninth inning, the Lions lost a double to UConn who also came out with a homerun giving them the win to the first game.

In the second game of the doubleheader, the Lions made a few plays that gave UConn the lead in the game.

Junior infielder Kyle Schimpf described how he felt the games went.

“The energy was really high,” said Schimpf. “We fought as hard as we could. Couldn’t be prouder of this team, the way we fight each and every day.”

Junior infielder Brennan Breaud feels despite the two losses the team had, they still did well.

“We knew coming into it we had the doubleheader,” said Breaud. “We just tried to take it one game at a time and not look at the third one. We tried to get the second one, and we tried to get the win. I thought we did an excellent job competing, and I think we played the whole game, and we just came out short on that one. This last game we had a few mistakes that I think hurt us a few runs, but overall, I think we did pretty well.”

Breaud shared his best moments of the game.

“Honestly, whenever Jace Nini came in and he shut the door on them that one inning, we caught that spark back, and everybody was ready to get back to the plate and scratch a few runs,” said Breaud.

When it comes to why the team lost the two games, Schimpf said there were no changes to their strategy on the field.

“We are still sticking with the same plan coach has given us, which has been successful all year so far,” said Schimpf. “It’s just a good ball club that we had to fight with, and they fought as well, just as hard.”

The Lions will return back to the baseball field on Wednesday, Feb. 28 to face off against Louisiana State University at 6 p.m.