Beth Knapp had a pair of RBI doubles for Marion, but the Indians lost a 4-3 softball decision to North Cedar Wednesday at Marion.

North Cedar pushed across a pair of unearned runs in the first inning, but Marion tied the game in the bottom of the frame on Knapp's RBI double and Paige Perkins' run-scoring single.

Olivia Brown's RBI single in the third pushed North Cedar back ahead, 3-2.

North Cedar added an insurance run in the fifth when Olivia Baxa drew a bases-loaded walk.

Knapp's one-out RBI double in the fifth pulled the Indians within 4-3.

Marion dropped to 7-10.

NORTH CEDAR (4): Malaby, cf, 4 1 3 0, Thimmes, c, 3 1 0 0, Bendixon, ss, 3 2 1 1, Dewell, p-2b, 1 0 0 0, Jenson, 1b, 4 0 0 0, Brown, dp, 3 0 1 1, Baxa, 2b-p, 2 0 0 1, Miller, ph, 1 0 0 0, Galloway, 3b, 2 0 0 0, Hamdorf, rf, 3 0 0 0, Bunge, 1 0 1 0. Totals 27 4 6 3.

MARION (3): Rausch, 2b, 3 1 0 0, Vanourney, p-3b, 3 1 1 0, Knapp, cf, 3 1 2 2, Mohr, ss, 4 0 0 0, Fuller, lf, 3 0 2 0, Perkins, c, 3 0 1 1, Whitney, 1b, 4 0 2 0, Smith, 3b, 1 0 0 0, Runde, 1 0 0 0, Dullea, rf, 3 0 0 0. Totals 28 3 8 3.

North Cedar  201 010 0 - 4 6 2
Marion           200 010 0 - 3 8 1

Dewell, Baxa (5) and Thimmes. Vanourney, Smith (5), Lappe (7) and Perkins. 2B-Knapp 2. SB-Mohr, Vanourney.