Prairie was held to three hits in each game and dropped a Mississippi Valley Conference doubleheader to Dubuque Hempstead on Monday.

Hempstead (7-0, 6-0 MVC) won 17-2 in five innings and 7-2.

Shelby Crist and Brittney Lash had hits in each game for Prairie (5-8, 1-5).

GAME 1

HEMPSTEAD (17)
Hoving, rf, 4 2 2 0, Grutz, 2b, 4 3 3 2, Hai.Koepenich, cf, 2 3 1 1, Hannah Koepenich, p, 3 2 3 1, Gronen, ss, 3 3 3 4, Riedl, lf, 4 3 2 2, Hope Koepenich, 3b, 4 0 0 1, Thein, 1b, 4 1 2 1, Albrect, dp, 4 2 2 0, Domeyer, c, 0 0 0 0. Totals 32 17 15 12.

PRAIRIE (2)
Shelby Crist, c, 3 1 1 0, Taylor Stecklein, 2b, 3 0 0 1, Katie Carver, cf, 3 1 1 0, Katie Wieland, ss, 1 0 0 0, Mackenzie Blaha, lf, 2 0 0 0, Aly O'Brian, dp, 1 0 0 0, Kaitlyn Baetsle, p, 1 0 0 0, Samantha Frederick, 1b, 2 0 0 0, Brittney Lash, 3b, 2 0 1 0, Chloe Lueck, rf, 0 0 0. Totals 18 2 3 1.

Hempstead  202 76 -- 17 15 1
Prairie          000 20 --  2   3 5

Hannah Koepenich and Domeyer. Baetsle, Sara Stevenson (4), Gabi Carter (5) and Crist. W - Hannah Koepenich. L - Baetsle.



GAME 2

HEMPSTEAD (7)
Hoving, cf, 4 1 2, Grutz, 2b, 4 0 0, H.Koepenich, p, 4 1 2, Hannah Koepenich, rf, 4 1 1, Gronen, ss, 4 0 1, Riedl, 3b, 3 0 1, Hope Koepenich, c, 4 1 1, Kellener, lf, 1 1 0, Albrect, dp, 3 1 1, Thein, 1b 0 0 0. Totals 31 7 8.

PRAIRIE (2)
Crist, c, 3 0 1 0, Stecklein, 2b, 1 1 0 0, Carver, cf, 2 1 0 0, Wieland, ss, 3 0 1 1, Blaha, lf, 3 0 0 0, Kuch, p, 2 0 0 0, Frederick, 1b, 3 0 0 0, Carter, 3b, 2 0 0 0, Lash, rf, 2 0 1 0. Totals 21 2 3 1.

Hempstead   006 001 0 -- 7  8  0
Prairie           000 200 0 -- 2  3  3

Hai.Koepenich, Kellner (5) and Hope Koepenich. Kuch and Crist. W - H.Koepenich. L - Kuch.