WATERLOO - The Cedar Rapids Prairie softball team dropped a pair of Mississippi Valley Conference games to Jadyn Spencer and Waterloo West on Tuesday.

Spencer struck out 13 batters as Waterloo West clipped the Hawks, 4-1, in the first game of the doubleheader. She also went 3-for-3 and stole two bases.

Spencer moved to shortstop for the second game and began the bottom of the first inning with a home run in a 15-5 victory in six innings.

Spencer has already been named the Gatorade Player of the Year in Iowa this season and owns the state career home run record. She went 4-for-4 in the twinbill.

Shelby Crist went 2-for-4 for Prairie in the opener. Katie Wieland also went 2-for-4 with a double and RBI. The Hawks managed eight hits against Spencer, but scored only one run.

Crist went 2-for-4 again in the nightcap. Aly O'Brian had a triple and two RBIs. Samantha Frederick went 2-for-3.

Prairie fell to 10-19 overall and 5-15 in the conference. Waterloo West is 20-9 overall and 16-3 in the MVC. The Wahawks, who hold a 6.5 game lead in the Mississippi Division with six games to play, clinched the division title.

Game 1

PRAIRIE (1)
Crist, 2b, 4 1 2 0, Stecklein, 2b, 2 0 1 0, Wieland, ss, 4 0 2 1, Blaha, lf, 3 0 1 0, O'Brian, dp, 3 0 0 0, Carver, cf, 3 0 1 0, Lash, 3b, 3 0 0 0, Frederick, 1b, 3 0 0 0, Kuch, p, 3 0 1 0, C. Lueck, rf, 0 0 0 0. Totals 28 1 8 1.

WATERLOO WEST (4)
Spencer, p, 3 1 3 0, Payne, 1b, 3 1 1 0, Hansen, cf, 3 1 1 1, Burkart, lf, 3 1 1 1, VanDenBerg, c, 3 0 1 0, Lichty, 2b, 3 0 0 0, Dahlgaard, 3b, 3 0 1 0, Stackhouse, dp, 3 0 1 0, Jones, ss, 3 0 0 0, Doering, rf, 0 0 0 0. Totals 27 4 9 2.

Prairie               100 000 0 - 1 8 0
Waterloo West  004 000 x - 4 9 1

Kuch and Crist. Spencer and VanDenBerg. W - Spencer. L - Kuch.

Game 2

PRAIRIE (5)
Crist, c, 4 1 2 0, Stecklein, 2b, 2 0 1 0, Wieland, ss, 3 1 1 0, Blaha, lf, 3 1 1 1, O'Brian, dp, 2 1 1 2, Carver, cf, 3 0 1 0, Stevenson, 3b, 2 0 0 0, Frederick, 1b, 3 1 2 0, Baetsle, p, 2 0 0 0, C. Lueck, rf, 0 0 0 0. Totals 24 5 9 3.

WATERLOO WEST (15)
Spencer, ss, 1 4 1 1, Payne, 1b, 5 2 3 0, Hansen, cf, 5 2 2 0, Burkart, lf, 5 2 4 0, VanDenBerg, p, 4 0 2 0, Lichty, 2b, 4 0 0 0, Dahlgaard, 3b, 3 0 0 0, Jones, dp, 4 3 3 0, Doering, rf, 3 2 1 0, Chilcote, f, 0 0 0 0. Totals 34 15 16.

Prairie               004 001 - 5 9 x
Waterloo West  210 363 - 15 16 x

Baetsle, H. Lueck (5) and Crist. VanDenBerg and Chilcote. W - VanDenBerg. L - Baetsle.