BEL AIR, Md. - The Harford softball team dropped a pair of conference games against Dundalk on Friday, 7-2 and 7-4. Sam Stiles slugged a pair of home runs in the game two loss.

Dundalk 7, Harford 2
The Fighting Owls were forced to play catch-up in the opener, but could not reel in the Lions in the 7-2 loss.

Coral Hickman-Rutledge scored the team's first run, on an RBI ground out by Jess Kraft. She advanced to third after a leadoff walk on Antoinette Loyco's double. Loyco scored in the seventh for the Fighting Owls final run of game one.

Rachael Lange took the loss to fall to 7-11 on the year.

Dundalk 7, Harford 4
Stiles opened up the Harford scoring with a two-run homer in the third inning, after Becky Kraft connected on a double. In Stiles next at bat, she went deep again, this time a solo shot.

Lange doubled in the sixth and scored on Jess Kraft's single to tie the score at 4-4, but the Lions rebounded with three in the seventh for the win.

The Fighting Owls return to the diamond for Sophomore Day against Hagerstown on Saturday at noon.