On the heels of a wild Saturday, Sunday was a much calmer day for the John Carroll softball team.

Too calm in fact.

The JCU offense managed to score just a single run in a doubleheader sweep at the hands of the #8 ranked team in the country, the Trine Thunder, in a non-conference affair in Angola, Indiana. The games were the first to be played in Trine University's brand new SportONE/Parkview Softball Field.

In the opener, the Blue Streaks fell by a 3-1 score, while the nightcap ended in six innings when late home runs added up to an 8-0 loss.

Trine struck early in the first game, scoring twice in the first inning. The Thunder then added a third run in the third for essentially all the scoring they would need.

John Carroll tallied its lone run in the fifthw hen Mikki Vance singled home Taylor Tercek to make the score 3-1. That would the last run to corss the plate for either side, however.

Rachel Byrnes had a strong effort against the Thunder, which entered the day with just one loss in their first 15 games this season. Byrnes allowed three runs on nine hits, striking out six while ealking just two. Only two of the nine hits were for extra bases.

The second game had a similar feel ... at least through the first four innings. Trine scored twice again in the first inning, and that 2-0 score remained intact until the fifth inning. AnnMarie Kirchner, would take the loss after giving up five runs (four earned), surrendered three runs in the fifth and Byrnes surrendered three more in the sixth in relief.

The JCU bats could not come to life, producing three singles in six innings in being shutout for the first time since April 18, 2014, at Capital (1-0).

The losses drop John Carroll's record to 9-5 on the season, while Trine, which has now won 11 consecutive games, improved to 16-1.