DES MOINES, IOWA - The Drake University softball team dropped a Missouri Valley Conference doubleheader to Creighton, Wednesday, falling 8-0 in the opener and dropping game two, 2-0 in nine innings. Junior pitcher Jenna DeLong held a no-hitter through seven innings in game two.

DeLong (Dalton Gardens, Idaho) struck out 11 and was a first-inning walk away from a facing the minimum through seven frames in the nightcap. The junior pitched out of a bases-loaded jam in the eighth to hold the game scoreless, but ceded a ninth-inning, two-run shot to Creighton third-baseman Michelle Graner to give Creighton a 2-0 advantage.

Bluejay pitcher Tara Oltman held the Bulldogs scoreless in the ninth to pick up her conference-best 21st win of the season.  Oltman, the three-time MVC Pitcher of the Year, held Drake to just two hits in her four innings in relief in game two.

The Bulldogs didn't fare much better against her in the opener, falling 8-0 and managing just two hits against the Creighton ace. Junior pitcher Brynne Dordel (Chanhassen, Minn.) weathered five innings and allowed seven runs on six hits and three walks to earn the loss. Dordel, who entered the start as the Valley leader in earned run average with a 1.27 ERA, saw her ERA move to 1.58 after the outing - second only to Oltman.

Freshman Macie Silliman (Winterset, Iowa) and sophomore Torey Craddock (Tucson, Ariz.) had Drake's only two hits in the opener.

Drake falls to 28-14 overall and 9-7 in the MVC.

The Bulldogs head to Terre Haute, Ind. to take on Indiana State in a three-game series this weekend. The series begins with a Saturday doubleheader beginning at 11 a.m. central time.