DES MOINES, IOWA - The Drake University softball team dropped a 6-1 Missouri Valley Conference decision to Wichita State Saturday at Buel Field. The Shockers scored five runs in the top of the first and held the Drake offense to just three hits on the day.

Junior pitcher Jenna DeLong (Dalton Gardens, Idaho) didn't make it out of the first inning in her second start of the series. DeLong allowed five Shocker runs to cross the plate before leaving the game in favor of Brynne Dordel (Chanhassen, Minn.) with two outs in the frame.

Dordel threw the remaining 6.1 innings and allowed one run on four hits while striking out three.

Senior Elena Leon (West Des Moines, Iowa) led off the bottom of the first with her 30th career home run, but the Drake offense was held in check by WSU pitcher Kasha Kolb, who went the distance for her sixth win of the season.

Senior Bridget Shields tallied the other two Bulldog hits with a 2-for-2 effort at the plate.

Drake fell to 20-10 on the season and 3-3 in the MVC.

The Drake players wore purple jerseys, which were auctioned off following the game. Proceeds from the jersey auction will go to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.

The Bulldogs travel to Ames, Iowa to meet Iowa State Tuesday, April 6. First pitch is at 4 p.m.