The Southland softball team found its hitting stride, but it lost 8-7 to Dover-Eyota on the road Tuesday.

The Rebels (0-2 overall, 0-2 Three Rivers) had nine hits and they held a 4-0 lead going into the bottom of the third inning. DE took a 5-4 lead off of three Southland errors in the fourth and it scored the go-ahead run in the fifth inning.

Southland pitching: Kayla Swenson (L) 6 IP, 5 H, 5 BB, 8 R, 1 ER, 2 K

Southland hitting: Swenson, 2-for-4, RBI, R; Ashlyn Reuter, 2-for-4, RBI, 2 R