CLERMONT, Fla. - After losing their first game of the day to Webster College, the Minnesota Morris softball team bounced back to top Lasell College, 7-5, to claim their first victory of the 2017 season.

The Cougars fell behind 3-1 after two and a half innings, but after plating three runs in their half of the third they would not trail the rest of the way. A walk and two singles loaded the bases with one out. After an error scored a run, a Lacey Sullivan single scored both Autumn Mahoney and Gina Downie to give the Cougars a 4-3 lead.

Lasell tied the game at 4 in the fifth, but the Cougars countered with three more to take a 3-run edge. Bret Hulett drove in a pair with a double to center and that was followed by a Megan Knickerbocker 2-bagger to center to plate Hulett.

Lasell added a run in the sixth, but Elli Stevenson closed out the complete game with a perfect seventh to preserve the win.

Stevenson struck out six Lasell batters. At the plate, Downie went 3-for-4 with two runs scored. Knickerbocker went 2-for-3 and Sullivan drove in three runs.

Minnesota Morris (1-7) continues play Wednesday in central Florida against Gallaudet University and Ripon College.