Pitcher Hannah Dewey winds up for a pitch during the Terps’ 5-2 loss to St. Francis on March 17, 2015.

One day after she was named Big Ten Player of the Week, infielder Lindsey Schmeiser was relegated to the bench with back issues as her Terrapins softball squared off with Saint Francis in doubleheader.

The Red Flash took advantage. Saint Francis beat the Terps, 3-2, in the first game of the afternoon and earned a 5-2 win in the nightcap as coach Courtney Scott Deifel’s squad struggled to make up for Schmeiser’s production.

“It hurts us whenever we don’t have Lindsey in the lineup because she’s such a strong competitor for us but we have a good lineup that should step up and fill that hole,” head coach Courtney Scott Deifel said.

Without Schmeiser, the Terps managed only four runs and 13 hits in 14 total innings. They also committed five total errors.

“We have to take better care of the softball, we have to be smart on the base paths and we have to have better at-bats,” Scott Deifel said. “Today I didn’t see any of that.”

The Red Flash have a team ERA of 2.31, and its pitching staff made things difficult for the Terps. Despite the prowess of their opponents, outfielder Bridget Hawvermale avoided making excuses.

“It was all on us,” she said. “We just need to make better adjustments at the plate.”

For the Terps, three different pitchers appeared in the circle. Brenna Nation started the first game and gave up three runs on four hits while striking out two. Hannah Dewey spent much of her day in center field but started the nightcap at pitcher, tossing 4 ⅓ innings and allowing three earned runs on seven hits.

Kaitlyn Schmeiser came in to pitch 6 ⅔ scoreless innings of relief, appearing in both games. She gave up only three hits and struck out seven to surpass 100 strikeouts on the season.

She currently has 104 strikeouts this year and 377 through her career, which ranks seventh all-time in program history.

But besides the Schmeiser sisters’ achievements, there wasn’t much for the Terps to celebrate Tuesday.

“I’m really kind of disappointed with the way our team showed up today,” Scott Deifel said. “Credit to St. Francis, they did all the little things right and they fought harder than we did today.”