After a 10-day layoff, the Buena Vista softball finally got to step foot back out on a diamond Saturday afternoon as the team began Iowa Conference play with a doubleheader at Simpson College, but the Beaver bats were held in check as the Storm swept the twinbill by scores of 6-2 and 3-1.

BVU fell behind 4-0 in the first inning of the opener after a run scored on a throwing error with the final three coming on a three-run home run from Taylor Davis.

Autumn Boland got two of those runs back with one swing of the bat with her first long ball of the season.  Davis then hit another home run in the third that scored two more and pushed the lead back to four.

The Beavers were unable to string together any hits the rest of the way, getting no more than one runner on base in any inning over the final four frames.

Boland and Taylor Frain each had two hits for BVU while Carlee Guyett doubled in the seventh to extend her hitting streak to 15 games.

Moriah Guyett (6-2) went the distance but took the loss.  She allowed five earned runs on 11 hits while striking out five.

The Storm jumped out to a 1-0 lead with a run on a throwing error in the third inning before Davis hit her third home run of the day in the third to make it a 3-0 lead.  Savanna Pohlman's RBI ground out in the fifth was BVU's only run, despite the Beavers out-hitting the Storm, 6-3.

Mckynze Hansen had two of BVU's six hits and also stole one base.  Guyett singled to lead off the fourth but was stranded at third base later in the inning.  She's now hit safely in all 16 of the games to start her career.

Marissa Promes (4-1) suffered the hard luck loss despite allowing just three hits and striking out six and walking only one.

Buena Vista dips to 11-5 overall (0-2 IIAC) while the Storm improve to 16-6 (2-0 IIAC).  The Beavers are slated to return to action when they play their home opener on Wednesday afternoon against Central College in a doubleheader starting at 4pm.  The games were originally scheduled for Tuesday, April 3, but have been pushed back one day due to forecasted inclement weather in Storm Lake.