The Iowa softball team dropped four of its five games this past weekend at the Leadoff Classic in Columbus, Ga.

The Hawkeyes (7-7) opened the weekend with a 5-4 loss to No. 9 Alabama and an 11-1 loss to Maryland on Feb. 26, then fell to Arkansas for the second time this season, 3-2, on Feb. 27.

Iowa’s lone win came against North Carolina State, 3-1, in the second game on Feb. 27. The Hawkeyes closed out the weekend with an extra-inning loss to No. 11 Georgia Tech, 9-8, on Sunday.

Junior Chelsey Carmody remained hot at the plate, going 6-for-14 over the five-game tourney.

Senior Katie Brown belted her third home run of the season, and fellow senior Lindsey Digmann clocked eight hits.

Freshman pitcher Chelsea Lyon had one of her best outings of her young career against N.C. State, tossing her first-ever complete game.

— by Mitch Smith