AUSTIN, Texas – St. Edward's softball swept its doubleheader Saturday against Texas A&M-International to gain a share of first place in the Heartland Conference standings. The Hilltoppers won by scores of 7-2 and 1-0.
St. Edward's (17-24, 9-3 Heartland) moves into a tie for first place in the league standings with the three-game sweep of TAMU-International (13-25, 7-5 Heartland). The Dustdevils drop to fourth place in the conference.
HOW IT HAPPENED (Game 1: St. Edward's 7, TAMU-International 2)
W-Rex (4-10), L-Caterson (4-6)
- St. Edward's started the scoring in the third inning as they batted around the order, tallying five hits and pushing across six runs.
- Starting pitcher ASHLEE REX scattered eight hits through the first six innings, allowing just two unearned runs to score for the Dustdevils.
- St. Edward's added an insurance run in the bottom of the sixth inning for the final margin.
- Rex retired TAMU-International in order in the seventh, including two strikeouts.
HOW IT HAPPENED (Game 2: St. Edward's 1, TAMU-International 0)
W-Slatten (8-8), L-Thompson (8-11)
- Game two turned into a pitcher's duel, with both hurlers matching each other pitch-for-pitch.
- St. Edward's scored the only run of the game in the third inning when JINNY STRICKLIN reached on a one-out walk.
- After moving to second on a groundout, Stricklin came in to score on a RBI-single by BREAH WHITTEN.
- That is all Hilltopper starting pitcher LAUREN SLATTEN needed as the senior allowed only two hits with four strikeouts in the victory.
HILLTOPPER NOTES
- Slatten has won four of her last five starts and has posted 34 strikeouts in 32 innings of work.
- St. Edward's swept its second Heartland Conference foe, as they also took three games from Oklahoma Panhandle earlier this season.
- SAMI WILLIAMS finished the three-game series going 4-for-8.
- MELINA SANCHEZ has reached base in six straight games
- St. Edward's extends its lead in the all-time series, 31-13.
QUOTE BOARD: HEAD COACH MEGHAN MULLIN
"I am really happy for the girls. They competed well. Our goal was to win every pitch and they succeeded in that. I feel like we were prepared for all three different types of games we played this series. I give credit to the players as they played like it was just another game for them."
UP NEXT
St. Edward's is back in action Wednesday when they host Oklahoma Christian at 3 p.m. Live video and stats will be available on
www.GoHilltoppers.com.
GAME INFORMATION
Score: St. Edward's 7-1, Texas A&M-International 2-0
Records: St. Edward's (17-24, 9-3 Heartland), Texas A&M-International (13-25, 7-5 Heartland)
Attendance: 208
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