AUSTIN, Texas — St. Edward's showed flashes and late-inning fight across both games, but Texas Woman's capitalized on key moments to secure a doubleheader sweep at Diane Daniels Field on Sunday.

The opener unfolded as a tightly contested, low-scoring battle that hinged on execution in the margins. Texas Woman's broke through in the third, using aggressive baserunning and a Hilltopper miscue in the outfield to plate a pair of runs, then added a solo home run in the sixth to extend its lead.

St. Edward's methodically worked its way back into the game. Darian DeLeon delivered an RBI single in the fifth to get the Hilltoppers on the board, and in the sixth, the offense pieced together its best sequence of the day. After a pair of runners reached, RYAN RANGEL came through with a two-run single to tie the game at 3-3, capping a three-run surge that flipped momentum squarely into the home dugout.

But the response was immediate. Texas Woman's answered in the seventh, manufacturing the go-ahead run with a bunt and another defensive miscue that allowed the decisive run to cross, and the Hilltoppers were unable to push the tying run across in their final at-bat, falling 4-3 despite matching the Pioneers with five hits.

Game two followed a different script early, with Texas Woman's seizing control behind one swing. A four-run homer in the second inning opened the scoring, and the Pioneers capitalized on a pair of Hilltopper errors in the third to stretch the lead to 8-0, putting St. Edward's in an early hole.

Once again, the Hilltoppers responded.

Trailing by nine in the fourth, St. Edward's erupted for six runs in its most explosive inning of the day. ALYSSA BURDGE launched a three-run homer to ignite the rally, and the Hilltoppers kept the line moving with disciplined at-bats and timely hits, including a two-run single from Rangel that trimmed the deficit to 9-6 and forced Texas Woman's to go to the bullpen.

The comeback bid, however, stalled just short. Texas Woman's added an insurance run in the sixth on a sacrifice fly, and despite putting runners on base late, St. Edward's couldn't deliver another breakthrough swing, falling 10-6.

Across both games, the Hilltoppers showed the resilience that has defined their approach, erasing deficits and putting pressure on Texas Woman's into the late innings. But defensive miscues and a pair of big innings from the Pioneers proved decisive, as St. Edward's dropped both ends of the doubleheader despite multiple comeback pushes and timely offensive bursts.