TLU Softball Splits Doubleheader with Trinity on Senior Day

SEGUIN, Texas --  The No. 11 Texas Lutheran softball team split their Sunday doubleheader with Trinity - shutting the Tigers out 3-0 in the first game to take the series before dropping the series finale 5-4 at Ed Kruse Stadium.

TLU senior right-hander Sydney Ouellette (Corpus Christi/Gregory-Portland) spun a gem in Sunday's first game, tossing a complete game, six-hit shutout. She walked just one while throwing 81 of her 121 pitches for strikes (66.9%) to improve to 5-1 on the season.

The Bulldogs opened the scoring in the fourth courtesy of a pinch-hit sacrifice fly from senior Reagan Jones (Pearland/Friendswood) that plated senior Reagan Hillis (Cedar Park/Cedar Park) and an RBI groundout from Kourtney Bellinger (Houston/Grand Oaks) that scored senior Madison Johnson (Round Rock/Round Rock). One inning later, Mia Landry (Cypress/Bridgeland) launched an RBI double to provide an extra insurance run.

Ouellette wouldn't need any more help, shutting down the Trinity lineup the rest of the way as the senior cruised to her 17th career shutout.

The Bulldogs would fall to the Tigers 5-4 in the series finale on Sunday.

Texas Lutheran (25-3, 16-2 SCAC) was out-hit for just the fifth time this season, 11-8. The Bulldogs drew seven walks but batted just 4-for-20 (.200) with runners on base, stranding 13.

Kylee Jack (Richwood/Brazoswood) went 2-for-4 with an RBI to lead the Bulldogs lineup. Mia Landry would draw three walks in the day's second game.

Trinity opened the scoring with a two-run home run in the first inning, their first runs of the series. An RBI groundout from Jack would cut the Tigers lead in half in the bottom of the inning.

The Bulldogs would load the bases in the third setting up an RBI walk for Reagan Hillis before Kourtney Bellinger would tap a one-out RBI single to center field to give the Bulldogs the lead. Reagan Jones would walk in the final run of the inning as TLU took a 4-2 lead.

The Tigers struck back with two runs in the fourth, tying the game up 4-4. Trinity would proceed to score the game-winning run via a sacrifice fly in the fifth inning.

Following Sunday's games, TLU honored its seven seniors: Madi Johnson, Skylar Shanahan (Magnolia/Magnolia), Hillis, Ashlyn Strother (Seabrook/Clear Falls), Tatum Seith (Hewitt/Midway), Reagan Jones, and Jayna Reid (Dripping Springs/Dripping Springs) in a postgame ceremony celebrating their contributions to the program that have seen the seniors be NCAA national runner-ups in 2021, NCAA Tournament third place finishers in 2022.

TLU maintains a one-game lead in the SCAC standings entering the final week of the regular season.

Texas Lutheran will travel to Houston to take on the second place St. Thomas Celts in a three-game series starting on Friday to conclude the regular season. First pitch on Friday is scheduled for 6 PM with games taking place at West University Softball Association Fields. All streaming and live stats links can be found on tlubulldogs.com.

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