Trinity Advances to SCAC Title Game; Defeats TLU 4-3

Trinity Advances to SCAC Title Game; Defeats TLU 4-3

SAN ANTONIO, Texas -- Trinity University pushed across a run in the top of the 10th and held on to upset top-seeded Texas Lutheran, 4-3, in SCAC Softball Tournament winner's bracket action Saturday on the campus of Trinity. Official Website l Bracket Postgame Interview w/ Rebecca Berreth & Coach Brandi Crnkovic

HOW IT HAPPENED

  • Trailing 2-0, Trinity scored 3 runs in the top of the fifth to take the lead. Rebecca Berreth's 2-out, 2-run double was the key play in the inning.
  • Kaci Wellik, in relief of Katie Castillion, tossed 4.2 shutout innings.
  • Texas Lutheran made 3 errors in the contest - only the second time the Bulldogs have made 3 errors in a game this season and the first time since a 12-3 victory against Mary Hardin-Baylor on Feb. 6.

TRINITY UNIVERSITY STATISTICAL STANDOUTS

  • Rebecca Berreth: 1-5, 3 RBI, 1 run
  • Emily Fleischman: 0-2, 2 runs, 3 BB
  • Kaci Wellik: 4.2 IP, 0 R, 6 K

TEXAS LUTHERAN UNIVERSITY STATISTICAL STANDOUTS

  • Grace Estes: 3-4, 2 2B, 1 run, 1 SB 
  • Jennifer Gallagher: 2-5, 2 RBI
  • Amanda Lochte: 7.0 IP, 3 R, 0 ER, 6 K

NOTABLES

  • The tournament loss was the first for Texas Lutheran since joining the SCAC. The Bulldogs had won their previous seven SCAC postseason games.
  • Trinity's win was its first over Texas Lutheran since the 2014 regular season (3/29).
  • Trinity will play in the SCAC Softball championship final for the sixth consecutive year.

UP NEXT

Trinity (26-14) advances to Sunday's championship final where they will need just one win to earn the program its first SCAC title since 2007. Texas Lutheran (38-3) will play the winner of the Dallas/Centenary game at 6 p.m. this evening with the winner of that game advancing to play Trinity at Noon tomorrow.

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