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LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. -- Five conference series highlighted SCAC Softball action, including Schreiner posting a perfect 5-0 record and Texas Lutheran extending its regular season winning streak to 37-straight games.
TLU (23-4, 14-0) swept Dallas (2-14, 2-13) in a three-game series last weekend, scoring a total of 38 runs and allowing just three. Kelly Jurden hit 1.000 for the week with seven hits in seven at-bats to lead the Bulldogs at the plate. Jurden had at least two hits in every game and scored nine runs in the three games. She also stole six bases, walked three times, and drove in a run. She reached base all 11 times she came to the plate. In the circle, Ashlyn Strother struck out seven and did not allow a run in four innings of work, allowing just two hits in the Bulldogs' 9-0 victory over Dallas in the opener. She did not walk a batter. Strother improved to 8-1 overall and lowered her season ERA to 1.13.
Schreiner (12-19, 7-7) has put together a five-game SCAC winning streak for the third time in the last four full seasons, following a two-game sweep of Trinity (10-9, 6-7) last Tuesday and a three-game sweep of Austin College (2-17, 1-13) last weekend. Junior pitcher Marley Hilton went 2-0 in the circle last week for the Mountaineers. She went the distance in the critical 2-1 victory over the Tigers in game two to secure the sweep. In 10 total innings, Hilton scattered just seven hits and allowed just three earned runs while striking out 11. She posted a 2.10 ERA and averaged 7.70 strikeouts per seven innings.
Trinity bounced back from its doubleheader with Schreiner to earn a 2-1 series victory over Centenary (15-14, 8-6) last Saturday and Sunday. Freshman Marina Delaluna posted a 4-for-8 performance at the plate to lead Trinity at the plate in the series. Highlights included a solo homer, her team-best third longball of the season, to run-rule Centenary in the series' first outing, 9-1. In the circle it was Allie Holbrook that pitched a complete-game shutout in the rubber match the secure the series victory for the Tigers. Holbrook struck out five and scattered just four hits in the win.
In the final series of the week, St. Thomas (17-9, 12-3) picked up a 2-1 series win over Southwestern (9-15, 7-8) and currently sits in second place in the league standings. Freshman outfielder Emma Garrett led the Celts at the plate, hitting .600 (6-for-10) with seven RBI, four runs scored and a .636 on-base percentage. In the circle Lindsey Longuet pitched a complete game shutout, striking out three in the rubber match to secure the series win over the Pirates for the Celts.
SCAC softball continues next week with critical conference series highlighting the schedule as we head into the final few weeks of the regular season and the battle for seeding at the conference tournament continues. Texas Lutheran will travel to play Centenary, Southwestern is hosting Trinity, Austin College and St. Thomas will meet in Houston and Dallas and Schreiner will battle it out in Irving.
For links to box scores and recaps from all of last week's action, click below:
This Week's Results:
| Date | Away | Home | Status | Links | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | ||||||
| Tue. 6 |
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17 |
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7 | Final - 5 innings | |
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14 |
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7 | Final | ||
| Wed. 7 |
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1 |
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5 | Final | |
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1 |
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2 | Final | ||
| Fri. 9 |
|
9 |
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7 | Final | |
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0 |
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9 | Final - 5 innings | ||
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2 |
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10 | Final - 6 innings | ||
| Sat. 10 |
|
2 |
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15 | Final - 5 innings | |
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|
5 |
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8 | Final | ||
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0 |
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14 | Final - 5 innings | ||
|
1 |
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9 | Final - 6 innings | ||
|
|
3 |
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7 | Final - 7 innings | ||
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|
3 |
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0 | Final | ||
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|
2 |
|
1 | Final | ||
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3 |
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15 | Final - 5 innings | ||
| Sun. 11 |
|
0 |
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3 | Final | |
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