The YellowJacket baseball team closed out their weekend with a 7-13 loss against the reigning NCAA Division III National Champions, Trinity University Tigers.
 
LETU, who is now 3-3 on the season, had a slow start at the plate when they didn't bring runners across until the fourth inning, already trailing by five runs.
 
The Jackets bats were started when junior Gonzalo Sosa singled down the right field line. Sophomore Noah Mahoney followed up with a single of his own to right field, moving Sosa to third. A RBI single by sophomore Ryan Conger brought Sosa across the plate for LETU's first run of the game.
 
Senior Jacob Simmons capitalized off LeTourneau's string of hits when he recorded a RBI single bringing Mahoney home and moving Conger to third. An error by Trinity for freshman Haden Simmons picked up another run for LETU.
 
After a pitching change by the Tigers, LETU kept the fourth inning going with a RBI single from sophomore Lee Hosie that brought Jacob Simmons in and moved Haden Simmons to third. Senior Kyle Jacobs made his mark on the fourth inning when he collected a RBI single that brought in two runs from a throwing error and advanced him to third. The Tigers had to work quickly after Jacobs' at bat to get out of the inning where they were trailing 6-5.
 
The YellowJackets hot inning was quickly overshadowed by the Tigers when they scored eight runs in the fifth and sixth inning. LeTourneau's bats stayed cold until the seventh inning when Mahoney singled up the middle to put him in scoring position. He was later brought across the plate by a sacrifice from Jacob Simmons. The YellowJackets would not score again after the seventh, finishing the game at 7-13.
 
Mahoney ended the weekend going 2-for-5 with a pair of singles and two runs. Sosa contributed to the LETU's nine hits as he went 2-for-4 with a pair of singles and one run. Jacobs recorded one run and two RBIs in the weekend closer.
 
Sophomore Andrew Harlan dropped to 0-1 on the season after giving up seven runs on eleven hits and recording five strikeouts in his 4.2 innings.
 
The YellowJackets will return to action next weekend when they host the Highway 80 Battle and East Texas Baptist University Tigers. The three-game series will begin on Friday, February 24^th, on Conrad-Vernon Field at 6:00 p.m.