LeTourneau extended their winning streak to six with an 8-0 game one victory over Schreiner University on Tuesday night. The Mountaineers would respond with a 4-3 win in game two and split the series. LETU is now 9-13 overall on the season and 4-11 in the conference play.
In game one, LeTourneau used bookend big innings as they scored four runs in the first inning and four runs in the bottom of the fifth inning to end the game.
The YellowJacket's lead-off hitter
Whitney Judd got on base with a single. Senior
Courtney Matulis advanced her to second and made it to first on a bunt. LETU went for a double steal and Judd scored off a Mountaineer throwing error to start the four-run inning.
Junior
Ashlin Roach stepped to the plate and blasted a shot to right center which brought home Matulis and pushed the lead to 2-0.
Macey Mize followed that with an RBI single to bring home Roach. Freshman
Shelby Barrick followed with an RBI single to right field to score Mize and extend the lead to 4-0 over SU.
Neither team could generate any offense in the next three and a half innings but LeTourneau would change that in the bottom of the fifth. Matulis started off the hitting for LETU and reached on a single.
Macey Mize reached on a fielder's choice and moved Courtney to second.
With two outs,
Bailey Woodard ripped a shot to left center for a 2 RBI double,
Alyssa Pierce would follow with a single to score Woodard and push the lead to 7-0. The next batter,
Kaitlyn Allen, doubled to left center to score Pierce and the YellowJacket's eighth run which ended the game after five innings.
Courtney Matulis was 3-of-3 at the plate and scored two runs while
Bailey Woodard led LeTourneau with two RBIs on 1-of-3 batting.
Faith Genoway earned her fifth win of the season and improves to 5-4 overall. The sophomore right-hander struck out three and gave up just two hits in the five-inning shutout.
In game two, it was the Mountaineers who used a big inning to earn the win. After LeTourneau scored a run in the first inning they would struggle to bring runners home, leaving 10 stranded. Schreiner would score four runs in the fifth inning to take a 4-1 lead.
The YellowJackets would rally in the bottom of the seventh as
Macey Mize doubled to right center field with two outs to score
Ashlin Roach and
Hayley Hurley. In the end, LETU wasn't able to complete the comeback and fell 4-3 to Schreiner.
Macey Mize led the offense as she was 2-for-2 at the plate with three RBIs.
Whitney Judd was 2-for-4 at the plate in the second game.
Ashley Burdine falls to 3-6 after giving up four runs on eight hits. Burdine struck out two and forced 11 groundouts in her in her seven-inning complete game outing.
LeTourneau softball finishes non-conference play with a 5-2 record and will now focus on American Southwest Conference opponents for the remainder of the season. Next up for the YellowJackets is University of the Ozarks and LETU will travel to Clarksville for a three-game series with the Eagles starting Friday afternoon at 3 p.m.
