LONGVIEW, Texas – LETU softball hosts No. 5 nationally ranked Belhaven in an American Southwest Conference series showdown, beginning Friday with a doubleheader at 4 and 6 p.m.
Saturday's finale will be the sixth annual For the Heroes game as LETU softball honors fallen heroes that gave the ultimate sacrifice protecting our freedom. A short ceremony will be held before the contest to recognize these incredible individuals and their families. LETU Athletics welcomes you to join us in support of our men and women in uniform as we pay tribute to the sacrifices they, and their families, have made to keep us safe.
GAME 1 & 2 INFO - BELHAVEN
LETU (10-16, 7-11 ASC) vs Belhaven (22-4, 15-3 ASC)
Date: Friday, April. 8
Time: 4:00 p.m. & 6:00 p.m.
Location: LETU Softball Field , Longview, Texas
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GAME 3 INFO - BELHAVEN
LETU (10-16, 7-11 ASC) vs Belhaven (22-4, 15-3 ASC)
Date: Saturday, April. 8
Time: 12 p.m.
Location: LETU Softball Field , Longview, Texas
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MATCHUP HISTORY - BELHAVEN
All-time: LETU trails 3-12
Last Meeting: L, 0-3, Jackson, Miss., April. 19, 2021
Last Meeting in Longview, Texas: L, 2-6, Longview, Texas, Mar. 16, 2019
About LETU
The Jackets carry momentum into the contest with a two game win streak after taking down Concordia in two games on the road in its last contests. LETU highlight four hitters at the plate with each tallying 20+ hits on the season.
Alysa Torres leads the YellowJackets with 31 hits and 20 RBIs, while
Kylie Grisham follows with 26 hits.
Callie Poore and
Madelyn Tannery total 23 and 22 hits, respectively. Poore sits atop the team standings in homeruns, cranking four over the wall on the season.
Kiley Banks and Grisham are No. 1 on the squad in stolen bases with eight apiece.
Hailee Leger,
Bailey Richey, and
Laney Taylor spearhead the pitching core for LETU. Leger leads with 44.1 innings pitched, while Richey has pitched 39.1. Taylor totals 36 innings worked. Richey sets the standard for strikeouts, leading the Jackets with 33.
About BELHAVEN
The Blazers offer in a No. 5 ranking, going 2-1 against McMurry in its last series. Belhaven foster in some of the best hitter in the league led by Allie Gordon and Haley Hanson. Gordon leads BU with 42 hits, 34 RBIs, and eight homeruns, while Haley Hanson follows with 38 hits. Ellie Jones follows Gordon in RBIs with 27. Anna McNeer leads Belhaven in stolen bases, tallying eight. In the circle, the Blazers are led by one of the most prolific pitchers in the American Southwest Conference in Kennedy Carruth. Carruth has pitched 91 innings with 126 strikeouts on the season, putting together and ERA of 1.46. Gracey Baucom also features in the circle, following Carruth with 51.1 innings worked and 20 SO.
