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Maddie Flanery
Maddie Flanery
13
Winner LeTourneau LETU 11-16, 3-2 ASC
1
Howard Payne HPU 6-17, 0-3 ASC
Winner
LeTourneau LETU
11-16, 3-2 ASC
13
Final
1
Howard Payne HPU
6-17, 0-3 ASC
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 R H E
LeTourneau LETU 5 2 4 2 0 13 15 0
Howard Payne HPU 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 1

W: Ferguson, Kirstin (5-6) L: Destiny Sanchez (2-8)

12
Winner LeTourneau LETU 12-16, 4-2 ASC
1
Howard Payne HPU 6-18, 0-4 ASC
Winner
LeTourneau LETU
12-16, 4-2 ASC
12
Final
1
Howard Payne HPU
6-18, 0-4 ASC
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 R H E
LeTourneau LETU 0 5 0 2 5 12 12 0
Howard Payne HPU 0 0 0 1 0 1 6 2

W: Taylor, Laney (4-8) L: Ava Aviles (2-7)

Game Recap: Softball | | Andrew Mindeman, Associate AD for Communications

Softball Powers Past Howard Payne to Complete Series Sweep

BROWNWOOD, Texas -- The LeTourneau softball team hit four home runs and scored 25 runs to sweep a doubleheader and complete a four-game series sweep of Howard Payne on Saturday in Brownwood.

LeTourneau took game one 13-1 before capping the sweep with a 12-1 victory in the finale.

LeTourneau (12-16, 4-2 ASC) outscored Howard Payne (6-18, 0-4 ASC) 62-6 in the four-game series. The YellowJackets scored double-digit runs in all four games and totaled eight home runs across the four games.

GAME ONE: LeTourneau 13, Howard Payne 1

LeTourneau scored five runs in the first inning and coasted to a 13-1 win in Saturday's first game.

The YellowJackets totaled 15 hits in the victory as six different players (Maddie Flanery, Jaci Taylor, Leighton Landreth, Maddi Smith, Payton Bauer, Alexa Neilon) all had two hits apiece.

Smith had the clutch hit in the first inning as her three-run home run gave LeTourneau a 5-0 lead. The homer was her third of the season. Taylor and Landreth also had run-scoring hits in the inning.

LeTourneau added two runs in the second, which included an RBI single from Kylie Grisham that scored Flanery to make it 7-0. In the third, Kirstin Ferguson, Neilon, and Taylor all had run-scoring hits as the lead extended to 11-0.

Landreth capped the scoring for LeTourneau in the fourth with a two-run homer, her third of the season, to make it 13-1.

Ferguson (5-6) went four innings in the win and struck out six. Hannah Decker tossed a scoreless fifth inning.

Destiny Sanchez (2-8) earned the loss for Howard Payne.

GAME TWO: LeTourneau 12, Howard Payne 1

A five-run second inning and a five-run fifth inning propelled LeTourneau to a 12-1 win and the series sweep in Saturday's finale.

Jenna Rosson went 3-foir-3 with a home run and three RBIs, while Raina Doggett, Grisham, and Flanery also had two hits each.

Rosson put the YellowJackets ahead for good in the second inning with a three-run home run that made it 3-0. It was Rosson's second home run of the season.

Flanery followed later in the inning with her first career home run, a two-run shot to right-center field, to extend the lead to 5-0. Flanery finished the game 2-for-3 with two RBIs and two runs.

In the five-run fifth, LeTourneau got RBI singles from Rylie Shipp, Grisham, and Landreth to go ahead 12-1.

Laney Taylor (4-8) went all five innings in the circle to collect the win. She allowed just one run on six hits with four strikeouts.

Ava Aviles (2-7) received the loss for Howard Payne, while Madison Garza and Makayla Wesley had two hits each.

UP NEXT

LeTourneau returns home on Friday to open a four-game series with Hardin-Simmons (4 p.m. DH).

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