Game One Box Score
Game Two Box Score
Farmers Branch, TX— The University of Mary Hardin-Baylor softball team kept it close against a pair of nationally-ranked teams, but the Cru came up short in both games, going 0-2 on the opening day of the American Southwest Conference First Pitch Tournament Friday in Farmers Branch. UMHB fell to U.T.-Tyler 11-6 and to Louisiana College 6-4 to drop to 3-6 on the season.
The Cru opened the day with an 11-6 loss to #2-ranked U.T.-Tyler. UMHB grabbed a 4-0 lead in the bottom of the third on RBI singles from
Kaysie Creech and
Caitlin Bollier and
Ashton Feight's two-run single. The Patriots fought back to take a 5-4 lead going to the bottom of the sixth. A run-scoring error and Feight's RBI double put UMHB up 6-5, but the Patriots exploded for six runs in the top of the seventh to put it out of reach. Feight and
Caitlin Wells had two hits apiece for the Cru and
Hannah White took the loss.
The Cru could not hold another early lead in a 6-4 loss to #21 Louisiana College to close out the day. UMHB scored four in the bottom of the first inning on White's RBI single and a three-run homer from Creech. LC answered with two in the fourth and three more in the fifth to take the lead. The Wildcats would add an insurance run in the seventh. Wells had three hits for the Cru and White added two more.
Rebekah Ragsdale took the loss for UMHB.
The Cru will close out the tournament with games against Centenary College and U.T.-Dallas tomorrow. UMHB will open ASC West Division play with a four-game series against Concordia Texas next weekend.
