LONGVIEW, Texas - The University of Mary Hardin-Baylor softball team dropped two games to LeTourneau Saturday in Longview. With these losses, the Cru's season record falls to 24-14 with an 8-8 mark in American Southwest Conference action. The YellowJackets improve to 15-25 with a 6-10 record in league play.
 
Game one played scoreless through three innings. The Cru broke through in the top of the fourth with a Bryton Wright single, advancing Tori Skinner to third after her single in the previous at-bat. Wright advanced to second on the throw to third, scoring Skinner on an error. The YellowJackets answered in the bottom of the frame with three runs on three hits, taking the 3-1 lead. LeTourneau added one more in the fifth on an RBI double. Tori Skinner led off the top of the sixth with a single up the middle, followed by Bryton Wright who hit an RBI double to left, scoring Skinner. Taylor Henken then hit a single up the middle to advance Ava Jolley, who pinch ran for Wright, to third. Ryleigh Mills and Gabriela Vela each had sacrifice hits, scoring Jolley and Henken to tie the game 4-4. The YellowJackets regained the 5-4 lead in the bottom of the frame with a homerun. The Cru tied it up again in the top of the seventh with a squeeze bunt from Tori Skinner to score Lindsey Polleschultz. LeTourneau successfully mirrored this play in their last at-bat, taking the 6-5 win.
 
Tori Skiner led the Cru going three-for-four at the plate with two runs scored and one RBI. Lindsey Polleschultz and Bryton Wright each added two hits of their own.
 
UMHB got on the board first in the top of the second in game two with a Bailey Frenzel RBI double to score Gabriela Vela. The Cru added another in third when Lindsey Polleschultz hit a triple to right field, scoring on a throwing error. The YellowJackets knotted the game at two in the bottom of the fourth, scoring two runs on three hits. LeTourneau closed it out in the fifth inning scoring eight runs on seven hits.
 
Lindsey Polleschultz, Tori Skinner, and Gabriela Vela each added one hit. Beth Ann Johnston took the decision in the circle pitching one inning with two strikeouts.
 
This closes out regular season play for the Crusaders. UMHB will return to action in the American Southwest Conference Championship Tournament May 8-10th in Marshall.