Texas Lutheran Advances to SCAC Title Game; Defeats Southwestern 5-0

Texas Lutheran Advances to SCAC Title Game; Defeats Southwestern 5-0

SEGUIN, Texas -- Fifth-ranked Texas Lutheran broke open a scoreless game with a pair of runs in the fourth and fifth and an insurance run in the sixth to take a 5-0 victory over Southwestern in a winner's bracket game Saturday afternoon at the SCAC Softball Championship. Official Website l Bracket Postgame Interview

HOW IT HAPPENED

  • Texas Lutheran used four hits, including an RBI double from Nicole Snow and an RBI single from Madisyn Cates to score twice in the bottom of the fourth.
  • The Bulldogs scored two more the next inning, both unearned, to take a 4-0 lead.
  • TLU's Maitlin Raycroft tossed her league-leading 18th complete game of the year in earning the win.

TEXAS LUTHERAN UNIVERSITY STATISTICAL STANDOUTS

  • Brayden Pinckard: 2-4, 1 RBI, 1 run
  • Nicole Snow: 1-2, 1 RBI, 1 run, 1 2B, 1 SB
  • Kaymee Gooden: 2-3, 1 run, 1 2B, 1 SB
  • Maitlin Raycroft: 7.0 IP, 4 hits, 0 ER 9 K 2 BB

SOUTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY STATISTICAL STANDOUTS

  • Andrea Hern: 1-2
  • Mary Alex Krosby: 1-2
  • Lindsey Longuet: 4.2 IP, 4 R, 2 ER, 4 K, 1 BB

NOTABLES

  • Raycroft improves to 20-2 with the victory and become just eighth pitcher in SCAC history to win 20 or more games in a season.
  • Texas Lutheran will play in the SCAC Softball championship final for the fourth consecutive year.

UP NEXT

Texas Lutheran (36-4) advances to Sunday's championship final where they will need just one win to earn the program its fourth consecutive SCAC title. Southwestern (26-12) will play the winner of the Trinity/Schreiner game at 6 p.m. this evening with the winner of that game advancing to play Texas Lutheran at Noon tomorrow.