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 l 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.
