Softball
 

April 15, 2007

Tigers Clinch West Top Seed With DH Split at Millsaps

Trinity (22-10, 9-3) won the opening game 5-0, then missed the chance for a weekend series sweep as Millsaps took the second game 7-3.

Neither team scored in the first three innings of game one, but the Tigers finally got on the board with a run in the fourth - followed by two more in the fifth.  Trinity added a pair of insurance runs in the seventh for the final score. 

Erin Mulvey (12-4) tossed a three-hit shutout - her seventh shutout of the season - in the opener, striking out nine batters in the game.  She later recorded her 10th strikeout of the day as she came on to finish the second game.  Yesterday, she became the SCAC's all-time career strikeout leader, eclipsing the 400 strikeout barrier.

Jamie Williams hit her sixth triple of the season in the first game, breaking the school single season record.  She was 2-4 with two RBI and one run scored.

Kate Wright was 3-4 with two runs in the first game, while Amy Blaha was 2-3 with one RBI.  Katie Longacre also had two RBI, finishing 1-3 at the plate.

Jillian Degerness (8-3) took the loss in game two, though she gave up just three earned runs in 5.2 innings of work. 

Wright added two more hits in the second game, and was the only Tiger player with more than one hit in the series finale.

Trinity will be the top seed at the SCAC Tournament with the split, winning the SCAC West Division title for the sixth time in eight seasons.  The Tigers will also host the tournament, which begins Friday, April 27.