Softball
 

March 21, 2008

Tigers Finish off SCAC Weekend Sweep Friday

Trinity (8-14) won 7-0 in the opener behind Kate Wright's first career shutout - and in fact, it was her first career complete game from the circle.  In game two, Trinity broke a 2-2 tie with a five-run inning that led to a 7-4 win and a four-game series sweep.

The Tigers scored three runs in the first two innings of the first game, then added runs in the fourth, fifth, and sixth to complete the scoring.

Wright tossed a four-hit shutout in the game, striking out three and giving up just two walks.  She also finished 2-3 with two runs and one RBI at the plate.

Lee Smith, who won yesterday's game with an RBI single in the bottom of the seventh, continued her hot streak with three more hits in the first game.

Jamie Williams was 1-3 with two runs scored in the opener, and was 1-3 in the second game as well to push her hitting streak to 21 games.  The season opener at Houston Baptist is the only game this season in which Williams has not hit safely.

Wright and Karen Fisher both had a pair of hits in the second game, scoring three runs and driving in two more combined.  Krista Prato Matthews also had a pair of RBI in the game - both coming on a fourth-inning single that broke a 2-2 tie.

Trinity led 2-1 after one inning, but Rhodes tied it in the top of the second.  Jump-started by the two-run single by Prato Matthews, the Tigers scored five runs in the fourth to take control.  Rhodes added two more runs in the sixth, but it was not enough.

Helen Thompson improved to 3-9 on the season with the complete-game victory, giving up four runs on nine hits and striking out three batters.

Trinity will be back in action next Tuesday at home against Texas Lutheran University, before traveling to Colorado College on April 5th and 6th for a four-game SCAC series on the road.