ADA, Okla. | The Lady Mulerider softball team combined for 15 runs on 14 hits in a double-header sweep against the East Central Tigers on Friday at Tiger Field. The first game was a 5-0 shutout and the second game ended early in five innings with a score of 10-1.
 
TEAM RECORDS
SAU: 12-2, 2-0 GAC
ECU: 9-5, 0-2 GAC
 
PITCHING DECISIONS- GAME 1
W: Victoria Taylor (8-0)
L: Kelbie Crelia (3-2)
 
 
HOW IT HAPPENED- GAME 1

• A scoreless game made a turn in the Lady Mulerider's favor in the top of the fourth inning when Marina Duran blasted a solo bomb to left-centerfield to put SAU on the board.
• Starting pitcher, Victoria Taylor proceeded to strike out three batters in the next two innings before SAU cushioned their lead to 4-0 in the sixth.
• In that inning, a hit-by-pitch to Maddie Dow along with a walk drawn by Jill Roye put two on base for Monica Islava as she plated a run with a single to left field. Tyler Casada banged a double to right field two batters later plating a pair of runs that gave SAU their aforementioned 4-0 advantage.
• SAU's fifth and final run came in the seventh inning off the bat of Dow as she as she belted a solo homerun to right field to conclude the game with a 5-0 shut-out victory

 
 
PITCHING DECISIONS-GAME 2
W: Kaylee Garner (4-0)
L: Karlie Milburn (4-3)
 
HOW IT HAPPENED- GAME 2

• The eight-run first inning was set up with a pair of walks drawn by Brooke Goad and Dow before one of those runs was plated on a fielding error on a batted ball off the bat of Roye. Duran followed with an RBI single through the left side that plated Dow.
• In that same frame, Islava stroked a 3-run bomb over right-field fence to buffer SAU's lead to 5-0.  A few batters later, Goad pulled a double into the right-centerfield gap that scored a pair of runs. The final run in that inning came off the bat of Roye that plated Goad.
• ECU put a run up in the second inning as Breecia Crawford scored on a passed ball after reaching base on a double to right-centerfield.
• After Dow drew her third walk of the game, Roye plated a run on a single through the right side in the top of the fifth inning. Duran proceeded to score pinch runner Sydney Johnson on a fielder's choice that gave the Lady Muleriders all the insurance runs they would need before shutting out the Tigers in the bottom of the fifth to claim the 10-1 run-rule victory.

 
FOR SAU

• Islava led the offense with four RBI's on the day on a pair of hits with a homerun and a pair of runs scored.
• Duran followed with three RBI's in the double-header on a pair of hits along with two runs scored.
• Dow reached base on all eight of her plate appearances with a pair of hit-by-pitches, four walks, and a pair of hits including a solo homerun.
• Goad and Casada each collected a pair of RBI's on the day.
• Roye collected three hits in her eight appearances at the plate with a pair of walks and runs scored and an RBI.
• Megan Godoyo registered three hits and a run scored.
• Taylor received the win in the circle in game one striking out six batters in seven innings pitched with her first shutout of the year.
• Kaylee Garner picked up the win in the circle in game two allowing only one run in five innings on a pair of hits.

 
FOR THE OPPOSITION

• Caitlin Paolini, Aundrea Hamric, and Crawford led the Tiger offense with a pair of hits on the day.
• Catherine Barrera collected a hit.
• Kelbie Crelia took the loss in the circle in game one giving up five runs on eight hits in seven innings pitched.
• The pitching changed hands three times in game two with Karlie Milburn taking the loss after giving up eight runs on three hits.

UP NEXT
Southern Arkansas returns to action tomorrow at Tiger field with another double-header scheduled for noon.