RUSSELLVILLE, Ark. – The No. 4-ranked Lady Mulerider softball team improved its win-streak to sixteen as they secured a doubleheader sweep of No. 21 Arkansas Tech in a top 25 matchup in Russellville on Friday.
 
TEAM RECORDS 
(#4) Southern Arkansas Lady Muleriders (46-4, 35-3 GAC)
(#21) Arkansas Tech Golden Suns (35-15, 26-12 GAC)
 
PITCHING DECISIONS – GAME 1
W – Victoria Taylor (22-0)
L – Megan Goodnight (13-3)
S – None
 
GAME 1 HIGHLIGHTS & HAPPENINGS

• SAU plated four runs on five hits in the top of the first inning to take the early lead over Arkansas Tech, 4-0.
• Marina Duran, Jill Roye, Megan Godoyo, and Sarah Pitre each plated one run apiece in that inning.
• Over the next two innings, SAU added a pair of insurance runs and took a 6-0 lead over the Golden suns.
• SAU's starting pitcher, Victoria Taylor, did not allow a hit into the bottom of the third inning and struck out four batters in that time span.
• Taylor remained efficient before giving up a pair of runs in the fifth on a 2-RBI triple to right-center that make it 6-2, but SAU's offense would have her back in the next inning as they got those runs back, plus one, to extended the lead out to its eventual 9-3.
• Brooke Ford-Nelson would come in relief for Taylor to close out the final two innings where she would rack up four strikeouts and allow just one hit.

 
 AT THE PLATE

• As a team, the Lady Muleriders combined for nine runs on 11 hits
• Godoyo and Pitre led SAU with a pair of RBIs apiece
• Godoyo was 2-for-4 with a walk and a run scored, and Pitre had a hit with a walk
• Monica Islava, Faith Otts, and Duran tallied two hits apiece and Duran had an RBI, a pair of runs scored, and a walk
• SAU tallied 10 walks as a team, Goad led with three and Roye tallied two

 
PITCHING DECISIONS – GAME 2
W – Jolie Trahan (7-0)
L – Kristen Dempsey (9-5)
S – None
 
GAME 2 HIGHLIGHTS & HAPPENINGS

• Neither team scored until the third inning when Southern Arkansas put up three runs on a pair of hits to take a 3-0 advantage over ATU.
• The Lady Muleriders added four more runs in the sixth courtesy of a grand slam that flew off the bat of Brooke Goad, and another run in the top of the seventh that pushed SAU to an 8-0 lead.
• The Lady Muleriders' starting pitcher Jolie Trahan was strong in the circle as she went the distance and struck out six to hold the Golden Suns at one in the game.
• ATU stranded a total of seven base runners before finally scratching a run in the bottom of the seventh on a sacrifice fly, but that would not be enough to salvage the split as the Lady Muleriders took the final decision at 8-1.

 
 AT THE PLATE

• SAU tallied eight runs on eight hits as a team
• Goad led with 4 RBIs on a grand slam with a pair of runs scored and three walks
• Otts tallied an RBI on a hit
• Every Lady Mulerider in the lineup, except for one, collected a hit in the contest
• Pitre had a pair of walks