Softball Sweeps Past Tarleton
March 6, 2010
Audra Chambless
The wins move the Bulldogs to 11-3 on the season and adds momentum as they ready themselves for Lone Star Conference North play against division co-favorite Midwestern State next week. Tarleton State, one of the top teams annually in the LSC's South Division, fell to 9-7 with the loss.
In the opener, SWOSU needed an extra inning but came up with the needed runs in its bat in the eighth. Tarleton had nudged ahead 2-1 before the Bulldogs fought back. Fallon Bradshaw scored the tying run after she reached on a misplayed ball by the Tarleton right fielder. The Bulldogs scored the game winner later when Tori Joyner, who also reached on an error, raced home after a bases-loaded single by Audra Chambless.
Jenna Lilly was near flawless on the mound for the Bulldogs while improving to 3-0 on the year. She pitched the entire eight innings and allowed just seven hits and two runs, only one of which was unearned. She struck out eight batters and walked none.
In the second game, SWOSU tied the game in the third inning at 2-2 with an RBI single by Kristyn Shawver. The Bulldogs pulled in front later picking up runs in the fourth and fifth inning. Sarah Harwell made it 3-2 in the fourth leading off with a double and later scoring. The margin became 4-2 in the fifth when Kristina Davis hit a two-out double that scored Chambless.
The older Chambless sister, Cassie, got the win on the mound. She allowed just four hits and two runs, both of which were unearned, while improving her record to 4-2. She struck out seven and walked five and did not allow a TexAnn run through the last six innings.