GEORGETOWN, TEXAS - The Southwestern University Softball team kicked off their season with a tough double-header test against the defending national champions and number one ranked in the pre-season poll, East Texas Baptist Tigers. In the first game of the DH, the Pirates held the Tigers to just three runs in four innings of play. However, the Tigers added seven runs in the bottom of the fifth to end the game 10-1. The second game went the full seven. With the Pirates down 4-1 headed into the fifth, the Tigers extended the lead by three more runs to make it 7-1, riding out that lead until the final inning. 

HIGHLIGHTS

• Erica Otto drove in Sophia Ytuarte for the Pirates lone run of the first game off her single hit. 
• Darby Burke and Tauryn Alexander each recorded a hit in two at bats each.
• In game two, Riley Glenn-Millhouse tallied two hits in three at bats.
• Kaydence Garza also hit 66% in the second game, including a double and an RBI, bringing in Emery Bell for the Pirates one run. 
• Daniella Clark assisted on four outs from the second base spot in game two, going for six total on the day.

NOTES

• The Pirates walked ten batters throughout the two games and were walked half as many times. 
• In the game one of the double header, Southwestern struck out twice in their fifteen at bats. 
• Between the two games, Pirate pitchers struck out four batters against the #1 Tigers. 

UP NEXT

• The Pirates will stay in East Texas for their double-header match up against LeTourneau University on Saturday at 12:00 and 2:00 PM.