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Texas Lutheran University

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Puget Sound UPS-S 0-14
10
Winner Texas Lutheran TLU 12-5
Puget Sound UPS-S
0-14
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Final
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Texas Lutheran TLU
12-5
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 R H E
Puget Sound UPS-S 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 2
Texas Lutheran TLU 4 4 2 0 X 10 11 1

W: Pizana, Veny (1-0) L: Jaci Young (0-6)

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Puget Sound UPS-S 0-15
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Winner Texas Lutheran TLU 13-5
Puget Sound UPS-S
0-15
5
Final
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Texas Lutheran TLU
13-5
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Puget Sound UPS-S 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 10 5
Texas Lutheran TLU 6 0 0 1 1 2 X 10 11 2

W: Leschber, Kimberly (4-2) L: Megan Campbell (0-9)

Game Recap: Softball |

TLU Softball cruises to 10-1, 10-5 wins over Puget Sound



NEW BRAUNFELS, Texas -- The Texas Lutheran Bulldogs rolled to 10-1 and 10-5 non-conference softball wins Tuesday over the University of Puget Sound (Wash.).

TLU, a member of the NCAA Division III and the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference, moved to 13-5 overall with the pair of wins at New Braunfels Canyon High School.

Puget Sound, a NCAA Division III university in Tacoma, Wash., dropped to 0-15. Puget Sound is a member of the Northwest Conference.

In game one, TLU junior catcher Hope Estes (Willis/Willis) hit a first-inning grand slam home run over the center field wall. Estes added an RBI single in the Bulldogs' four-run second inning.

TLU added two more runs in the third, and the game ended in the fifth inning with the eight-run rule.

Estes finished game one 2-for-3 with a run scored and five RBI. Taylor Yancey (Magnolia/Magnolia West) scored a pair of runs and drove in a pair, and Grace Estes (Willis/Willis) went 3-for-3 with two runs scored and an RBI.

Veny Pizana (Odem/Odem) picked up her first collegiate win. Pizana (1-0) tossed 3-1/3 innings and allowed just one hit and one earned run.

In game two, the Loggers jumped out to a four-run lead in the first inning with the help of four hits and two TLU errors.

The Bulldogs bounced back with six runs in the bottom of the first. Jennifer Gallagher (Missouri City/Elkins) crushed her first career home run over the left-center field wall for a two-run shot in the frame. Gallagher drove in three in game two. She added a bases loaded walk for an RBI in the sixth.

Ashley Jacobsen (Marion/Marion) collected a pair of hits and drove in two. She also stole two bases.Yancey also tallied two hits.

Kimberly Leschber (Thorndale/Thorndale) pitched five innings and allowed just one earned run in the late game. She struck out four and did not walk a batter. Leschber improved to 4-2 overall.

TLU returns to SCAC play on Friday and Saturday with a four-game series in Irving, Texas against the University of Dallas. TLU is 6-0 in SCAC play entering the series.

Friday's doubleheader starts at 5 p.m., and Saturday's doubleheader begins at noon.
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