SEGUIN, Texas â€" Texas Lutheran Softball pitchers Veny Pizana and Taylor Grissom each tossed complete-game, one-hit shutouts as the Bulldogs cruised to 16-0 and 8-0 non-conference wins Tuesday over Concordia Texas.
 
At TLU's Ed Kruse Stadium, Morck Softball Field, both games ended in the fifth inning due to the eight-run rule.
 
Pizana, a sophomore right-hander from Odem (Odem), improved to 2-1 with the win. Pizana struck out eight and walked two. She allowed only a fifth-inning single.
 
Grissom, a junior right-hander from Spring (Klein Collins), made her first start of the season. Last season's Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference Pitcher of the Year, Grissom allowed only a third-inning single. She struck out two and walked one.
 
The Bulldogs moved to 3-3 overall. Concordia dropped to 2-3.
 
TLU pounded out 12 hits in the first game, the home-opener for the Bulldogs.
 
Sophomore left-fielder Nicole Snow (Tomball/Klein Oak) went 2-for-3 with two runs scored and four RBI. Snow hit a two-run single in the first inning and two-run double in the second inning.
 
Heather Hummel (Stratford/Houston) also went 2-for-3 with four RBI. Hummel tripled to right-center to score two in the second and doubled down the third-base line in the third to drive in another two.
 
In game two, the Bulldogs broke open a scoreless game with two runs in the third, three runs in the fourth and three more in the fifth.
 
Grace Estes (Willis/Willis) drove in a pair of runs and scored one, and Jacquelyn Brown (Vidor/Vidor) scored three runs, went 2-for-3 and drove in a pair. She also stole three bases.
 
TLU does not play again until next Tuesday. The Bulldogs host the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor at 3 p.m. at Ed Kruse Stadium. TLU will have live video and live stats on tlubulldogs.com.