SEGUIN, Texas -- Texas Lutheran held Schreiner to three hits on Monday in a pair of 8-0 five-inning victories for the Bulldogs at TLU's Ed Kruse Stadium - Morck Softball Field.
TLU, the three-time defending conference champion, completed the four-game Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference sweep of the Mountaineers and pushed the Bulldog win streak to 10 games.
The Bulldogs improved to 10-4 overall and to 6-0 in the SCAC.
Schreiner fell to 9-11 overall and to 3-5 in the SCAC.
Maitlin Raycroft (Spring/Klein) tossed a two-hit shutout in the early game, and
Amanda Lochte (Fredericksburg/Fredericksburg) finished with a one-hit shutout in the late game.
Raycroft's streak of three consecutive no-hitters was snapped, but she ran her scoreless-inning streak to 24. The junior right-hander struck out six and did not walk a batter. Raycroft improved to 5-2 overall.
Lochte, the senior right-hander, struck out seven and walked two in pushing her pitching mark to 4-1.
Kelsie McEachern (Atascocita/Huffman) hit a three-run home run in the first inning of the first game. She went 3-for-3 with two runs scored and four RBI. In game two, she went 1-for-2 with a run scored.
Madisyn Cates (Baytown/Sterling) collected a pair of hits and drove in a pair in the first game, and she recorded a hit and an RBI in the second game.
Kaymee Gooden (Mart/Mart) ended the second game with a walk-off two-run home run. She was 2-for-3 in the late game with three RBI.
Cassie Roche (Corpus Christi/Gregory-Portland) went 2-for-2 with four RBI in the late game.
TLU hosts Hardin-Simmons in non-conference action Wednesday at 1 p.m. at Ed Kruse Stadium. TLU will have live video and live stats for both games of the doubleheader.
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