IRVING, Texas -- Texas Lutheran freshmen right-handers Ashlyn Strother and Sydney Ouellette combined on a no-hitter in Saturday's 8-0 victory in the final game of the three-game series sweep of the University of Dallas.

 

The no-hitter was the 29th no-hitter in TLU Softball history.

 

TLU won 11-2 and 8-0 on Saturday after claiming a 9-1 victory on Friday night. All three games went just five innings.

 

The top-ranked Bulldogs, the defending NCAA Division III champions, improved to 11-0 overall and to 3-0 in the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference.

 

In the no-hitter, Strother (4-0) went four innings and struck out three. Ouellette tossed the fifth inning and struck out one.

 

The Bulldogs just missed a perfect game by issuing a walk in the first inning.

Dallas dropped to 4-9 overall and to 0-3 in the SCAC.

 

McKay Bloxham was 3-for-3 with two RBI in the second game. Rebecca Snow added two hits and two RBI.

 

In the early game, Madisyn Cates had two hits and two runs scored, and Skylar Ouellette registered two hits and two RBI.

 

Bloxham also had two RBI in the first game Saturday.

 

Chassety Raines went three innings for the pitching win. Raines (2-0) allowed one earned run.

 

The Bulldogs next head to Tucson, Ariz. for 10 games from March 5-10 at the NFCA Leadoff Classic.

 

Among the opponents TLU will face in Arizona will be second-ranked Christopher Newport (Va.), No. 6 and last year's national runner-up Emory (Ga.), No. 3 Linfield (Ore.), and No. 5 Illinois Wesleyan (with last year's NCAA DIII Pitcher of the Year Ally Wiegand).