MARSHALL, Texas - Ready to open the 2021 season, the East Texas Baptist University softball team will have their first games of the year at home on Taylor Field on Friday. They will host a double-header against Paris Junior College.
Below are the information about the games.
▶️G1/G2 #ETBU🐯🆚 Paris Junior College 🐉
🗓️ Friday, January 29 |🕰️4:00 PM/6:00 PM
🔢All-Time Series: First Meeting
ETBU
* Will open their season this Friday.
* Return 16 players from last season's squad including
Leah Akridge,
Savannah Buhl,
Corley Carpenter,
Sarah Cedillo, Presley Cox,
Reagan Creed,
Mariah Delgado,
Jeanette Galvan,
Hannah Garcia,
Regina Garza,
Marisela Gil,
Nikki Gil,
Elyssa Hernandez,
Lorena Ramirez,
Sydnee Shea, and
Daniella Solis.
* Welcome 19 new members including
Sarah Bledsoe,
Abby Brown,
Alison Carrion,
Ashley Croft,
Tauryn Cummings,
Allison Damiani,
Gracie Ewing,
Kamyree Keilberg,
Hannah Kelley,
Sydney Macias,
Tristen Maddox,
Lesly Miranda,
Bailey Munch,
Marin Musicant, Trinity Needham,
Kathryn Reed,
Johnae Robinson,
Maleia Taylor, and
Skylar Wilabay.
* Last year, went 5-0 at the NFCA Leadoff Classic in Arizona with three wins coming against nationally-ranked competition: #13 DePauw University (6-1), #20 St. John Fisher College (1-0), and #25 Emory University (8-5).
* Carpenter was named ASC Hitter of the Week for her performance at the NFCA Leadoff Classic. She batted. 500 with six hits, four RBI, a double and a home run.
* Solis was named two-time ASC Hitter of the Week (Feb. 17, Feb. 25th) last season. She tied a conference record with three homers in a single game in a week she batted .600 (six-for-10) with seven RBI and two doubles against Howard Payne University.
* Solis led ETBU with a .469 batting average, 23 hits, six home runs, and 20 RBI.
* Cox earned ASC Pitcher of the Week honors (3/2/20) by getting two wins pitching 11.0 innings and posting a 0.64 ERA with seven strikeouts.
* Went 15-0 last season and were the #1 ranked team in the nation when COVID-19 ended the season.
* 95 straight weeks that ETBU was ranked in the NFCA National Poll.
PJC
* First meeting with ETBU.
*First game of the season.
