MARSHALL, Texas - Back home for their annual Strike Out Cancer series, the #7 East Texas Baptist University softball team will host the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor on Friday and Saturday. ETBU will be wearing their pink jersey's in honor of Strike Out Cancer weekend.
Below is the information for the weekend.
▶️ G27-29 #7 ETBU🐯🆚 Mary Hardin-Baylor
🗓️ Friday, April 1st | 5:00 & 7:00 PM
🗓️ Saturday, April 2nd | 12:00 PM
🏟 Taylor Field
🔢 All-Time Record: ETBU 52-10
▶️ Last ETBU Win: 5/8/2021 (13-4)
▶️ Last UMHB Win: 4/27/2018 (4-11)
ETBU
- ETBU is 20-6 overall and 14-4 in the American Southwest Conference following their weekend series against Sul Ross State.
- Game 1 Key Stats
- 6-3 Win.
- 5 runs coming in the top of the 7th after being down 3-1.
- Tristen Maddox had a three run triple that gave ETBU their 7th inning spark.
- Delaine Loya led the team with two hits and two RBI's
- Kassidy Cravey picked up her first collegiate win.
- Game 2 Key Stats
- 12-2 Win in 5 Innings
- Scored in 4 out of the 5 innings.
- Maddox hit a home run as the lead off hitter.
- Tauryn Cummings had 2 hits (1 HR) with 4 RBI.
- Courtney White had 1 hit and drove in 2 runs.
- Ashley Croft earned 4 SO's and pitched the full game.
- Game 3 Key Stats
- ETBU fell 2-5.
- Maddox and Loya led the team both picking up 1 RBI.
- ETBU has won 5 games against nationally ranked opponents this season.
- Maddox leads the team in HR's with 6.
- Loya leads ETBU with 29 RBI's on the year.
- White and Maddox have started and played every game on the year so far.
- Hannah Kelley leads the team having a 2.10 ERA on the season.
- Maddox and Mary Frances-Ellis share the lead in SB's with 12 each.
- Maddox is currently ranked 7th in the nation in Doubles with 11.
- ETBU is currently ranked 25th in the Nation in fielding percentage at .970.
UMHB
- The Crusaders are 18-7 overall and 11-4 in the American Southwest Conference.
- UMHB heads into the series on a two game losing streak following their series against #4 Belhaven.
- Julia Crofut led the Crusaders with 4 RBI's on the weekend.
- The Crusaders have a .311 Batting Average and allow a 3.45 ERA as a team this season.
- Lexi Harris leads UMHB with 34 hits on the year.
- Crofut leads the Crusaders in RBI's and HR's with 14 and 4 so far.
- Rachel Williams has a 9-2 overall record on the mound.
- Bayleigh Grogan leads the Crusaders with 42 strikeouts.
