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Winner East Texas Baptist ETBU 23-1, 13-0 ASC
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LeTourneau LETU 12-12, 5-5 ASC
Winner
East Texas Baptist ETBU
23-1, 13-0 ASC
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Final
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LeTourneau LETU
12-12, 5-5 ASC
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
East Texas Baptist ETBU 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 4 11 2
LeTourneau LETU 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 3 4 1

W: Benavides, Hannah (10-0) L: Laney Taylor (5-3)

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East Texas Baptist ETBU 23-2, 13-1 ASC
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Winner LeTourneau LETU 13-12, 6-5 ASC
East Texas Baptist ETBU
23-2, 13-1 ASC
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Final
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LeTourneau LETU
13-12, 6-5 ASC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
East Texas Baptist ETBU 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 9 1
LeTourneau LETU 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 3 7 1

W: Hailee Leger (5-5) L: Melton, Madalyn (2-1)

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Game Recap: Softball |

SB | #4 ETBU Splits Double Header at LETU

LONGVIEW, Texas – Playing their second American Southwest Conference series this week, no. 4 East Texas Baptist University split the double header with LeTourneau University on Friday night. ETBU won game one, 4-3, but fell in game two, 3-2. ETBU is now 23-2 and 13-1 in the ASC.
 
Both Tristen Maddox and Courtney White had four hits for the two games as Delanie Loya recorded two RBI. Hannah Benavides earned the win in game one.
 
Game 1
ETBU 4, LETU 3
ETBU held off a late inning push from LETU to try and take the lead for the one-run win. LETU scored two runs in the bottom of the sixth to cut the lead to one, 4-3, but Benavides shut down the YellowJackets, 1-2-3 in the bottom of the seventh for the win. Benavides moved to 10-0 on the year and had five strikeouts in the game.
 
Maddox, White, Tauryn Cummings, and Madalyn Melton all had two hits. Loya added two RBI and Cummings and Makayla Menchue added one RBI.
 
In the first inning, Cummings singled in Maddox for the 1-0 lead. Menchue made it 2-0 in the fourth with a single through the left side as Melton came in. LETU cut the lead to one in the bottom of the inning but a two-run Loya homer in the sixth inning making it 4-1. LETU answered with their own two-run home run to come within one before Benavides didn't allow any thing to happen in the bottom of the seventh.
 
Game 2
LETU 3, ETBU 2
After ETBU tied the game in the top of the seventh on a passed ball, LETU had a two-out, walk-off single for the win over the Tigers. ETBU had nine hits in the game but left eight runners on base.
 
Maddox and White both had two hits in the game as Melton had he lone RBI. Melton took the loss going 6.2 innings with three strikeouts.
 
ETBU took a 1-0 lead in the fourth inning on a Melton double to left field that scored Haylie Stum. LETU took the lead, 2-1, on an ETBU error in the bottom of the fourth inning and then held the Tigers scoreless in the fifth and sixth inning. ETBU had a chance to take the lead in the fifth inning with the bases loaded and one out but didn't get the break needed to retake the lead.
 
Maddox scored in the top of the seventh on a passed ball to tie the game at two. LETU then won the game with two outs in the bottom of the seventh with a walk-off single to right center field.
 
The two teams will finish the series on Saturday at 12:00 p.m. with one game.
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