'Roo Softball Edged by No. 9 Texas Lutheran

SHERMAN, Texas - The Austin College softball team came up just short against No. 9-ranked Texas Lutheran University on Friday evening in the first game of teh team's Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference series against the Bulldogs, falling 2-1 at Sherman High. The 'Roos are now 2-21 overall and 2-11 in conference play.

The 'Roos nearly got on the board early in what became a pitcher's duel, but after advancing to third, Tori Fowler was thrown out in a close play at the plate to end the first inning and keep the game scoreless. Neither team managed to get on the scoreboard until the third, when the Bulldogs pushed a pair of runs across to grab a 2-0 lead. Taylor Vannett drove in the first run for TLU, and later came around to score on a throwing error. 

The score remained 2-0 until the bottom of the sixth, when Jadyn Myers advanced to third on a base hit by Ali Tobar and came home on the same play thanks to an errant throw to cut it to a 2-1 game. Austin College put the tying run on base in the bottom of the seventh, but the 'Roos were unable to even things up in their final set of at-bats. Alexus Johnson went the distance in the circle for Austin College, absorbing the loss after giving up two runs on just four hits with three strikeouts, while Amanda White got the win for TLU and Ainsley Davis earned the save.

Tobar went 2-for-2 to lead the 'Roos at the plate, while Fowler, Myers, and Reagan Brinkley each had a base hit in the loss. Vannett was 2-for-3 to lead Texas Lutheran. Austin College and the Bulldogs will wrap up the series tomorrow with a doubleheader set to begin at noon at Sherman High.