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Madison Schaefer
Dinh Tran
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Winner St. Mary's (TX) STMU 37-17
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Tex. A&M-Commerce TAMUC 42-14
Winner
St. Mary's (TX) STMU
37-17
5
Final
1
Tex. A&M-Commerce TAMUC
42-14
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
St. Mary's (TX) STMU 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 5 9 0
Tex. A&M-Commerce TAMUC 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 6 0

W: Catalina Cavazos (20-4) L: LeBlanc, Alyssa (16-8)

Game Recap: Softball |

Rattlers win 5-1 to drop Lions to the losers' bracket

COMMERCE – The No. 7 seeded St. Mary's Rattlers upset the No. 2 seeded Texas A&M-University-Commerce softball team, 5-1, in the first day of the NCAA South Central Regional 2 tournament at the John Cain Family Softball Complex on Thursday afternoon.
 
With the loss, the Lions drop to the losers' bracket and face Oklahoma Christian, who fell to Texas A&M-Kingsville on Thursday, in the first elimination game of the tournament on Friday at 2:30 p.m. The winner of the game will face the loser of the game between the Javelinas and the Rattlers in the second elimination game on Friday at 5 p.m.
 
The Lions need to win four games in a row to advance past the regional round and hold a record of 42-14 after Thursday's loss.  


POSTGAME PRESS CONFERENCE
 
St. Mary's scored one run each in the first four innings. Victoria Aldridge had a one-out base hit in the top of the first and scored on an RBI double to straight center by Jamison Holder. Abigale Carney homered to left in the second, Holder drove in Aldridge with a base hit to left in the third, and Amber Gonzales homered to left in the fourth.
 
After being held scoreless in the fifth, Carney hit her second home run of the game in the sixth, this one, also went to left.
 
The lone run for the Lions came in the sixth inning, a long home run to left field by Madison Schaefer (Frisco – Independence), her 12th of the season and 11th in the last 18 games. The Lions' best chance to add more runs, also came in the sixth, they had two on with one out. A pop out in the infield and a strikeout kept the Rattlers in front. MADISON SCHAEFER HOME RUN HIGHLIGHT
 
A&M-Commerce went down in order in the bottom of the seventh. Schaefer and Leo Terry (Emory – Rains) combined for four of the six hits for the Lions. Alyssa LeBlanc (Katy) allowed three earned runs and six hits in 2.1 innings and got credited with loss, while Emily Otto (Lamar Consolidated) tossed 4.2 innings in relief, allowing two runs.
 
Catalina Cavazos won her 20th game of the season, tossing the complete game. She struck out eight and the only blemish on her ledger was the home run to Schaefer.
 
The Lions and the Eagles met twice in Commerce during the regular season and the Lions won both games.
 
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