Softball Takes Down Steers; Falls to Texas College

Tyler, Texas. – The Graceland University Softball team travelled to Tyler, Texas to take on the Texas College Steers. The Yellowjackets took game one with a final score of 5-3 and were defeated in game two 8-4.

Season Record: Graceland 7-5 | Texas College 10-5

Final Score Game 1: Graceland 5 | Texas College 3

The Scoring – Game 1
T2 – The Yellowjackets would get on the board first with a single-line drive by Ries Wilson to send Jayda Gay home. A loaded base Corry Picking walk would bring Wilson home (GU: 2 | TC: 0)
T3 – Taylor Beane drilled a line drive to send Paige Cooper home to add one run (GU: 3 | TC: 0)
T5 – Graceland would add two runs; a Jayda Gay bunt would move Paige Cooper home, and a Taylor Beane sacrifice fly would score Gay (GU: 5 | TC: 0)
B6 – The Steers would add three runs; from a pair of RBI singles and a ground out (GU: 5 | TC: 3)

Game 1 Individual Leaders
Allison Rebling stepped in to pitch 5.0 innings and get the win; she faced 22 batters and got eight strikeouts. Samantha Bradshaw went in for a 2.0 inning.
The Yellowjackets had six hits, led by Ries Wilson and Jayda Gay
Stolen Base; Taylor Beane, Jayda Gay

Final Score Game 2: Graceland 4 | Texas College 8

The Scoring – Game 2
T3 – A single-line drive by Paige Cooper would bring the first run home of the game, Vivian Tracy. Corry Pickering would score off the caught Jayda Gay foul ball (GU: 2 | TC: 0)
B3 – The Steers would score four runs off a Yellowjackets error and an RBI single (GU: 2 | TC: 4)
T4 – A loaded base walk from Corry Pickering would score Taylor Beane (GU: 3 | TC: 2)
B4 – Texas College would add one from a loaded bases walk (GU: 3 | TC: 5)
B5 – A double down the right field line would bring in three Steer runs (GU: 3 | TC: 8)
T6 – The Yellowjackets would cap their scoring by adding one from the Samantha Bradshaw double to bring in Marissa Buckallew (GU: 4 | TC: 8)

Game 2 Individual Leaders
Samantha Bradshaw went 4.2 innings, faced 28 batters and worked four strike-outs. Makensey Burghart would see 1.0 innings and face three batters. Bre Small would make an appearance at the mound.
The Yellowjackets had seven hits, led by Corry Pickering and Paige Cooper.
Hits produced; 2B: Samantha Bradshaw, Marissa Buckallew
Stolen Bases; Paige Cooper

Up Next:
The Softball team will be back on Wednesday, March 8, when they take in the Arlington Baptist University Patriots. Game time is set for 4:00 pm and 6:00 pm.

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