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KINGSVILLE, Texas — St. Mary's Softball continued to roll Wednesday, picking up its sixth and seventh straight wins by sweeping a doubleheader against Texas A&M-Kingsville.
Catcher
Christina Rodriguez (Sr., San Antonio) drove in three runs on a pair of doubles and a walk, while designated player
Vianna Gutierrez (So., San Antonio) drove in three more on a three-run blast in a 7-4 victory in Game 1.
St. Mary's roared to an even bigger victory in Game 2, run-ruling the Javelinas 13-2 in five innings behind three RBIs from Gutierrez and two apiece from Rodriguez, third baseman
Nicole Sardelich (So., Angleton, Texas) and right fielder
Shelly Lee Zawadzki (Sr., San Antonio).
With the wins, St. Mary's improved to 13-4 on the season.
The score looked closer in Game 1 than it really was for most of the game, as the Rattlers led 7-0 going into the seventh inning, when St. Mary's yielded four runs, all unearned.
St. Mary's led 13-0 entering the fifth-and-final inning of Game 2 before yielding a pair of runs.
Gutierrez, the Heartland's reigning Pitcher of the Week, threw her hat in the ring for Hitter of the Week honors for the upcoming week, homering once in both wins and totaling six RBIs on the day.
Ace
Emily Brittain (Jr., Corpus Christi, Texas) continued to do what she is so good at — win — as she improved to 5-1 on the year with the Game 1 win. Gutierrez picked up the Game 2 win, striking out six to improve to 4-3 on the season.
The Rattlers will put their win streak to test this weekend when they host the St. Mary's Round Robin, which also includes Tarleton State and Lubbock Christian. The games will get underway at 2 p.m. Friday at Northside ISD Field.
St. Mary's University, as a Catholic Marianist University, fosters the formation of people in faith and educates leaders for the common good through community service, integrated liberal arts and professional education, and academic excellence. The University has six athletic national titles: men's basketball (1989–NAIA), baseball (2001–NCAA Div. II), softball (1986–NAIA and 2002–NCAA Div. II) and an individual national champion in men's golf (2006–NCAA Div. II) and a national academic championship in men's golf (2009–NCAA Div. II). St. Mary's also had more than 40 percent of its athletes named to conference, regional and/or national honor rolls this past year. St. Mary's student–athletes graduation rate is 65 percent, higher than the NCAA Division II average of 55 percent. To learn more about St. Mary's, visit www.rattlerathletics.com.
