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DURANT, Okla. — The St. Mary's softball team got off to a brilliant start at the Southeastern Regional Invitational, winning both games Friday to improve to 6-3 on the season.
The Rattlers opened with a 4-3 win over Henderson State before thumping Southern Nazarene 9-4 on the first day of the tournament, which is being hosted by Southeastern Oklahoma State.
Third baseman
Nicole Sardelich (So., Angleton, Texas) provided the big bat in both games, recording two hits with three runs scored against Southern Nazarene while going 3 for 4 with two RBIs against Henderson State. She totaled three doubles over the pair of games, increasing her team-leading season total to seven.
Maricela Bissaro (Jr., San Antonio) picked up her first win of the year in the victory over Henderson State, while
Emily Brittain (Jr., Corpus Christi, Texas) improved to 3-1 by besting Southern Nazarene.
The tournament runs through Sunday.
Update: St. Mary's came back Saturday to beat Cameron 13-4 in five innings following a 6-5 loss to Arkansas-Monticello. Rainstorms resulted in the cancelation of Sunday's scheduled games.
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.
