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LAREDO, Texas — The St. Mary's softball team completed its series sweep of Texas A&M International on Saturday. And they fittingly did it in another home-run fest.
Christina Rodriguez broke open a tied game with a two-run blast in the top of the seventh to fuel a 4-2 win over Texas A&M International.
Rodriguez's (Sr., San Antonio) homer, her eighth of the year, was the second on the day for St. Mary's, as
Jared Gonzalez (Sr., San Antonio) launched a solo blast in the fourth. It was Gonzalez's ninth home run of the season for the Rattlers, who have hit 42 as a team. That total ties last year's team total for fifth-most in school history. The team record of 59 was set in 2005.
With Heartland Conference foe St. Edward's picking up its first conference loss this weekend, St. Mary's (31-12, 9-0) sits alone atop the conference as the league's only unbeaten.
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Emily Brittain pitched the complete game, striking out four to earn the victory. She improved to 18-4 on the season.
The Rattlers will be back in action Wednesday, when they travel to take on Abilene Christian for a doubleheader in Abilene, Texas.
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.
