Softball's Run Ends in Semifinals

CANYON, Texas — Back-to-back crooked innings for the second-ranked West Texas A&M Softball team dashed the hopes of St. Mary's University's club making their first appearance in the Lone Star Conference Championship Finals as they won 9-1 on Friday evening.
 
The Rattlers (32-24) scored their lone run on three hits – two of which were by sophomore Raegan Tennill (Corpus Christi, Texas) – while the Lady Buffs (47-6) plated nine runs on nine hits with three StMU errors. 
 
The Lady Buffs took the lead in the first on a solo home run by pitcher Emilee Boyer.
 
In the fourth, Holder walked and was sacrificed to second by Gomez. Dugi reached on an error by the second baseman and Holder hustled home to knot the game at 1-1. WT answered with four in the bottom of the inning, thanks in part to three Rattler errors to open up a 5-1 lead. They added four more in the fifth to win 9-1.
 
Junior Jadyn Abrego (San Antonio) fell to 6-7 on the year after pitching 3 1/3 innings. She gave up one earned run on four hits. Senior Sara Robertson (Lorena, Texas), junior Savannah Youngblood (Kingwood, Texas) and junior Madeline Bloom (Poway, Calif.) all worked in relief.
 
The Rattlers will await word on selection to the NCAA Championship. The selection show is Monday, May 6 at 10 a.m. ET on NCAA.com.