This Week in Rattlers Softball
St. Mary's vs OLLU & South Central Regional Crossover
February 5-8 // Games 6-11 // San Antonio // OLLU Softball Field & The Park at StMU
Home Games: Broadcast: FloCollege • Play-by-Play: Noah Torr
Busy Week: After playing five games over three days last weekend, the St. Mary's Softball continues the rapid pace, playing six games over a four day stretch, beginning on Wednesday with one game at Our Lady of the Lake. The Rattlers then open the home portion of the schedule with doubleheaders against Colorado Christian and MSU Denver before wrapping up the week on Saturday with a single game against CCU.
History Against This Week's Opponents:
      OLLU   CCU   MSUD
Series   19-1   1-3   10-5
Home   10-1   0-0   6-1
   The Park at StMU   4-1   0-0   6-1
Away   5-0   1-1   2-3
Neutral Location   0-0   0-2   2-1
Unknown Location   4-0   0-0   0-0
Extra Innings   0-0   0-1   0-0
With StMU in top-25*Â Â Â 4-1Â Â Â 0-0Â Â Â 8-1
vs. top-25 Opponent*Â Â Â 1-1Â Â Â 1-1Â Â Â 2-1
Ronnie Ladines Era   0-0   0-0   0-0
Longest Winning Streak   19   1   6
Longest Losing Streak   1   3   1
Current Streak   L1   W1   L1
*NCAA DII Era Only
A Burst of Speed: The Rattlers hit four triples at the D2 First Pitch Invitational and are currently tied for second in the nation, trailing UIndy by one. Junior Abigail Dela Rosa blasted three of the triples, while junior Raegan Tennill hit the other. They are the first triples of Dela Rosa's career, while Tennill now has four. Dela Rosa tied the StMU single game record, hitting two triples in the season opener against Southeastern Oklahoma State.
Setting the Table: The trio of Lauren Gonzales, Abigail Dela Rosa and Raegan Tennill at the top of the batting order did a good job of getting things going for the Rattlers. The three upperclassmen recorded 23 of the team's 45 hits during the opening week, hitting a combined .434 (23-for-53), and scored 18 of the team's 31 runs.
Returning All-Conference: Senior Savannah Youngblood (RP) was named to the Lone Star All-Conference Second Team in 2024, while Lauren Gonzales (LF) was voted to the Third Team and Gabriela Banda (1B/DP) was honored on the All-Freshman team.
Nine Is Divine: Senior Savannah Youngblood collected four saves each in 2022 and 2024, and collected one on the first day of the 2025 season to give her nine in her career. The nine saves knots Ashley Mills (2016-17) for the St. Mary's career record.Â
Picked Fifth: St. Mary's was selected in a tie for fifth place in the Lone Star Conference Preseason poll, announced by the league office. The Rattlers received 483 points to tie Lubbock Christian for fifth in the poll, voted on by the league's head coaches, athletic communications personnel and selected media. Defending National Champion UT Tyler received 34 of the 43 first-place votes and 672 points, while West Texas A&M garnered eight first-place nods and 642 points to finish second. Angelo State (590) and Oklahoma Christian (528) round out the top five in the 16-team league.
Speedy Gonzales: Senior LF Lauren Gonzales currently ranks fourth in stolen bases on the St. Mary's career charts with 80. She needs 17 to tie Taylor Vidrine (2012-15) for third.
Turning Two: St. Mary's historically ranks as one of the best in Division II in turning double plays. The Rattlers have ended each of the last six seasons ranked in the top 25, finishing 2024 ranked seventh. The 25 double plays also tied for the sixth-most in school history, knotting the 2016 team. The single season record is 34 by the 2014 club.
Year   Rank   # DPs
2019Â Â Â 21Â Â Â 21
2020Â Â Â 2Â Â Â 13
2021Â Â Â 1Â Â Â 24
2022Â Â Â 22Â Â Â 21
2023Â Â Â 10Â Â Â 23
2024Â Â Â 7Â Â Â 25
2025Â Â Â 19Â Â Â 2Â Â Â
They're Smart Too: Jadyn Abrego, Lauren Gonzales, Raegan Tennill and Savannah Youngblood were all named to the CSC Academic All-District team last May. The honor evaluates a player's contributions on and off the field. To qualify, a player must have played at least one year at their current institution, maintain a 3.50 GPA, and be a starter or key reserve player. Abrego and Tennill are biology majors, while Gonzales is working on her MBA and Youngblood is a mechanical engineering major.
