LAWTON, Okla. — The St. Mary's University Softball team was unable to hold the lead in either game of the doubleheader at Cameron on Friday evening, dropping both games 13-7 and 7-4.
The Rattlers (23-28, 18-22) are ecstatic to return home after a grueling 10-game road trip, hosting Texas A&M-Kingsville on Thursday, April 24 at 4 p.m. and closing out the regular season on Sunday, April 27 at 1 p.m. with Texas A&M International. Sunday will be Senior Day, where the six seniors on the roster will be honored for their contributions to the program.
Game One Recap
The first game had a little more than an hour break after the third inning due to a medical emergency for a spectator, and the host team came back and outscored the Rattlers 9-2 over the final four innings for the 13-7 win.
StMU outhit the Aggies (27-21, 20-20) 13-to-12 in the contest, and the two teams combined for nine errors in the game.
Senior
Lauren Gonzales (San Antonio) was 3-for-4 at the plate, while sophomore
Gabriela Banda (San Antonio), senior
Lauryn Ramos (Marion, Texas), and junior
Abigail Dela Rosa (La Grange, Texas) all added two hits. Banda scored twice, and both junior
Ariella Saenz (Pharr, Texas) and Ramos collected two RBIs.
Saenz pitched the complete game, throwing 112 pitches, dropping to 3-7 on the year.
Game Two Recap
There were no runs scored until the fourth inning, when the Aggies plated one. The Rattlers immediately answered with a pair in the fifth, added one in the sixth and one in the seventh, but it wasn't enough to overcome the four runs in the fifth and two in the sixth by the Aggies.
Banda, Saenz and junior
Arianna (AJ) Sanchez (San Antonio) all collected two hits, with Banda driving in another two runs, while junior Reagan Tennill (Corpus Christi, Texas) walked twice out of the leadoff spot.
Senior
Madeline Bloom (Poway, Calif.) dropped to 10-7 on the season. She didn't walk a batter and struck out three in the six innings of work.
