May 3rd, 2010
Bobcats face big softball series at SFA

The Texas State softball team prevailed on Senior Day. Texas State sports information photo.

STAFF REPORT

The Texas State softball team holds a one-game lead with one weekend left in the Southland Conference season. And that final weekend doesn’t get any bigger.

The Bobcats will venture to Stephen F. Austin this weekend for a series that will decide the regular season league title. The Bobcats are 19-8 in the league, while Stephen F. Austin is 18-9. No other Southland Conference team is mathematically in play to win the regular season championship.

The Bobcats won two of three against Northwestern State last weekend at Bobcat Field, splitting a Saturday double header before winning the rubber game Sunday.

Sophomore pitcher Chandler Hall performed very effectively during the weekend, though she split her two decisions. The loss came by a 1-0 score in Saturday’s first game, during which Hall pitched a two-hitter and struck out nine in her seven innings. However, both hits came in the sixth inning, and Northwestern State combined them with a sacrifice bunt for the game’s only run.

Hall claimed the win in the Sunday game, allowing one run on five hits in 5 2/3 innings for a 7-1 Senior Day victory. The victory raised Hall’s record to 16-12. Hall also went one-for-three at the plate with a two-run double. But Jenna Emery was the hitting star for the game, going two-for-three with four RBI, including a three-run homer.

The Bobcats held on to win the middle game, 6-4, to finish the Saturday double header. The Bobcats broke a 1-1 tie in the bottom of the fifth inning with five runs, keyed by Hall’s two-run double. Northwestern rallied with three runs in the seventh, but Hall came in for a scoreless inning to notch her first save of the year.

Overall this season, the Bobcats are 24-22.