Story Headlines
- The Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi softball team fell to Lamar University, 9-5, on Saturday in Beaumont, Texas.
- Texas A&M-Corpus Christi is now 1-5 in Southland games while Lamar improves to 5-1 in league action.
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Ashley Moss went 2-for-4 with a triple and a run scored.
Key Islander Statistics
- The Islanders scored once in the first and added four in the third. A&M-Corpus Christi had five runs on seven hits with two errors.
- Lamar scored nine runs on 11 hits with four errors. The Cardinals scored three in the second, one in the third and five in the fifth.
- In the first,
Emily Vela reached on an error and after an out, came around to score on a
Kennedy Johnson double to left center to make it 1-0.
- The Islanders got four in the third. With one down, Moss hit a triple and scored on a Vela RBI single.
Sammi Thomas launched her team-leading fourth home run of the season over the center field fence to drive in two. After a pitching change,
Kennedy Johnson reached on an error.
Emilee Baker hit a single to put runners on the corners. Silvas grounded into a fielder's choice but the play allowed Johnson to come around and score to make it 5-3 Islanders.
- Vela went 1-for-4 with two runs scored and an RBI.
- Thomas was 1-for-3 with a pair of RBIs on her fourth-inning big fly.
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Kennedy Johnson was 1-for-3 with an RBI double and a run scored.
- Baker went 1-for-3 and
Alyson Silvas was 1-for-3 with an RBI.
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Alexis Tovar pitched the fifth inning, allowing one hit and three unearned runs. She walked one and struck out one.
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Alexis Ruel pitched the sixth inning, allowing just one walk.
Up Next
- The Islander will play a Wednesday doubleheader at Texas Southern University in Houston, Texas, on Wednesday, March 20, at 2 p.m. and 4 p.m.
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