LUBBOCK, Texas – It was another tough day for the Texas A&M-Corpus Christi softball team as the team dropped both rematches against Tulsa 7-4 and Texas Tech 9-1 at Rocky Johnson Field on Sunday despite turning in a stronger performance than day one of the Texas Tech Tournament.
In game one, A&M-Corpus Christi (10-16) went toe-to-toe with Tulsa (8-13) with each team first getting a score with solo home runs. For the Islanders, sophomore
Gabriella Torres got them on the board with her solo home run in the fourth inning to tie the game 1-1 following a solo home run by the Golden Hurricane in the third.
Tulsa got three more runs in the top of the fifth to retake the lead 4-1, but the game was tied again after a three-run home run by junior
Pal Egan, her fourth of the season. Despite the momentum from the Islander dugout, Tulsa got three more runs to win the game 7-4.
Junior
Quinn De Avila was one of the runners included in Egan's home run, after getting a hit herself. She was left on base three times during the game.
Game two against Texas Tech (11-12) began similarly as the first Islander score of the game came in the form of a solo home run this time by Egan, her second of the day and fifth of the season. It was the only score by the Islanders in the game.
All of A&M-Corpus Christi's runs in the two games were scored from home runs.
The Islanders got five hits in the competition against the Raiders but couldn't pull in more runs to have six players left on base throughout the game. Senior
Grace Gilbert accounted for two of the hits including a double she hit in the second.
Sophomore
Sydney Hoyt got a hit in both games and records the second highest batting average on the team with a .327.
Just on the day, Egan recorded two hits, two home runs and four RBIs. It marked her fourth multi-RBI game. She leads the team across the board with a batting average of .370, a .712 slugging percentage and .511 on-base percentage. Egan is one of two players who have started in every game this season.
As a team, A&M-Corpus-Christi leads the conference in doubles, doubles per game and walks. Nationally, the Islanders rank 7
th in doubles, 24
th in doubles per game and 14
th in walks. Egan is second in the nation and first in the conference for doubles while Hoyt is #15 in the nation and first in the conference for walks per game.
The Islanders will finally get a break before being home for their next six games. A&M-Corpus Christi will take on UTSA in a single game on March 22 at 3 p.m. at Chapman Field. Conference play will start for the Islanders when they host McNeese in a three-game series March 25-26 at Chapman Field.
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