THIBODAUX, Louisiana – The Texas A&M-Corpus Christi softball team dropped game three of the weekend series to Nicholls 3-1 Saturday at Swanner Field, but will get the series win under its belt.
This series marked the third straight series win in SLC play for the Islanders (19-23, 7-5) after previously defeating Northwestern State and HBU. A&M-Corpus Christi was fourth in the conference rankings entering the weekend.
Nicholls (11-31, 3-9) got on the board early with two runs in the first. The Islanders responded in the second with a run of their own by sophomore
Gabriella Torres, who singled to right field to get on base. Junior
Madison Garza got the RBI-single after hitting the ball through the right side.
The Colonels scored again the next half inning to take the game to 3-1. The game remained scoreless through the rest of the game to give Nicholls the 3-1 edge.
Freshman
Denay Smith got the start for the Islanders and was accredited the loss after giving up the three runs. Senior
Grace Gilbert, recent SLC Pitcher of the Week recipient, then pitched for 4.1 innings in relief to silence the Colonels the rest of the game, striking out four while she was at it. Gilbert has not allowed a run during her last four appearances.
Despite the loss, four Islanders got hits on the day, with junior
Pal Egan and Torres both recording multi-hit games at two apiece. Egan now records 18 multi-hit games and extends her streak of reaching base to 19 games.
Like Garza, junior
Ashleigh Sgambelluri also got one hit during the game which came in the top of the fourth. It was her sixth hit of the series after going 4-for-4 in game two and she now holds the team's second highest batting average at a .292.
The run by Torres brought her season total to 22, the second most on the team. She was the only Islander to score a run in each game of the series, tallying five total over the weekend.
Egan and Garza both stole a base during the game, extending the team's streak of stealing base at least once to 15 games.
A&M-Corpus Christi will look to regroup when they travel to Sam Houston Tuesday for a doubleheader competition. The Bearkats be will be the first non-conference opponent the Islanders have played since April 5.
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