SOFTBALL: YellowJackets conclude 4-0 trip to DFW Metroplex
IRVING, Texas -- The LeTourneau YellowJackets completed a four-game sweep in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex by defeating Greenville College and the University of Dallas.
The YellowJackets defeated Greenville College 8-1 before edging Dallas 2-0.
The Jackets went 4-0 during their two-day trip to the Metroplex, having defeated Greenville 8-2 and 8-0 Tuesday in Forney.
LeTourneau improved its record to 9-7 with the four wins this week.
The YellowJackets will return to action Saturday when they visit conference rival Texas-Tyler, ranked No. 8 in the National Fastpitch Coaches Association's Division III poll. The league doubleheader begins at 2 p.m.
LeTOURNEAU 8, GREENVILLE 1
The Jackets scored eight unanswered runs and cruised to their third win over Greenville College (Ill.) in two days in LeTourneau's opening game Wednesday.
Kelli Parton pitched a two-hitter and earned the complete-game victory for the YellowJackets. The sophomore from Henderson, Texas struck out six batters while walking three.
Robin Waggoner and Chloe Cooper knocked two hits and scored one run apiece for the YellowJackets. Sara Whitehead went 1-for-3 with two RBIs.
Juliana Tuel scored a team-leading three runs for the YellowJackets in the game. Anna Winter knocked the game-winning RBI with a sacrifice fly in the top of the first inning that scored Ashley McPhail.
McPhail knocked a hit and scored two runs in the game, while Christin Mickelboro went 1-for-2 with two walks and a run scored.
With a 2-0 lead in hand going into the top of the second inning, the Jackets took advantage of two errors and a wild pitch to plate four more runs in the frame.
LeTOURNEAU 2, DALLAS 0
Taylor Thibodeaux pitched a two-hit shutout to lead the YellowJackets to a narrow 2-0 win on the road at the University of Dallas to conclude their four-game trip.
Thibodeaux, a sophomore from Angleton, Texas, struck out five batters and walked only two. Only one Dallas batter reached third base in the game.
The YellowJackets plated the game-winning run in the top of the fourth when Jourdan Glover scored from third base on Cooper's RBI groundout to first. Glover reached base and advanced to third on a Dallas outfield error.
LeTourneau added an insurance run in the top of the sixth inning when Winter led off with a triple and then came home on Mickelboro's sacrifice fly.
McPhail knocked two base hits in the game, while Whitehead, Mickelboro, Winter and Glover recorded base hits of their own.
