BETHANY, Okla. – The No. 5 Arkansas Tech Golden Suns softball team (18-1, 10-0 Great American Conference) used a combination of strong pitching and timely hitting to pick up a doubleheader sweep over Southern Nazarene (7-11, 2-8) on Friday, winning the opener 3-1 and the finale 6-4.

NEXT UP

• Tech concludes its four-game set with the Crimson Storm on Saturday, March 5, with a noon doubleheader.

(GAME ONE) TECH STARTING LINEUP

1. Alex Edinger (2B)
2. Gaby Vasquez (RF)
3. Jalissa Gum (P)
4. Sarah Coronado (SS)
5. Ashley Savage (LF)
6. Destiny Crumpley (3B)
7. Kambri Hill (CF)
8. Janie Knowles (C)
9. Megan Goodnight (DP)
   Chloe Clifton (1B)

SNU STARTING LINEUP

1. Sam Smith (RF)
2. Logan Sundbye (3B)
3. Jill Clemence (CF)
4. Hannah LeBeau (C)
5. Jessica Thompson (DP)
6. Kyndall Freer (1B)
7. Hope Martin (LF)
8. Kylie Palmer (2B)
9. Kriston Shumaker (SS)

SCORING PLAYS

• Tech 5^th – D. Crumpley homered to left center, RBI. (Tech 1, SNU 0)
• Tech 5^th – A. Edinger reached on a throwing error by ss, advanced to second on the throw; K. Hill scored on the error, unearned. (Tech 2, SNU 0)
• SNU 5^th – Martin homered to left field, RBI. (Tech 2, SNU 1)
• Tech 7^th – A. Edinger singled to center field, advanced to second on the throw, RBI; A. Anderson scored. (Tech 3, SNU 1)

OF RECORD

• Winning Pitcher: Jalissa Gum (5-0)
  Losing Pitcher: Kayla Wyatt (4-4)

NOTABLES

• Edinger had two of Tech's five hits.
• Gum picked up her fifth win of the season after allowing one run on four hits in seven innings of work. The junior fanned four and walked two.

(GAME TWO) TECH STARTING LINEUP

1. Alex Edinger (2B)
2. Gaby Vasquez (RF)
3. Jalissa Gum (DP)
4. Sarah Coronado (SS)
5. Ashley Savage (LF)
6. Destiny Crumpley (3B)
7. Kambri Hill (CF)
8. Janie Knowles (C)
9. Chloe Clifton (1B)

SNU STARTING LINEUP

1. Sam Smith (RF)
2. Logan Sundbye (2B)
3. Jill Clemence (CF)
4. Hannah LeBeau (1B)
5. Jessica Thompson (3B)
6. Hope Martin (LF)
7. Katelyn Brown (P)
8. Kyndall Freer (DP)
9. Kriston Shumaker (SS)
   Allie Baird (C)

SCORING PLAYS

• Tech 1^st – S. Coronado singled to right field, RBI; J. Gum advanced to second; A. Edinger scored. (Tech 1, SNU 0)
• Tech 1^st – A. Savage reached on an error by 2b, advanced to second on the throw, RBI; S. Coronado to third; J. Gum scored. (Tech 2, SNU 0)
• Tech 4^th – J. Knowles singled down the rf line, RBI; K. Hill scored. (Tech 3, SNU 0)
• Tech 4^th – C. Clifton homered to right field, RBI; J. Knowles scored. (Tech 5, SNU 0)
• SNU 4^th – Smith reached on a fielder's choice, RBI; Short advanced to second; Brown out at third ss to 3b; Martin scored, unearned, (Tech 5, SNU 1)
• SNU 5^th – Martin reached on a fielder's choice, advanced to second on a throwing error by 2b; Reeves out at third c to 2b to 3b; Shumaker scored on the throw, unearned, (Tech 5, SNU 2)
• SNU 6^th – Palmer reached on a fielder's choice, SAC, bunt, advanced to third on the throw; S. Smith out at third c to 2b to 3b; Shumaker scored on the throw, unearned. (Tech 5, SNU 3)
• SNU 6^th – Clemence advanced to second on the error; Palmer scored on a throwing error by c, unearned. (Tech 5, SNU 4)
• Tech 7^th – D. Crumpley doubled to right field, RBi; S. Coronado scored. (Tech 6, SNU 4)  

OF RECORD

• Winning Pitcher: Morgan Vaughan (7-0)
  Losing Pitcher: Katelyn Brown (3-5)
  Save: Kelsie Barker (2)

NOTABLES

• Vasquez and Knowles both had two hits in the win.
• Vaughan picked up the win after going five innings and allowing two unearned runs on six hits, walking three and fanning seven.
• Barker picked up her second save of the season after allowing two unearned runs in two innings, fanning four.