RUSSELLVILLE, Ark.  – Jalissa Gum fired a no-hitter, fanning 11 while Janie Knowles belted a two-run homer to lead the No. 8 Arkansas Tech Golden Suns softball team (45-7) to a 2-0 win over Southern Nazarene (27-30) on Thursday in the opening round of the Great American Conference championship tournament.
 
NEXT UP

• The Golden Suns face the winner of this afternoon's Harding/Arkansas-Monticello game later this evening. The game time is to be determined.

SNU STARTING LINEUP

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

TECH STARTING LINEUP

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

SCORING PLAYS

• Tech 2^nd – J. Knowles homered to left field, 2 RBI; K. Hill scored. (Tech 2, SNU 0)

OF RECORD

• Winning Pitcher: Jalissa Gum (19-1)
  Losing Pitcher:  Kayla Wyatt (18-14)

NOTABLES

• Gum's no-hitter was the third no-hitter in GAC tournament history, and her 11 strikeouts set a new GAC tournament record.
• Knowles' second-inning homer was her sixth of the year and her first since Feb. 20.
• Gum ran her streak of innings without an earned run allowed to 45.1 innings.