BENTONVILLE, Ark. – Arkansas Tech swept the opening day of the Arkansas-Monticello Division II Softball Challenge in Bentonville on Friday, defeating Northwest Missouri State, 6-0, and Pittsburg State, 5-4. Jalissa Gum highlighted the day with five hits and two runs scored.
 
NEXT UP

• Arkansas Tech (5-1) will return to Memorial Park in Bentonville on Saturday for two contests with Missouri-St. Louis and Missouri Western. Game one is scheduled for 10 a.m. Live stats are available at www.arkansastechsports.com.

 
ARKANSAS TECH LINEUP (GAME 1)

1. Cara Tolar (P)
2. Sarah Coronado (SS)
3. Jalissa Gum (LF)
4. Megan Goodnight (1B)
5. Janie Knowles (C)
6. Sarah LaChance (DP)
7. Alix Boulanger (3B)
8. Ashton Sangster (2B)
9. Sydnie Henson (RF)

          Ashley Landry (CF)
 
NORTHWEST MISSOURI STATE LINEUP

1. Torri Blythe (2B)
2. Kiana Baderdeen (CF)
3. Rebecca Maher (SS)
4. Alexis Kelsey (1B)
5. Chantel Adams (3B)
6. Jessica Rawie (C)
7. Kaitlin Weis (RF)
8. Abigail Gilson (DP)
9. Jaedra Moses (LF)

          Rachel Smith (P)
 
SCORING PLAYS

• TECH 4^th - M. Goodnight lined out to 1b; J. Gum scored on a throwing error by 1b, unearned. (TECH 1, NWMSU 0)
• TECH 6^th - A. Sangster singled down the lf line, 2 RBI; G. Vasquez advanced to second; J. Knowles scored; M. Goodnight scored. (TECH 3, NWMSU 0)
• TECH 6^th - C. Tolar walked, RBI; S. Henson advanced to second; A. Sangster advanced to third; G. Vasquez scored. (TECH 4, NWMSU 0)
• TECH 6^th - S. Coronado singled to left center, 2 RBI; C. Tolar advanced to second; S. Henson scored; A. Sangster scored. (TECH 6, NWMSU 0)

 
OF RECORD

• Winning Pitcher – Morgan Vaughan (3-0)
• Losing Pitcher – Rachel Smith (0-1)

 
ARKANSAS TECH LINEUP (GAME 2)

1. Cara Tolar (CF)
2. Sarah Coronado (SS)
3. Jalissa Gum (P)
4. Megan Goodnight (1B)
5. Janie Knowles (C)
6. Sarah LaChance (DP)
7. Alix Boulanger (3B)
8. Ashton Sangster (2B)
9. Sydnie Henson (RF)

          Ashley Landry (LF)
 
PITTSBURG STATE LINEUP

1. Kaity Kukowski (SS)
2. Sierra Hall (CF)
3. Nicole Nease (C)
4. Kylie Guthier (1B)
5. Kala Holder (3B)
6. Myka Hayward (DP)
7. Lawren McKinney (LF)
8. Tiara Ewy (2B)
9. Kristen Van Hoosen (RF)

          Emmie Robertson (P)
 
SCORING PLAYS

• TECH 3^rd - J. Gum singled to right center, advanced to second on the throw, RBI; S. Coronado advanced to third, out at third cf to c to 3b; C. Tolar advanced to third; S. Henson scored. (TECH 1, PSU 0)
• PSU 4^th - McKinney,L. doubled to left center, 2 RBI; Holder,K. scored; Miller,S. scored. (PSU 2, TECH 1)
• PSU 5^th - Guthier,K. homered to right center, 2 RBI; Hall,S. scored. (PSU 4, TECH 1)
• TECH 5^th - M. Goodnight homered to center field, 2 RBI; J. Gum scored. (PSU 4, TECH 3)
• TECH 6^th - S. Coronado reached on a fielding error by ss; C. Tolar advanced to second; S. Henson scored, unearned; A. Sangster scored, unearned. (TECH 5, PSU 4)

 
OF RECORD

• Winning Pitcher – Bailey Shaffer (2-0)
• Save – Morgan Vaughan (2)
• Losing Pitcher – Emmie Robertson (4-2)

 
NOTABLES

• Vaughan earned her third win of the season in game one, pitching 3.1 scorings innings in relief of Tolar. She also picked up her second save of the year against Pittsburg State. Vaughan has made an appearance in the circle in all six games this season for the Golden Suns.
• Shaffer added her second win of the season after 1.1 innings in relief of Gum.
• Coronado and Sangster combined for four runs batted in during game one, while Goodnight recorded her third and fourth run batted in on the year with a two-run home run that pulled Tech within one run against Pittsburg State.