DURANT, Okla. – Morgan Vaughan delivered a complete game to earn her first win of the season, as the Arkansas Tech Golden Suns defeated the Emporia State Hornets, 3-1, on Friday evening.
 
NEXT UP

• Arkansas Tech (2-0) will finish play in the Southeastern Oklahoma Regional Tournament on Saturday with consecutive games against St. Mary's and Midwestern State. The Golden Suns begin play at noon. Live stats and video are available at www.arkansastechsports.com.

 
ARKANSAS TECH LINEUP

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

       Morgan Vaughan (P)

 
EMPORIA STATE LINEUP

1. McKenna Davis (LF)
2. Caitlin VanVleck (CF)
3. Sarah Glass (SS)
4. Danielle Sprinkle (1B)
5. Hailey Cope (3B)
6. Jacie Stephens (C)
7. Eryn Stockman (P)
8. Marly Carmona (DP)
9. Annie Rockley (RF)

       Katie Yoakum (2B)
 
SCORING PLAYS

• ESU 3^rd – C. VanVleck singled up the middle, RBI; M. Davis advanced to third; A. Rockley scored. (ESU 1, TECH 0)
• TECH 4^th – J. Gum homered to center field, 2 RBI; S. Coronado scored, unearned. (TECH 2, ESU 1)
• TECH 5^th – S. Coronado reached on a fielder's choice to pitcher, bunt, RBI; C. Tolar advanced to second; A. Sangster scored. (TECH 3, ESU 1)

 
OF RECORD

• Winning Pitcher – Morgan Vaughan (1-0)
• Losing Pitcher – Annie Rockley (0-1)

 
NOTABLES

• Vaughan went the distance for the Golden Suns, scattering five hits across seven innings while striking out four batters.
• Gum tallied her first home run of the season to give the Golden Suns their first lead of the contest, less than 12 hours after striking out 13 batters in Tech's win over Central Missouri.
• Sangster recorded her first two hits of her Arkansas Tech career to lead the Golden Suns, as well as scoring the insurance run that put Tech ahead, 3-1.