RUSSELLVILLE, Ark. – Morgan Vaughan fired a perfect game in the nightcap, following a one-hit shutout by Jalissa Gum as the Arkansas Tech Golden Suns softball team (17-9, 11-3 Great American Conference) picked up a doubleheader sweep of Southern Nazarene (6-18, 3-11) on Friday afternoon at the Chartwells Women's Sports Complex, winning 2-0 and 8-0.

NEXT UP

• Tech and SNU finish their four-game set with a noon doubleheader on Saturday, March 18.

(GAME ONE) SNU STARTING LINEUP

1. Sam Smith (CF)
2. Kai Sanchez (SS)
3. Jacey James (3B)
4. Hannah LeBeau (C)
5. Katelyn Brown (P)
6. Amy Reynolds (DP)
7. Kendal Stockstill (RF)
8. Kyndall Freer-Christopher (1B)
9. Kriston Shumaker (2B)
   Logan Sundbye (LF)

TECH STARTING LINEUP

1. Cara Tolar (RF)
2. Ashton Sangster (2B)
3. Megan Goodnight (1B)
4. Jalissa Gum (P)
5. Sarah LaChance (C)
6. Janie Knowles (3B)
7. Bailey Shaffer (LF)
8. Ashley Landry (CF)
9. Sarah Coronado (SS)

SCORING PLAYS

• Tech 2^nd – J. Gum homered to left field, RBI. (Tech 1, SNU 0)
• Tech 5^th – S. Coronado singled through the right side, advanced to second on the throw, RBI; B. Shaffer scored. (Tech 2, SNU 0)

OF RECORD

• Winning Pitcher: Jalissa Gum (6-4)
• Losing Pitcher: Katelyn Brown (4-6)

NOTABLES

• SNU picked up its first baserunner in the fourth inning, however, the baserunner was called out for leaving early and Gum had faced the minimum amount of hitters until a fifth-inning walk.
• Gum held SNU hitless until the top of the seventh inning, when the Crimson Storm's Kai Sanchez singled to lead off the frame.
• Gum led off the second inning with her sixth home run of the season, ripping the first pitch over the left field wall.

(GAME TWO) SNU STARTING LINEUP

1. Sam Smith (CF)
2. Kai Sanchez (SS)
3. Jacey James (3B)
4. Amy Reynolds (C)
5. Katelyn Brown (RF)
6. Kendal Stockstill (LF)
7. Kyndall Freer (1B0
8. Riley Brown (DP)
9. Kriston Shumaker (2B)

TECH STARTING LINEUP

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

SCORING PLAYS

• Tech 2^nd – B. Shaffer singled to left center, RBI; S. LaChance scored, unearned. (Tech 1, SNU 0)
• Tech 3^rd – M. Goodnight singled to left field, advanced to second on a throwing error by lf, advanced to third on the error, RBI; A. Sangster scored. (Tech 2, SNU 0)
• Tech 4^th – A. Sangster doubled to left center, advanced to third on the throw, 2 RBI; A. Boulanger scored; B. Shaffer advanced to third, out at home cf to p to c; C. Tolar scored, unearned. (Tech 4, SNU 0)
• Tech 4^th – J. Knowles homered to left field, 2 RBI, unearned; A. Sangster scored, unearned. (Tech 6, SNU 0)
• Tech 4^th – J. Gum doubled down the rf line, 2 RBI; M. Goodnight scored, unearned; S. Coronado scored, unearned. (Tech 8, SNU 0)

OF RECORD

• Winning Pitcher: Morgan Vaughan (7-1)
• Losing Pitcher: Brooke Tate (0-5)

NOTABLES

• Vaughan's perfect game was the first no-hitter for the Golden Suns since Jalissa Gum blanked Southern Nazarene 2-0 on April 28, 2016.
• Vaughan, Northwestern Oklahoma's Madison Garza (vs. UAM), and Henderson State's Michelle Sorensen (vs. Southeastern Oklahoma) all fired no-hitters on the day.  
• Coronado, Goodnight, and Sangster all had two hits on the day.