RUSSELLVILLE, Ark. – Jalissa Gum fired a one-hitter in the opening game, while Janie Knowles, Sarah Coronado, Megan Goodnight, and Bailey Shaffer all collected two hits apiece in the nightcap as the Arkansas Tech Golden Suns softball team (20-10, 14-4 Great American Conference) collected a doubleheader sweep of Oklahoma Baptist, winning the opener 5-1 before taking a 4-3 victory in the finale.

NEXT UP

• Arkansas Tech and Oklahoma Baptist will conclude their four-game series with a 1 p.m. doubleheader on Saturday.

(GAME ONE) TECH STARTING LINEUP

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

OBU STARTING LINEUP

1. Jill Shipman (SS)
2. Sam Barry (LF)
3. Madison Vaughan (C)
4. Kursten Bergene (1B)
5. Bry Flanagan (2B)
6. Shelby Savage (CF)
7. Cheyenne Demaree (DP)
8. Morgan Hughes (RF)
9. Katie Reyes (3B)

Bailee Saye (P)
SCORING PLAYS

• Tech 5^th – J. Knowles homered to right center, 3 RBI; A. Landry scored; B. Shaffer scored. (Tech 3, OBU 0)
• Tech 6^th – S. LaChance singled to left field, RBI; M. Goodnight scored. (Tech 4, OBU 0)
• Tech 6^th – A. Landry singled, advanced to second on an error by cf, RBI; B. Shaffer advanced to third; C. Tolar scored. (Tech 5, OBU 0)
• OBU 7^th – Savage singled to left field, RBI; Flanagan advanced to second; Johnson advanced to third; Hillis scored. (Tech 5, OBU 1)

OF RECORD

• Winning Pitcher: Jalissa Gum (7-5)
  Losing Pitcher: Bailee Saye (1-5)

NOTABLES

• Ashley Landry had two hits in the win.
• Gum went the distance, fanning 15 and surrendering just four hits and two walks. The game was Gum's fifth consecutive reaching double figures in strikeouts and her 11^th of the season.

(GAME TWO) 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)

Morgan Vaughan (P)
OBU STARTING LINEUP

1. Jill Shipman (SS)
2. Sam Barry (LF)
3. Madison Vaughan (C)
4. Kursten Bergene (DP)
5. Bry Flanagan (2B)
6. Shelby Savage (CF)
7. Miranda Garza (1B)
8. McKenzie Jones (P)
9. Katie Reyes (3B)

Morgan Hughes (RF)
SCORING PLAYS

• Tech 1^st – J. Gum doubled to left field, RBI; S. Coronado scored. (Tech 1, OBU 0)
• Tech 1^st – J. Gum stole third, scored on an error by c, unearned. (Tech 2, OBU 0)
• OBU 3^rd – Barry homered to right field, 2 RBI; Shipman scored, (Tech 2, OBU 2)
• OBU 3^rd – Bergene singled to right field, RBI; Hillis scored. (OBU 3, Tech 2)
• Tech 7^th – M. Goodnight singled to second base, RBI; S. Coronado advanced to second; J. Knowles scored, unearned. (Tech 3, OBU 3)
• Tech 7^th – S. LaChance singled through the right side, RBI; M. Goodnight advanced to second; S. Coronado scored, unearned. (Tech 4, OBU 3)

OF RECORD

• Winning Pitcher: Cara Tolar (2-2)
• Losing Pitcher: Haylee Zimmerman (5-5)

NOTABLES

• Knowles, Goodnight, Shaffer, and Coronado all had two hits in the win.
• Tolar picked up the win in relief after tossing four no-hit innings and fanning two. Starter Morgan Vaughan lasted 2.2 innings, surrendering three runs on five hits while Shaffer tossed 0.1 innings in relief to get the Golden Suns out of the third inning.
• The sweep pushed the Golden Suns over the 20-win plateau for the fifth consecutive season – marking the first time in the history of the Arkansas Tech softball program that the team has reached that mark for five consecutive seasons.