RUSSELLVILLE, Ark.  – Jalissa Gum and Cara Tolar combined to throw 20 innings, allowing one earned run as the Arkansas Tech Golden Suns softball team (29-15, 23-9 Great American Conference) swept a pair of walk-off extra-inning games against the Arkansas-Monticello Cotton Blossoms (28-14, 21-9), winning the opener 2-1 in 12 innings before winning the nightcap 1-0 in eight innings.
 
NEXT UP

• Arkansas Tech and UAM wrap their four-game set with a noon doubleheader on Saturday.

(Game One) UAM STARTING LINEUP
 
1.McKenzie Rice (2B)
2.Korie Parker (3B)
3.Maranda Clendenin (SS)
4.Kendra Coleman (P)
5.Kaylee Freeman (1B)
6.Ashton Currey (C)
7.Jordan Herbner (LF)
8.Meagan Duchesne (DP)
9.Kali Bolter (CF)
Skyler Anderson (RF)
 
TECH STARTING LINEUP
 
1.Janie Knowles (CF)
2.Ashton Sangster (2B)
3.Megan Goodnight (1B)
4.Jalissa Gum (P)
5.Morgan Vaughan (DP)
6.Sarah Coronado (SS)
7.Cara Tolar (RF)
8.Sarah LaChance (C)
9.Gaby Vasquez (LF)
Alix Boulanger (3B)
 
SCORING PLAYS

• UAM 5^th – M. Clendenin singled down the lf line, RBI; K. Parker advanced to second; M. Rice advanced to third; K. Bolter scored, unearned. (UAM 1, Tech 0)
• Tech 7^th – J. Knowles doubled to left center, advanced to third on the throw, RBI; M. Withrow scored. (Tech 1, UAM 1)
• Tech 12^th – A. Sangster singled to right center, RBI; G. Vasquez scored. (Tech 2, UAM 1) 

OF RECORD

• Winning Pitcher: J. Gum (13-8)
• Losing Pitcher: K. Coleman (17-4)

NOTABLES

• Gum went the distance in the win, allowing one earned run on five hits, fanning 17 and walking three in 12.0 innings of work.
• Knowles and LaChance both had two hits in the winning effort.
• Sydnie Henson returned to action after missing the previous month due to injury, entering the game as a pinch-runner.

(Game Two) UAM STARTING LINEUP
 
1.McKenzie Rice (2B)
2.Korie Parker (3B)
3.Maranda Clendenin (SS)
4.Kendra Coleman (DP)
5.Kaylee Freeman (P)
6.Brittany Gentry (C)
7.Kali Bolter (CF)
8.Meagan Duschene (RF)
9.Skyler Anderson (LF)
Aubree Head (1B)
 
TECH STARTING LINEUP
 
1.Janie Knowles (3B)
2.Ashton Sangster (2B)
3.Megan Goodnight (1B)
4.Jalissa Gum (DP)
5.Sarah Coronado (SS)
6.Sarah LaChance (C)
7.Cara Tolar (P)
8.Bailey Shaffer (LF)
9.Gaby Vasquez (CF)
Alix Boulanger (RF)
 
SCORING PLAYS

• Tech 8^th – S. Coronado reached on a fielding error by 3B; J. Gum advanced to second; M. Goodnight advanced to third; A. Sangster scored, unearned. (Tech 1, UAM 0) 

OF RECORD

• Winning Pitcher: C. Tolar (5-3)
• Losing Pitcher: K. Freeman (6-7)

NOTABLES

• Tolar fired a three-hit shutout, walking none and fanning six to pick up the win.
• Bailey Shaffer had a pair of hits in the win.