WEATHERFORD, Okla. – Kristen Dempsey fanned a career-high 10 batters, while Paty Loredo had a four-hit afternoon as the Arkansas Tech Golden Suns softball team (38-16, 29-13 Great American Conference) picked up a doubleheader sweep of Southwestern Oklahoma (12-37, 12-27) on Friday afternoon, winning the opener 6-1 and the nightcap 3-2.
 
NEXT UP

• Arkansas Tech and Southwestern Oklahoma concludes its four-game series on Saturday with an 11 a.m. doubleheader.

ARKANSAS TECH LINEUP (GAME 1)

1. Bailey Bunch (2B)
2. Ashton Sangster (CF)
3. Paty Loredo (DP)
4. Megan Goodnight (P)
5. Paige Mendoza (3B)
6. Janie Knowles (1B)
7. Sarah Coronado (SS)
8. Sydnie Henson (LF)
9. Makenzie Addis (C)
   Alix Boulanger (RF)

SOUTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA LINEUP

1. Hannah Morris (SS)
2. Amanda Moreno (3B)
3. Kinsey Skroh (C)
4. Sidney Kirk (1B)
5. Allyson Gafford (DP)
6. Samantha Householder (2B)
7. Hannah Franklin (RF)
8. Rileigh Ricken (P)
9. Jacquelyn Lovelace (CF)
   Bella Garcia (LF)

SCORING PLAYS

• Tech 2^nd – P. Mendoza homered to left center, RBI. (Tech 1, SWOSU 0)
• Tech 5^th – P. Loredo homered to right center, 2 RBI; A. Sangster scored. (Tech 3, SWOSU 0)
• Tech 5^th – J. Knowles doubled to left center, RBI; V. Bennett scored. (Tech 4, SWOSU 0)
• Tech 6^th – A. Sangster tripled to right center, 2 RBI; G. Vasquez scored; S. Henson scored. (Tech 6, SWOSU 0)
• SWOSU 7^th – H. Franklin homered to left field, RBI. (Tech 6, SWOSU 1)

OF RECORD

• Winning Pitcher: Megan Goodnight (14-4)
• Losing Pitcher: Rileigh Ricken (5-16)

NOTABLES

• Sangster and Loredo had two hits in the win.
• Sangster stole her 26^th base of the season.
• Goodnight scattered seven hits over her six innings of work, allowing one run, fanning four.
• Cara Tolar pitched a scoreless seventh in the win.

ARKANSAS TECH LINEUP (GAME 2)

1. Bailey Bunch (LF)
2. Ashton Sangster (CF)
3. Paty Loredo (DP)
4. Megan Goodnight (1B)
5. Paige Mendoza (3B)
6. Janie Knowles (C)
7. Sarah Coronado (SS)
8. Sydnie Henson (LF)
9. Gaby Vasquez (RF)
   Kristen Dempsey (P)

SOUTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA LINEUP

1. Hannah Morris (SS)
2. Amanda Moreno (3B)
3. Kinsey Skroh (C)
4. Sidney Kirk (1B)
5. Allyson Gafford (DP)
6. Samantha Householder (2B)
7. Hannah Franklin (RF)
8. Rileigh Ricken (LF)
9. Jacquelyn Lovelace (CF)
   Miranda Grover (P) 

SCORING PLAYS

• SWOSU 1^st – A. Gafford singled to right center, out at first cf to 2b to 1b, RBI; Sidney Kirk advanced to third; A. Moreno scored. (SWOSU 1, Tech 0)
• Tech 2^nd – J. Knowles doubled to right center, RBI; P. Mendoza scored. (Tech 1, SWOSU 1)
• Tech 2^nd – S. Henson tripled to left center, RBI; J. Knowles scored. (Tech 2, SWOSU 1)
• Tech 2^nd – B. Bunch reached on a dropped fly by cf, advanced to second; S. Henson scored, unearned. (Tech 3, SWOSU 1)
• SWOSU 2^nd – H. Morris singled through the left side, RBI; J. Lovelace advanced to third; H. Franklin scored, unearned. (Tech 3, SWOSU 2)

OF RECORD

• Winning Pitcher: Kristen Dempsey (10-5)
• Losing Pitcher: Miranda Grover (5-8)
• Save: Bailey Shaffer (2)

NOTABLES

• Loredo had two hits in the win.
• Dempsey went 6.2 innings, allowing two runs, one eanred on six hits, walking two and fanning a career-high ten.
• Dempsey fanned six consecutive SWOSU players between the fifth and seventh innings.