BENTONVILLE, Ark. – Megan Goodnight went 4-for-4 with a double, a homer, and two RBIs, Bailey Bunch went 3-for-4, while Kristen Dempsey and Bailey Shaffer combined to hold Harding to two runs as the Arkansas Tech Golden Suns softball team (41-17) downed Harding (31-25) 9-2 on Friday in the second round of the Great American Conference softball championships.
 
NEXT UP

• The Golden Suns will square off against the winner of today's Southern Arkansas/Southern Nazarene contest in an 11 a.m. game on Saturday.

ARKANSAS TECH LINEUP

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

HARDING LINEUP

1. Madi Trump (2B)
2. Peyton Mills (RF)
3. Briley Feringa (C)
4. Madison Leggett (SS)
5. Amanda Fields (1B)
6. Katlyn Gordon (3B)
7. Hannah Fisher (LF)
8. Kyndal Pirtle (CF)
9. Katie Carney (DP)
   Emily Garrett (P)

SCORING PLAYS

• Tech 1^st – J. Knowles flied out to lf; A. Sangster advanced to third on the error; B. Bunch scored on a throwing error, unearned. (Tech 1, Harding 0)
• Tech 2^nd – M. Addis homered to left field, 2 RBI; M. Goodnight scored. (Tech 3, Harding 0)
• Tech 3^rd – S. Coronado walked, RBI; M. Goodnight advanced to second; P. Mendoza advanced to third; J. Knowles scored. (Tech 4, Harding 0)
• Tech 3^rd – S. Henson singled to left, RBI; S. Coronado advanced to second; M. Goodnight advanced to third; P. Mendoza scored. (Tech 5, Harding 0)
• Tech 3^rd – M. Addis walked, RBI; S. Henson advanced to second; S. Coronado advanced to third; M. Goodnight scored. (Tech 6, Harding 0)
• Harding 3^rd – M. Trump singled up the middle, advanced to second on the throw, RBI; H. Fisher scored. (Tech 6, Harding 1)
• Tech 7^th – M. Goodnight homered down the lf line, 2 RBI; P. Mendoza scored, unearned. (Tech 8, Harding 1)
• Tech 7^th – B. Bunch tripled to right center, RBI; M. Addis scored. (Tech 9, Harding 1)
• Harding 7^th – M. Trump singled to right field, RBI; L. Duncan advanced to third; K. Pirtle scored. (Tech 9, Harding 2)

OF RECORD

• Winning Pitcher: Kristen Dempsey (12-6)
• Losing Pitcher: Emily Garrett (9-7)
• Save: Bailey Shaffer (3)

NOTABLES

• Eight Golden Suns picked up hits, as Tech combined for 13 hits in the contest.
• Makenzie Addis' two-run homer in the second inning was her 11^th of the season, putting her in the team overall lead.
• Goodnight's seventh-inning double, her 18^th of the season, tied the Arkansas Tech single-season record of 18 set by Whitney Robinson in 2014.