BENTONVILLE, Ark. – The tandem of Megan Goodnight and Cara Tolar combined to hold Southern Nazarene (27-28-1) to one unearned run and eight hits as the Arkansas Tech Golden Suns softball team (43-17) won its first Great American Conference tournament championship with a 2-1 win over the Crimson Storm on Sunday at the Tiger Athletic Complex.
 
NEXT UP

• The Golden Suns will find out their NCAA selection destination on Monday.

ARKANSAS TECH LINEUP

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

SOUTHERN NAZARENE LINEUP

1. Kaley Knox (LF)
2. Cheyenne Reynolds (RF)
3. Mahina Sauer (1B)
4. Katelyn Brown (P)
5. Kai Sanchez (CF)
6. Jacey James (2B)
7. Caitlyn Curlee (3B)
8. Sydni Toilolo (DP)
9. Kriston Shumaker (SS)
   Reilly Schlarb (C)

SCORING PLAYS

• SNU 2^nd – S. Toilolo singled to right field, RBI; K. Sanchez scored, unearned. (SNU 1, Tech 0)
• Tech 5^th – B. Bunch homered down the rf line, RBI. (Tech 1, SNU 1)
• Tech 7^th – B. Bunch reached on an error by ss, advanced to second on the throw; S. Henson advanced to second, advanced to third on the throw; S. Coronado scored on the error, unearned. (Tech 2, SNU 1)

OF RECORD

• Winning Pitcher: Cara Tolar (5-4)
• Losing Pitcher: Katelyn Brown (19-16)

NOTABLES

• Bunch hit her first career home run to knot the game in the fifth inning.
• Bunch and Sydnie Henson had two hits apiece in the win.
• Goodnight tossed 3.1 innings, scattering six hits and allowing one unearned run.
• Cara Tolar allowed two hits in 3.2 innings of relief, walking two and fanning two.
• Knowles, Sangster, Bunch, and Addis were named to the all-tournament team, while Goodnight was named tournament MVP.