SERIES INFORMATION
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ARKANSAS TECH
GOLDEN SUNS
11-7 (3-3 GAC) |
OUACHITA BAPTIST
TIGERS
3-16 (1-5 GAC) |
Saturday, March 10 | 2 p.m. | DH
"Petesy" Langston Softball | Arkadelphia, Ark.
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FIRST PITCH
The Arkansas Tech softball team is on the road this weekend and will resume Great American Conference play at Ouachita Baptist.
The series is slated to begin with a doubleheader on Saturday afternoon starting at 2 p.m. Sunday will close the series with a single-game starting at noon.
The Golden Suns and Tigers have met 76 times historically in a series that started in 2003. In terms of the all-time series record, Arkansas Tech holds a 54-22 lead over Ouachita.
The two teams met three times last season with the conference series being played at Tech. The Golden Suns won the series, 2-1, with wins in the first two games of the series.
TECH(NICALLY) SPEAKING
The Golden Suns enters this weekend's series against Ouachita Baptist with an overall record of 11-7 and a 3-3 mark in GAC play. This past weekend, the Golden Suns picked up their first conference series victory of the season winning two-of-three against Henderson State. The Golden Suns would win the opener, 7-3, and the rubber game, 5-2. Most-recently, the Golden Suns hosted No. 18-ranked Pittsburg State for a mid-week doubleheader and dropped both games.
Entering play this weekend, the Golden Suns are hitting .278 as a team (127-for-457) with 96 runs scored, 28 doubles, three triples and six home runs.
Dani Lindsey currently leads the team in batting average at .385 (15-for-39).
Lindsey has also provided the most power production thus far with a .615 slugging percentage thanks to five doubles and two triples.
Lexi Gorniak leads the team in RBIs with 12 while
Kaylyn Aguirre leads the team in runs scored with 12.
Sydney Keaton leads the team in home runs with two while the other five have come from a different source with
Gorniak,
Savannah Snow,
Aidan Gorton and
Maycie Hardy all having left the yard.
In the circle, the Golden Suns have a team ERA of 3.72 and have struck out 86 batters in 113.0 innings of work.
Bradi Basler,
Aiden Dayberry and
Alexis Findley have made multiple starts this season with
Basler having the most with nine with
Dayberry next with five and
Findley with four.
Jaycee McKee and
Ella Thornley have also made appearances in relief for Tech as part of their five-person pitching staff.
Basler is currently 6-2 and has posted a 2.68 ERA and struck out 42 in 47.0 innings of work.
Leading the Golden Suns is
Jordon Jones. In her second season as head coach of the Golden Suns,
Jones is looking to build off her first year in which Tech posted a 28-24 overall record and were 17-15 in the Great American Conference. Prior to coming to Tech,
Jones had head coaching stops at the NAIA level at Central Baptist in Conway and MidAmerica Nazarene in Kansas. Overall, her career record is 193-110.
SCOUTING OUACHITA BAPTIST
Ouachita Baptist enters this weekend's series with Tech with a 3-16 overall record and a 1-5 mark in the GAC. The Tigers are coming off being swept by No. 10-ranked Mississippi College in a road mid-week doubleheader this past Tuesday.
Entering play this weekend, the Tigers are hitting .259 as a team (122-for-471) with 72 runs scored, 25 doubles, four triples and six home runs.
Erin Williams currently leads the team in batting average at .442 (23-for-52).
Williams also has been the team's biggest power threat thus far with a .692 slugging percentage thanks to three doubles, two triples and two home runs. Her home runs lead the team as the remaining four for the Tigers have come from different players.
Remington Adams leads the team in RBIs with 14 and is followed by
Williams with 13.
Baylee King and
Katelyn Provence are tied for the team-lead in runs scored with 11. T
In the circle, the Tigers have a team ERA of 8.55 and have struck out 49 batters in 111.1 innings of work.
Five different pitchers have started multiple games for the Tigers with
Hunter Hannah making the most starts on the team with nine.
Hannah is 1-7 with a 10.78 ERA and 17 strikeouts in 37.0 innings of work.
Tuesday Melton has made the second-most starts with five and has appeared in 11 games total to lead the team.
Melton is 1-5 with an 8.75 ERA and has 13 strikeouts in 24.0 innings.
The Tigers are led by
Jeff Jackson, who in his first season at Ouachita Baptist.
