COLLEGE SOFTBALL: Lady Falcons record first win in doubleheader split

DURANT, Okla. The UTPB softball team split a doubleheader with Southeastern Oklahoma and earned its first victory of the season on Thursday.

The Falcons (1-8) won the first game of the doubleheader 4-2 and lost 8-0 in the second contest, which was stopped after five innings by the eight-run mercy rule.

Desiree Valero earned the win in Game 1 after striking out three and giving up two earned runs in seven innings. Catcher Anna Hollingsworth went 3-for-6 and drove in a run in the doubleheader.

Southeastern Oklahoma (6-5) was led offensively by Page Priest, who went 4-for-6 and recorded two RBIs in the doubleheader.

The Lady Falcons will play games against Washburn (noon) and Cameron (2 p.m.) today in Durant, Okla.

>> UTPB 4-0, Southeastern Oklahoma 2-8

GAME 1

UTPB.............. 300  000     1   —     4      9     2

SE Okla.......... 001  000     1   —     2      5     1

Desiree Valero and Anna Hollingsworth. Audra Rhudy and Courtney Moore. W — Valero. L — Rhudy. 2B — UTPB: Katelyn Stanley. HR — UTPB: Anna Hollingsworth, Southeastern Oklahoma: Audra Rhudy.

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GAME 2

(Game ended in five innings)

UTPB.............. 000    00          —     0      2     0

SE Okla.......... 151    01          —     8    14     1

Tomie Ellard, Katelyn Stanley (3), and Bailie Summers (4) and Anna Hollingsworth. Jacee Bennett, Kelsey Reding (4), and Lyndi Davidson (5) and Kaija Morris. W — Reding. L — Stanley. 2B — Katie Campbell.

Records — UTPB 1-8, Southeastern Oklahoma 6-5.