TU Softball Team: March 2011

Wednesday, March 30, 2011

TU Softball in SCAC Play

Trinity’s women’s softball team started SCAC conference this past weekend. They opened with four games against Austin College. The tigers won all four games and are now 4-0 in conference play, with a 12-16 record in total. TU softball has now won five of their last six games.

This weekend they will be on the road. They play in Georgetown, Texas against their rival school, Southwestern University. The girls on the team are looking forward to the weekend, and are excited and looking for more wins. With the wins this weekend, Trinity and Southwestern are currently tied for the West Division lead.

Junior Karen MacPherson on the Trinity Tigers softball team recently broke the SCAC conference record for career stolen bases. She has already reached over 70 stolen bases and has been caught stealing only seven times. She is already Trinity’s and the SCAC’s record holder for career and single season steals, and she still has the rest of her junior year and her senior year to add on to it.

After beating Austin College and facing Southwestern this weekend, the Tigers will face Millsaps and Hendrix University in conference play. The top teams in the SCAC will go to tournament play in late April. The best of luck is wished to the lady Tigers for the rest of their season.

Wednesday, March 2, 2011

Looking Forward to Conference Games

Trinity University’s softball team travelled for the first time this past weekend. On Saturday they played in Marshall, Texas against East Texas Baptist University (ETBU). ETBU is the number one NCAA Division III team in the nation having won the national championship in 2010.

The teams played a double header on Saturday afternoon. Trinity played well for facing the top team in the nation but unfortunately ended the day with two losses. The scores to the two games were 4-2 and 5-0 consecutively.

Sophomore Lindsay Weyand (Allen, TX.)
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A major highlight of the games was when sophomore outfielder Lindsay Weyand, from Allen, Texas, blasted a single-run homerun in the top of the seventh inning. Junior outfielder Karen MacPherson, also from Allen, Texas, hit two (out of three at bats) of Trinity’s six hits in the first game as a lead off batter.

The Trinity Tiger’s softball team will not play again until next week on Wednesday, March 9. They will be hosting Evangel University in a double header. After that the girls play several games but their next home games will not be until the last weekend in March, when they will be hosting three double headers.

The girls are looking forward to Conference games which will be beginning soon and are optimistic about the season. They believe they have a good chance at being a winning team this year although they will be facing competitive teams. The best of luck is wished to the Tiger’s softball team.