Lady Chaps finish sweep of St. Edward's
Kasey Flores drove in three runs with a double and her 15th home run, helping Lubbock Christian University beat St. Edward's 5-2 in a Lone Star Conference softball series finale Sunday at Maner Park.
LCU (30-8, 20-7) swept the three-game series and extended its win streak to 11 games.
The Lady Chaps took a 2-0 lead in the first inning on run-scoring doubles by Hope Banales and Flores, and Flores' two-run homer in the sixth made it 4-1. Berkeley Quinn and Skylar Herrera finished with two hits apiece for LCU.
Freshman pitcher Ashlinn Hamilton (6-0) went 4 2/3 innings, allowing one run on two hits. Taylor Franco finished for her first save.
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Austin Beck, Tyler Boggs and Justin Harris had three hits apiece in the bottom third of the order, and No. 3 Angelo State run-ruled Lubbock Christian University 18-7 in seven innings Sunday, finishing off a Lone Star Conference four-game series sweep at Hays Field.
Jordan Williams and Harris drove in three runs apiece for the Rams (30-4, 28-4), who rapped out 17 hits against Marcos Escalera (1-3) and three relievers. Tripp Clark, Thomas Cain and Beck had two RBI each.
Brevin McCool went 4 for 4 for LCU (16-13, 15-13), which dropped to sixth place in the LSC. Chris Shull went 3 for 4 with his team-leading seventh homer and two runs batted in, and Eduardo Acosta hit a two-run double.
Angelo State won the second game of Saturday's doubleheader 20-6, getting three RBI apiece from Jacob Guerrero, Cain and Conagher Sands and two each from Kamden Kelton and Reese Johnson. The Rams piled up 20 hits without a home run, hanging the loss on starter Andrew Duran (4-2).
This article originally appeared on Lubbock Avalanche-Journal: Area college roundup: Lady Chaps finish sweep of St. Edward's
