BROWNWOOD, Texas - Despite cloudy weather conditions and a 14-1 loss to LeTourneau University, the Howard Payne University softball team capped a successful Senior Day ceremony out at Lady Jacket Park on Saturday afternoon.
Kodi Glosson finished 2-3 from behind the plate with an RBI and two singles,
Tiffany Hinkleman fnished 2-2 and Rachel Hit was 1-3 with a double in the contest.
The LeTourneau opened the game with a five-run first inning and then leaned on the pitching services of Ashley Burdine to roll to the series-clinching victory. After a seven-run top of the fifth, LeTourneau had stymied any chance of a Howard Payne comeback and hung on to capture the 14-1 victory in five innings.
The Lady Jackets sole run came in the fifth inning while attempting to force the game into a full seven innings. After
Madison Sims singled up the middle with one out,
Tayler Rushing followed with a beautiful hit down the left field line to put runners in scoring position. Senior
Rachel Jackson would sub into the game as a pinch runner for Rushing.
Rachel Hitt's double to left center on the ensuing bat would put Jackson into scoring position. After
Kodi Glosson lined a single to left field, Jackson would end up coming around to score HPU's lone run on the day.
LeTourneau forced a pop out to end the game and would hold on for the 14-1 victory. It was the 2017 season finale for the Lady Jackets and we will now head into the off-season looking to build on the exceptional work of our 2017 seniors.
As a group, our 2017 seniors finsih with over 920 at-bats, 294 innings pitched, 250 hits, 88 strikeouts, 80 RBI's, and 40 stolen bases, We are proud of this group of young ladies;
Rachel Jackson,
Rachel Hitt,
Kodi Glosson,
Tayler Rushing and
Sabrina Ochoa, for their hardwork and service to Howard Payne athletics and we know the future is bright for this group of dedicated student-athletes.
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