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Summer Cross
Steven Aldridge
5
Winner Simon Fraser SFU 0
3
Union UU 0
Winner
Simon Fraser SFU
0
5
Final
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Union UU
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Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Simon Fraser SFU 0 0 3 1 0 0 1 5 6 0
Union UU 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 7 4

W: Tate,Jessica (1-0) L: Taylor, Paige (0-0) S: Belton,Tori (0)

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Union University UU 0
9
Winner Rockhurst RU 0
Union University UU
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1
Final
9
Rockhurst RU
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Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 R H E
Union University UU 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 2
Rockhurst RU 6 0 2 0 1 9 9 0

W: Sappington,Bridgette (0-0) L: Cummings, Hailey (0-0)

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Union University UU 0
8
Winner Missouri St. Louis UMSL 0
Union University UU
0
0
Final
8
Missouri St. Louis UMSL
0
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 R H E
Union University UU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Missouri St. Louis UMSL 2 5 0 1 X 8 10 0

W: Perryman, Hannah (0-0) L: Taylor, Paige (0-0)

Game Recap: Softball | | Kelly Robey, Union Sports Information Graduate Assistant

Union softball goes 1-4 in Gulf Shores

GULF SHORES, Ala. – The Union University softball team (1-8) finished the Gulf Shores (Ala.) Invitational going 1-4 on the weekend. Friday, Union got their first win of the season against McKendree (Ill.) University 11-1, and then lost 4-3 to Southern Nazarene (Okla.) University. The Lady Bulldogs dropped both games on Saturday to Simon Fraser (Canada), 5-3, and Rockhurst (Mo.) University, 9-1. Sunday, Union fell to No. 7 University of Missouri St. Louis, 8-0.

In the loss to No. 7 Missouri-St. Louis, Union was no-hit while allowing 10 hits to the Tritons in the 8-0 loss. A 3-run home run allowed in the second inning led to a 5-run frame.

In Saturday's first game, Union got a 3-run home run from Reagan Schrader to tie the game. However, Simon Fraser got single runs in the fourth and seventh to take the 5-3 win.

Rockhurst scored six runs in the first inning to take control of the game late Saturday night. Union got their only run in the third when Summer Cross hit a single to drive in LaDesha Nelson. Union lost 9-1 in five innings.

Friday, Union got their first win of the season in an 11-1 win over McKendree. Union scored a run in the first inning on a sacrifice fly from Cross. After McKendree answered with a game-tying run in the bottom of the first, Union added four runs in the third. The big hit was a two RBI double by Rachel Ridolfi. Union scored four more runs in the fourth inning. A run scoring double from Haley Barnette followed by a single from Ridolfi got things started in the fourth. Madison Tennyson followed with a sacrifice fly. Union added two more in the fifth on a RBI single form Cross and a steal of home by Emily Bennett.

Union lost the second game Friday, 4-3, to Southern Nazarene. All the scoring was done in the first two innings. Southern Nazarene scored three in the first, followed by a pair of runs in the bottom of the first for Union. Barnette hit a 2-run home run, scoring Bennett. SNU added a run in the second, followed by a run by Union in the second. Cross singled to get Union to with 4-3.

Up next for Union is a 3-game Gulf South Conference opening series at West Georgia, February 13-14 in Carrolton, Ga.

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