TLU Completes Sweep Over Schreiner

KERRVILLE, Texas -- No. 14 Texas Lutheran concluded its road series in Kerrville with an 11-2 win at Schreiner on Sunday. TLU completed the three-game conference sweep in dominating fashion, outscoring the Mountaineers 33-5 on the weekend.

The Bulldogs move to 20-2 on the year and 11-1 in SCAC play and will enter their fifth week of SCAC action with a one-game lead over Trinity in the league standings.

On Sunday, TLU stole nine more bases to total 27 on the weekend. Senior Tatum Seith (Hewitt/Midway) led the way offensively against the Mountaineers (2-26, 1-11 SCAC) finishing 2-for-4 with two doubles, three RBIs, and a run scored. Senior Reagan Hillis (Cedar Park/Cedar Park) led the Bulldogs on the base paths with three stolen bases.

In the circle, TLU's senior duo of Ashlyn Strother (Seabrook/Clear Falls) and Sydney Ouellette (Corpus Christi/Gregory-Portland) both saw action on the day. Strother would get the start and only allow three hits in four innings while striking out six to improve her record to 13-0 with the win. Ouellette, TLU's all-time saves leader, would earn her second save of 2024 - allowing two unearned runs on five hits in three innings of relief.

Tatum Seith plated Annie Kay (Sinton/Sinton) on an RBI double to start the scoring in the first inning before Kourtney Bellinger (Houston/Grand Oaks) would drive her in with an RBI single.

In the third, Seith would rip her second RBI double of the afternoon to score Kylee Jack (Richwood/Brazoswood).

Texas Lutheran would score five runs on two hits in the fourth. After loading the bases, Jayna Reid (Dripping Springs/Dripping Springs), Jack, Seith, and Bellinger would all earn RBIs via bases loaded walks or hit by pitch. Tavery Ortiz (Texas City/Texas City) would cap the scoring in the inning with an RBI single to bring the score to 8-0 and put the game in run-rule territory. Texas Lutheran would tack on another run via an RBI single from Annie Kay in the fifth.

Schreiner would record two unearned runs in the fifth following a two-out Texas Lutheran error to avoid the run-rule and shrink the TLU lead to 9-2.

TLU got the runs back in the top of the seventh via an RBI double from Tavery Ortiz and an RBI single from Reagan Hillis.

Six Bulldogs had multi-hit performances in Seith, Kay, Bellinger, Hillis, and Linzee Leal (Corpus Christi/Mary Carroll) as well as Tavery Ortiz (2-for-5) with seven Bulldogs bringing in at least one run, paced by Seith's three.

In the series, Texas Lutheran outscored Schreiner 33-5 - scoring 11 runs in each game -and outhit the Mountaineers 40-20. The Bulldogs have held opponents to two runs or fewer in 18 of 22 games.

Texas Lutheran returns home for a conference series at Ed Kruse Stadium vs. Centenary on Friday, April 12. First pitch is scheduled for 4 & 6 PM. All games will be streamed on TLU's YouTube Channel, TLU+. All streaming and live stats links can be found on tlubulldogs.com.

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