Jurden Sets NCAA D3 Stolen Base Record as Bulldogs win 7-2
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E | |
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Austin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
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Texas Lutheran | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | X | 7 | 8 | 0 |
SEGUIN, Texas -- Kelly Jurden (Brenham/Brenham) is the new stolen base queen of Division-III college softball.
In front of the home crowd at Ed Kruse Stadium, Jurden stole base No. 196 to break the tie with University of Texas-Dallas's Melissa Livermore (2016-19) to be the NCAA Division-III career stolen base leader.
Jurden, the current national leader in stolen bases for the 2022 season with 27 stolen bases, stole the historic base in the bottom of the fourth inning versus Austin College. Jurden went 1-for-3 with an RBI and a walk for the game.
Jurden and the Bulldogs (18-4) took the opener of the three-game series with Austin College, beating the 'Roos 7-2.
The game saw eight Bulldogs collect hits, with six collecting an RBI.
After being held scoreless in the first, the Bulldogs would push across runs in the next three innings. In the second, the Bulldogs would score three runs via bases loaded walks to take an early 3-0 lead. In the third, Faith Hernandez (Dinuba, Calif./Dinuba) plated Kirsten Williams (Pearland/Glenda Dawson) on an RBI single. The fourth saw Chassety Raines (Spring/Klein Collins) and Laura Hernandez (Missouri City/Ridge Point) bring in runs as the Bulldogs lead stretched to 6-0. Kayla Guerra (Pearland/Pearland) would score on a wild pitch in the sixth inning to bring the score to 7-2 entering the seventh inning.
Sophomore Sydney Ouellette (Corpus Christi/Gregory-Portland) went five innings in the circle for the Bulldogs for her fourth win of the season - holding the 'Roos scoreless, striking out five and surrendering just two hits. Murphy Williams (Gladewater/Gladwater) would toss the final two innings allowing two runs on two hits.
The Bulldogs close their weekend with a Saturday doubleheader against the 'Roos at Ed Kruse Stadium. First pitch is scheduled for 12 PM and 2 PM. All streaming and live stats links can be found on tlubulldogs.com.
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