Texas Lutheran Falls 3-1 to St. Thomas

SEGUIN, Texas -- The 8th-ranked Texas Lutheran softball team fell 3-1 to St. Thomas at Ed Kruse Stadium Friday night, snapping its 16-game season-opening win streak.

Texas Lutheran (16-1, 8-1 SCAC) scored once in the first inning but was stymied the rest of the way by the Celts (11-5, 10-2 SCAC).

Ainsley Davis (Rockwall/Jesuit (OR)) struck out two in a hard-luck loss, her first of the season, allowing two runs on five hits and a walk across 4.1 innings of relief. Amanda White (Lockhart/Lockhart) got the start and allowed one run on four hits and two walks over 2.2 innings.

TLU opened the game hot, plating a run in the first as Serena Gonzalez (Corpus Christi/Foy H. Moody) brought Annie Kay (Sinton/Sinton) home with an RBI fielder's choice. Texas Lutheran stranded four runners in scoring position Friday night.

St. Thomas took its decisive lead in the fifth following an infield single and TLU error.

Texas Lutheran threatened in the seventh as the Bulldogs loaded the bases with one out but TLU would leave the bases loaded to end the game.

Harleigh Russell (Fort Worth/Boswell) and Faith Hernandez (Dinuba, CA/Dinuba) provided the Bulldogs only multi-hit efforts.

TLU and St. Thomas will face off in a doubleheader on Saturday at Ed Kruse Stadium. First pitch is scheduled for 12 and 2 PM. The 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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