Photo gallery: Opening week of Schreiner softball
Schreiner University's softball team struggled to find consistency in its season-opening week, finishing 2-4 after three home doubleheaders.
Schreiner University's softball team struggled to find consistency in its season-opening week, finishing 2-4 after three home doubleheaders.
The Mountaineers get another masterful pitching performance in game one, but falter offensively in game two.
The Mountaineers (0-3) jumped out to a 4-0 lead in the second inning but watched LaGrange (2-0) storm back with three runs in the bottom of the frame and seize control with a four-run fourth inning.
The Mountaineers fell 7-1 to LaGrange in the first game before suffering a 16-4 loss in seven innings to Huntingdon in the nightcap.
Amyia Bowie scored 28 points and St. Thomas dominated the second half Friday night to hand Schreiner a 73-60 defeat at Stephens Family Arena, extending the Mountaineers' losing streak to seven games.
The Celts dominated the glass, outrebounding the Mountaineers 44-23, and capitalized on second-chance opportunities to build a commanding 35-23 halftime lead. St. Thomas never trailed in the contest.
The Mountaineers (1-2) led 6-3 after three innings but couldn't hold on against the Pirates (1-0).
Schreiner's Mendoza (1-0) faced just 20 batters — one over the minimum — in six dominant innings, walking one and allowing only a third-inning single to Casey Trevino.
The Mountaineers pulled within 9-5 in the fourth inning, scoring three unearned runs, but couldn't sustain the momentum.