CONWAY, Ark. – Rounding out a three-game set against Kennesaw State, the Central Arkansas softball team (19-11, 4-2 ASUN), routed the Owls to sweep the first home ASUN series of the year. Racking up double-digit hits for the 11th time this season, the Bears won 9-1 to ice the weekend, capturing their first series win in ASUN play.
Tremere Harris and Mary Kate Brown each had three RBI, with Brown hitting for the first and last of the afternoon. Jaylee Engelkes blasted her sixth home run of the year in the fourth inning, tattooing a ball and sending it beyond the clubhouse past the right field fence.
Brown got the scoring started in the first inning, punching a single through the right side to bring Jenna Wildeman home. A pair of clean innings for the defense left the Bears feeling good about the opening inning and a half of the game.
The momentum of the last couple of games continued to carry the offense in the second inning, as Central Arkansas strung six-straight hits to score six runs in the second. From Kristen Whitehouse in the sixth spot through Jenna Wildeman at the leadoff, five-straight singles moved runners a base at a time, with RBI hits for Lexi McClellan and Wildeman.
Enter Harris, the sixth at bat of the inning, with the bases still loaded. Battling to a 2-2 pitch, she finally saw one she liked, and blasted a one-hopper to the wall out in center field for a bases-clearing triple. The hit pushed the lead to 6-0, tallying the third inning of the series in which the Bears scored four or more runs. Harris would score on the next at bat, as Brown tossed a sacrifice fly to cap the inning at 7-0 in favor of Central Arkansas.
Engelkes would stretch the lead another run with a solo shot to right field in the fourth inning, putting the Bears in position to take the game before the seven regulation innings. Yet the Owls kept fighting, putting a runner on first with a fielding error by the Bears. Batting her around, Kennesaw State put a run on the board in the fifth inning, plugging back-to-back singles to put the runner across home.
In the bottom of the sixth, Wildeman would get on base with a walk, scoring on a pair of singles from Harris and Brown, completing the sweep for Central Arkansas. With the win, the Bears move to 4-2 in ASUN play, capturing their 19th win of the year.
Central Arkansas is back on the road for the next series, heading to Jacksonville, Fla., to take on cross-divisional opponent North Florida. First pitch on Saturday against the Ospreys is 12 p.m. CT.
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