STEPHENVILLE, Texas – Game three of the series was a thriller from start to finish, but three unanswered runs from CBU over the final two innings cost Tarleton the game and the series. The Lancers won Saturday's game 6-5. 

Tarleton struck first in this one when Kelci Hill ripped an RBI single up the middle to score Morgan Medford from second. After a shutdown inning from Tristan Bridges, the Texans tacked on two more in the second on a squeeze bunt single from MacKenzie Peterson and a double steal that put the Texans on top 3-0. 

CBU answered with three in the third on a two-run home run and an RBI triple to reset the score at 3-3. 

Two innings later, Hill and Katy Schaefer led off the inning with singles before Tristyn Trull crushed a two-run double down the left field line to put the Texans back on top 5-3. 

Once again, the long ball helped the Lancers. CBU tied the game with a two-run shot to left center. Tarleton had its chance in the bottom of the sixth with back-to-back singles from Kayla Wallace and Medford but couldn't capitalize. 

A shaky strike zone shifted the momentum in the seventh as the CBU half turned two questionable walks into the go-ahead run before a similarly questionable zone went against the Texans in the home half with three strikeouts to strand the tying run at second base. 

Tarleton pounded out 12 base hits in the game with Wallace sparking the offense in the leadoff spot, going 3-for-4. Medford, Hill, and Trull each had two hits while Peterson, Schaefer and Rowland had one each. Tristan Bridges went the distance and took the loss. 

Tarleton will travel to Denton Tuesday for a single game at North Texas before returning to WAC play on the road next weekend in Abilene for three games.