Box Score SEATTLE – Tarleton State (21-30, 7-15 WAC) dropped the final game of the three-game series to Seattle U (20-28, 12-11 WAC) 6-1 after securing back-to-back 3-1 wins on Friday.
 
The Texans got the scoring started just as they did in both games of the doubleheader on Friday. Kelci Hill put the Purple and White up 1-0 in the first as she came in to score off a wild pitch from the Redhawks.
 
In the bottom of the first the Red and Black responded with a run of their own as Taylor Fitch doubled to right center scoring Jasmine Wehn tying things at 1-1.
 
The next two and a half innings both teams were unable to move the needle leaving it tied through three and a half innings.
 
Seattle U took their first lead of the weekend in the bottom of the fourth off a single to center by Karen Spadafora who drove in Fitch making it 2-1 Redhawks.
 
The scoring continued for the home team through the fifth and sixth as they put four more runs on the board across the two innings.
 
Wehn singled up the middle in the fifth as Sydney Frankenberger scored on an error to make it 3-1. In the sixth inning, the Redhawks doubled their score as Wehn hit a bases clearing doubled to center field to push the score to 6-1 which was the final for Game 3.
 
Tarleton State used four pitchers across six innings of work as Makenzie Dunbar took the loss moving to 3-5 on the season. Kynlee Marquez got the start and went just one inning as she gave up one run on two hits and walked one. Dunbar controlled the circle the longest for the Texans going 3.1 innings while giving up two runs on three hits and walking a trio. Kendall Daniel went just a single inning as she gave up three runs on three hits, struck out one and walked one as well. Alexa Rehmeier tossed the final 0.2 IP giving up just a hit and striking out a Redhawk.
 
Seattle U used a single pitcher for the third straight game of the series as Stefanie Madrigal went 7.0 IP giving up just a single run on two hits while walking five.
 
The Texans will return to action on Wednesday as they will head south to take on the Lamar Cardinals. This will mark the third matchup of the season for the two teams as they split a pair of games during the first weekend of play at the McNeese State Tournament Feb. 9-10.
 
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