STEPHENVILLE, Texas – After the Texans best road trip of the season, Tarleton State returns home to the friendly confines of the Tarleton State Softball Complex Friday-Saturday as the Purple and White will host Seattle U for a three-game conference series.
 
Tarleton State is coming off of their biggest wins of the season handing Grand Canyon their first home series loss since 2022 and first conference series loss since 2023. The Texans took Game 1 3-0 shutting out the Lopes, the first time they have been shut out since No. 8 Oregon shutout GCU earlier in the year. After dropping Game 2 in heartbreaking walk-off fashion by Grand Canyon, Tarleton State rallied and took the rubber match in Game 3 5-2 sealing the series win over the Lopes, the Texans first ever series win over the squad from Phoenix.
 
Seattle U heads to the Lone Star State following a midweek doubleheader with Cal Poly on Wednesday splitting the doubleheader. The Redhawks went up 5-1 in Game 1 before the road team tied things up 5-5 with the Red and Black escaping with a 6-5 walk-off victory. Game 2 went the Mustangs way as they took the game 2-1 ending the Redhawks 11 game winning streak.
 
Last time the two teams met, the Texans took the three-game series in Seattle 2-1 with back-to-back 3-1 wins. The year before in 2023 the two programs met in Seattle once again with the Purple and White taking the first series in Seattle 2-1. After dropping their first game in the pacific northwest, Tarleton State came back with 7-3 and 12-4 (6) wins.
 
The lone time the two programs have met in Stephenville saw the Redhawks take the series 2-1 with the Texans lone win coming in the team's first ever meeting 2-1.
 
Tarleton State holds the all-time series lead over Seattle U 5-4 while the Redhawks have slightly outscored the Texans 40-39. The largest margin of victory for the Stephenville squad came on March 18, 2023, in Seattle when the Purple and White run-ruled the Red and Black in six innings 12-4.
 
The trip to Stephenville for the Redhawks marks just their second time ever with their first in April 2021.
 
Through eight weeks, the Texans have multiple athletes leaving their mark nationally. Austin German currently sits 56th in the nation in doubles with 10 on the season and leads the WAC. With her 10 doubles through 32 games, she ranks 43rd in doubles per game. With lots of doubles come lots of hits and she currently ranks 76th in the nation in hits with 41. With all the offensive power from Germain, she is the toughest to strike out on the Texans roster as she strikes out once every 45.5 plate appearances.
 
Other Texans top in the nation include Kalyn Hill who has caught 12 base runners stealing which puts her tied sixth in the nation and leads all of the WAC. Fox sits 11th in the nation in sac bunts per game at 0.30 as the nation's leader is at 0.44 in Elle Carter of ULM. Jaelynn Duke and Kiana Gibson are tied for 42nd in sac flies with three thus far.
 
On the pitching side of things, Alexa Rehmeier, Sadie Beck and Hannah Blincoe are currently tied for 47th in the nation in saves with two each. Shelby Schultz continues to pound the strike zone as she sits 37th in the nation in strikeouts with 90 thus far and leads the WAC. She also ranks 31st in strikeouts per seven innings at 8.8 and leads WAC.
 
In the WAC, the Purple and White continue to hold three of the top-eight spots in batting average as Germain leads the Texans ranking third in the conference hitting .451 As a team, Tarleton State is in the top-three of 20 different statistical categories in the WAC. The Texans lead the WAC in team strikeouts per seven innings at 6.79 and are first in walks with 123.
 
First pitch on Friday is set for 3 p.m. CT and 5:30 p.m. CT. The Saturday morning match is set for an 11 a.m. CT first pitch. The entire three-game series will air live on ESPN+ and live stats will also be available. Tickets are available for the weekend series.
 
Following the Texans hosting the Redhawks, Tarleton State will head on the road once again, this time for a three-game conference series at Utah Tech in St. George, Utah
 
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