Islanders earn series win with 3-2 victory
2
Sam Houston State SHSU 25-23, 14-9 SLC
3
Winner A&M-Corpus Christi AMCC 15-33, 10-13 SLC
Sam Houston State SHSU
25-23, 14-9 SLC
2
Final
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A&M-Corpus Christi AMCC
15-33, 10-13 SLC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Sam Houston State SHSU 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 5 2
A&M-Corpus Christi AMCC 0 0 0 0 3 0 X 3 7 2

W: Carter, Liz (12-17) L: Lancaster, Shelby (9-8)

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Islanders earn series win with 3-2 victory

Texas A&M-Corpus Christi defeated Sam Houston 3-2 to clinch a Southland Conference softball series win over the Bearkats Sunday afternoon in Corpus Christi.

The Islanders and Sam Houston split a doubleheader Saturday. The Kats now stand 25-23 for the season and 14-9 in Southland play. A&M-Corpus Christi upped its record to 15-33 for the year and 10-13 in league action.

The loss by Sam Houston assures first place McNeese State (35-14, SLC 17-6) of no worse than a tie for the regular season championship.

The Bearkats stand in second place, a game-and-a-half ahead of third place Northwestern State (24-20, SLC 12-10) and two games in front of fourth place Stephen F. Austin (21-24, SLC 12-11) and Lamar (20-25, SLC 12-11).

Both teams were hampered by errors during the weekend with the two teams combining for 14. Each squad committed two errors Sunday with two of the three runs for the Islanders unearned.

A&M-Corpus Christi totaled seven hits in Sunday's game while Sam Houston posted five.

After three scoreless innings, Sam Houston got on the board with two runs in the top of the fourth. Catcher Tiffany Castillo singled up the middle. Pinch runner Dani Allen stole second then scored on a single to the left side by first baseman Sarah Allison.

Allison reached third on an error then scored on  a sacrifice fly by second baseman Alyssa Coggins.

A&M-Corpus Christi tallied all three of its runs on three hits and two Bearkat errors in the bottom  of the fifth inning.

With two out in the top of the final inning, center field Jessica Slater singled and reached second on a wild pitch to get in scoring position. But the Bearkats couldn't get the tying run home.

Sam Houston completes the regular season Saturday and Sunday, May 3-4, with a home series with Stephen F. Austin.  The pair will play a doubleheader on Saturday at 1 p.m. The series finale Sunday will start at 12 noon.

The Bearkats will be out to clinch their third consecutive appearance in the Southland Conference post-season tournament. The SHSU women reached the tournament finals in both 2012 and 2013.

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