Brighton, Mich - The Lawrence Technological University softball team was back on the diamond Friday all day when they played Oakland City University and #19 Saint Xavier University in another pair of games. Game one versus OCU was a low-scoring affair resulting in a final score of 4-2. Game 2 was a defensive battle ending in an LTU upset over #19 SXU by a final score of 2-1.

Game 1 - How It Happened: OCU 2, LTU 4

• Both teams went scoreless in the first two innings on three hits.
• The Mighty Oaks took the lead in the top of the third after a McKendree Ward homer to left-center.
• LTU found some life scoring four runs in the bottom of the fourth inning.
• Clover Brandt's 2-RBI single to left field brought home Mazie Lawler and Callie Tatum.
• Katie Courneya stepped into the box delivering a 2-RBI double to left-center to bring around Brandt and Lily Morrissette
• No scoring in the fifth and sixth inning from both teams
• Ashton Steinbrenner's single to right-center for OCU made it 4-2 in the top of the seventh.
• Gloriana Su'a was able to go the distance and close this game out by a final score of 4-2 LTU.

Game 1 - By The Numbers:

• Hits - OCU 6, LTU 6
• RBI - OCU 2, LTU 4
• LOB - OCU 10, LTU 3

Su'a pitched a complete game allowing just two runs to pick up the win. She gave up one earned run on six hits. Su'a struck out two batters in this one.

Game 2 - How It Happened: #19 SXU 1, LTU 2

• The first hit of the game came from a Morrissette single to left field.
• After three innings the score was knotted at zeros.
• Haley Mazon got things going in the bottom of the fourth with a single to the right corner.
• Tatum reached on a throwing error moving Mazon to third.
• Courneya was up next and came up clutch after her 2-RBI single to left field to score Mazon and Tatum.
• LTU was up 2-0 after four.
• Pitcher, Grace Roeske took control of the bump after the Blue Devils went up two.
• SXU tried to rally back late after a seventh-inning bomb to right-center, but it was too late.
• LTU upset #19 SXU by a final score of 2-1.

Game 2 - By The Numbers:

• Hits - SXU 2, LTU 7
• RBI - SXU 1, LTU 2
• LOB - SXU 3, LTU 4

Roeske pitched a complete game two-hitter only giving up one run. She struck out two batters in the victory.

The next Blue Devils game is on Friday, February 18th against Cumberlands University at the Bear Creek Tournament in Oneida, Tennessee. The first pitch will begin at 2:30 PM EST.