Tia Campos tossed a five-hit shutout in HPU’s 9-0 win over Centenary Saturday in Abilene. [File photo by Mike Jones]ABILENE – The Howard Payne Lady Jackets rebounded from a 7-0 loss to St. Thomas earlier Friday with a 9-0 thrashing of Centenary Friday in non-conference softball action at Hardin-Simmons University’s Ellis Field.
In the win over Centenary, the Lady Jackets (9-4) struck for seven runs in the fourth inning, ending a 10-inning scoreless drought for the day. Howard Payne also tacked on two more runs in the top of the seventh inning.
Zaleigh Perez, Alyssa Corpus, Brianna Lopez and Kiley Persons accounted for two hits apiece, while Kayla Hill, Tori Muro, Aurora Luera, Alexis Sullivan and Deandra Longoria contributed one each. Hill drove in two runs with a homer, while Corpus and Luera also finished with two RBIs. Persons drove in a run as well.
Howard Payne scored nine runs in its last two trips to the plate against St. Thomas. [Photo courtesy of Mike Jones]
ABILENE – The Howard Payne Lady Jackets softball team improved to 8-3 on the season with a 12-3 victory over St. Thomas Thursday afternoon in non-conference action at Hardin-Simmons University’s Ellis Field.
Tied at 3 through five innings, the Lady Jackets put six runs on the board in the top of the sixth and added three insurance runs in the seventh to pull away for a comfortable win.
Howard Payne collected 11 hits and drew five walks en route to the victory. Offensive standouts included Alexis Sullivan with two hit and four RBIs; Kayla Hill and Tori Muro with two hits and one RBI apiece; Kiley Persons with a hit and two RBIs; Ragen Noriega and Zaleigh Perez with one hit and one RBI each; Deandra Lopez and Brianna Perez also picked up hits; and Aurora Luera drove in a run.