BOX SCORE 1 | BOX SCORE 2 Arlington, Texas - The Saint Francis softball team (15-8) received combined stellar pitching with clutch hitting to record wins over Incarnate Word (4-13) and Tulsa (10-8) on Saturday.

Patrick-Swift's Reaction

"We played really well today to earn the two wins," said head coach Jennifer Patrick-Swift. "Our pitching staff threw great even after throwing a lot of innings yesterday and late last night. Our pitchers and hitters came out ready to go from pitch one of the day and carried the momentum through the last out of the day. We are looking to finish on a high note tomorrow before heading back to Loretto."

Game One

Senior Ethel Santai (Pine Grove, Pa./Pine Grove Area) (5-1) threw a scoreless first inning and then the Red Flash offense wasted no time getting her the lead, scoring three runs before an out was recorded. Sophomore Cheyenne McKee (DuBois, Pa./DuBois) led off the game with a cue shot single and junior Jordan Seneca (Plum, Pa./Plum) followed with a walk. Sophomore Hayley Norton (Spring Grove, Pa./Spring Grove) then staked the Red Flash to a 3-0 lead, lining a pitch on the outer half the other way for a three-run shot. 

Senior Kelsie Marconi (Lowber, Pa./Yough) led off the second inning with a walk and moved to second on a single by redshirt freshman Halle Marion (Middletown, Pa./Middletown). Senior Kindra Witthus (Hudson, Wis./Hudson) followed with an rbi single to right to make the score 4-0 in favor of the Red Flash. Saint Francis added one more run in the inning on a sac fly from Cheyenne McKee (DuBois, Pa./DuBois). 

Incarnate Word pulled within three at 5-2 with a two-run fifth inning but the Red Flash answered with two runs itself.

Seneca hit a one-out double and came around to score on a two-out double by sophomore Sierra McKee (DuBois, Pa./DuBois). She would come home to score when junior Madison Cabell (Ivor, Va./Southampton)'s grounder snuck through the shortstop's legs. 

Santai pitched all seven innings, allowing three runs, two earned, on seven hits. Witthus led the Flash with two hits.

Game Two

Senior pitcher Ketarah DeVries (Forreston, Ill./Forreston) (5-4) was locked in from the start, holding Tulsa scoreless in her five innings of work. Sierra McKee (DuBois, Pa./DuBois) provided DeVries with all the help she would need in the top of the fourth inning with a two-run double to the left center gap to score Seneca and Norton. Cabell followed with an rbi single into right field to put the Red Flash up 3-0.

Saint Francis manufactured another run in the fifth. Cheynne McKee led off with a single and Seneca followed with a walk. Norton moved both runners up a base with a ground out to the right side and then Sierra McKee (DuBois, Pa./DuBois) laid down the bunt on a safety squeeze to bring sister Cheyenne home.

Freshman Abby Trahan (Kaplan, La./Kaplan) relieved DeVries to start the sixth, strading two runners on base in the inning. She closed it out in the seventh with a game-ending strikeout to run SFU's win streak to three games.

Up Next 

Saint Francis plays its final game of its Texas trip tomorrow vs. Incarnate Word at 10 a.m. ET/ 9 a.m. CT.