Softball | 3/19/2021 10:25:00 PM

Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 TYLER, Texas - The Texas Woman's University softball team (4-11, 3-7 Lone Star Conference) dropped a pair of conference matchups against No. 6 UT Tyler (16-4, 10-0) on Friday, falling 3-0 in the opener before dropping a 4-0 decision in the nightcap. 

Tatum Quaker took the loss in the opening game after surrendering three runs on two hits in 3.2 innings of work. Kelsie Briggs threw 2.1 innings of perfect relief for the Pioneers. 

After a three-run fourth inning gave UT Tyler the lead, the Pioneers threatened in the sixth, loading the bases, but TWU was unable to bring the runners home. Tara Solomon, Avery WIlliams, and Alexys Ginegaw all had hits for the Pioneers. 

In the nightcap, the Pioneers banged out eight hits, with two apiece coming from Tara Solomon and Brooke Cornelison. TWU's best threat came in the first inning, as the Pioneers loaded the bases with one out; however, a pair of grounders got UT Tyler out of the inning unscathed. The Patriots plated their first run on an error in the bottom of the second inning, and while the Pioneers would put the tying run in scoring position in the fourth and fifth innings, both times UT Tyler escaped the jam.

UT Tyler used a two-out rally in the sixth to tack on three insurance runs, and held on for the 4-0 win. Briggs took the loss after allowing two runs, one earned, on three hits in 5.1 innings of work.

The Pioneers return to action Sunday with a 1 p.m. doubleheader at No. 2 Texas A&M-Commerce.