Stephen F. Austin
Abilene Christian
SFA Stays Hot to Complete Sweep of ACU
4/11/2015 12:00:00 AM | Softball
Final Stats
ABILENE, Texas -- The Stephen F. Austin softball team scored nine runs in the final two innings and knocked three home runs, including a grand slam off the bat of Taylor Fraccastoro, to beat Abilene Christian 14-7 on Saturday afternoon. With the win, the Ladyjacks secure their first three-game Southland Conference sweep of the season and improve to 15-26 overall and 7-10 in league play.
In the three-game series against the Wildcats (9-29, 3-15 SLC), SFA scored 40 runs and launched 10 home runs while batting .422 (43-for-102) as a team.
Trailing 7-5 entering the sixth inning on Saturday, the Ladyjacks came alive for nine unanswered runs on three home runs to clinch the 14-7 victory. Fraccastoro sent her first dinger of the day to left-center to drive in Shalie Day and Heather Hollingsworth and give SFA the 8-7 advantage. Day and Hollingsworth each walked to set up Fraccastoro's three-run bomb.
Brittany Lewis kept the trend going to start the seventh. After Lindsay Campbell drew a walk, Lewis scorched a homer to left-center padding SFA's lead to 10-7.
Later in the frame with the bases loaded, Fraccastoro put the icing on the cake with a grand slam to left field. Her second homer of the day, coming in consecutive at-bats, brings her season total to nine -- the most on the team. The six-run seventh put the Ladyjacks up 14-7 and proved to be enough for Callee Guffey to close out the win in the bottom half.
Fraccastoro finished the game 2-for-4 with three runs, seven RBI, two home runs and a walk.
The Ladyjacks scored runs in each of the first three innings, getting an RBI single from Lewis, an RBI groundout from Taylor Vick and scoring three runs on Wildcat miscues.
Lewis also had a big day offensively, going 3-for-4 with a run, three RBI and a home run. Hollingsworth notched three hits on the day and reached base safely in all five trips to the plate. Thriving from the leadoff spot, she went 3-for-3 with three runs and two walks. Rounding out Saturday's leaders was Campbell, who went 2-for-3 while scoring three times, recording a double and earning a walk.
Guffey (8-11) tossed 5.1 innings of relief, allowing just two hits and one run. She struck out four batters en route to picking up the eighth win of her freshman season.
The Ladyjacks will look to ride their momentum into a five-game homestand starting on Wednesday when ULM comes to Nacogdoches for a midweek doubleheader. First pitch is set for 2:00 p.m.
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