SAN MARCOS, Texas – Randi Rupp struck out 11 of 22 batters faced in her 5.2 innings of work and the Texas State lineup produced three runs as the Bobcats defeated I-35 rival UTSA 3-1 on Wednesday evening.
 
Texas State sweeps the season series against the Roadrunners 2-0 after also winning by an 8-1 margin at the UTSA Classic back on Feb. 25. The Bobcats are now 35-11 on the season, while UTSA falls to 19-29.
 
Rupp, who improved to 22-7 on the season, allowed only four UTSA baserunners on two hits, a walk and an error. Moreover, her 11 strikeouts marked her ninth double-digit strikeout game of the year. She is now at 253 strikeouts on the season and 881 for her career.
 
The Bobcat hitters collected four hits against the Roadrunners with Ariel Ortiz, Jaelyn Young, Haleigh Davis and Lexi Fryar recording base knocks. Taylor Webb, along with Young and Davis had the TXST RBI.
 
UTSA threatened in the top of the first as the Roadrunners' leadoff batter reached third with one out. However, Rupp came back to with two strikeouts to strand the runner. Texas State plated two in the bottom of the inning for the early 2-0 lead. Christiana McDowell led off with a walk and came around to score on Webb's sacrifice fly to right. Corrina Liscano, who reached on a fielder's choice, scored the Bobcats' second run on Young's sharply-hit grounder to first.
 
Rupp recorded eight of TXST's first nine outs via strikeouts, including sitting down the side on strikes in both the second and third, moving her season total to 250 in the process.
 
Ortiz reached on a walk and later scored on a Davis RBI single to third to make it 3-0 Bobcats through three complete.
 
After a scoreless fourth and fifth, Rupp was lifted with two outs in the sixth for Quincy Charleston out of the Bullpen. Charleston, the senior, pitched the final four outs to earn her first save of the season and third of her career.
 
UTSA scored its run in the seventh on a Bobcat error that allowed Taylor Oberg to come around from second.
 
The Roadrunners' Nicole Merrill (6-9) suffered the loss, allowing all three of the TXST runs (one earned).
 
UP NEXT
Texas State hosts Troy for a three-game Sun Belt Conference series starting Saturday, April 29. The Bobcats and Trojans are scheduled for a 1:00 p.m. and 3:00 p.m. doubleheader on Saturday and a single game Sunday at noon. Following Sunday's game, the 2017 senior class will be honored for the achievement and contributions to Texas State softball.  
 
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Softball Sweeps Savannah State in Midweek Action

STATESBORO, Ga. - The Georgia Southern softball team swept Savannah State in a midweek doubleheader on Wednesday evening. The Eagles improve to 24-22 on the season after defeating the Tigers 8-1 in game one and 7-0 in game two. Senior Emily Snider had six RBI's on the night and junior Kierra Camp threw her first collegiate no-hitter in the second game, the first since May 7, 2014.

GAME ONE – GS 8, SSU 1
Lydia Witkowski knocked a ball back up the middle in the second to score India Davis and give GS the early lead. The Eagles were able to tack on another another three runs in the second after a handful of errors by Savannah State, making it 4-0.

Sophomore Macy Weeks hit her second homerun of the season, a solo shot over the right field wall in the bottom of the third inning to extend the Eagles lead. Savannah State struck back with a homerun from Cortni Jones in the fourth, but was not able to find any further offensive production.

Senior Emily Snider made the final score 8-1 after knocking her 14th homerun of the season in the fifth inning. Heather Felt (W, 2-0) came in to relieve Dixie Raley in the fourth inning and picked up her second win of the season.  

GAME TWO – GS 7, SSU 0
Emily Snider continued her hot day at the plate in game two, knocking a solo homerun to get things going in the first inning and another three-run homerun in the fifth. Snider and Shelby Wilson each had two hits in game two while Morgan Robinson, Macy Weeks and India Davis had one. 

Kierra Camp (W, 8-7) threw her first collegiate no-hitter, going all seven innings and striking out seven in the contest. That marks the 18th in school history and the first since Sarah Purvis threw one against Elon on May 7th, 2014 in the SoCon Tournament. 

UP NEXT:
GS will travel to Mobile, Alabama to face South Alabama in a Sun Belt conference series this weekend. The Eagles will take on the Jaguars in a doubleheader Saturday, single game Sunday.