SAN MARCOS, Texas – The Texas State softball team picked up the non-conference sweep over former Southland Conference foe Stephen F. Austin Wednesday afternoon by scores of 1-0 and 9-0. Game one of the day concluded in eight innings and game two finished in five.
 
Texas State improves to 18-12 overall with the sweep. The Bobcats were held to just three hits in game one of the day but finished game two with 14 hits including a perfect showing at the plate from Ariel Ortiz, Katie Doerre, and Danielle Warne. Doerre finished the day perfect from the plate with three hits total.
 
The first hit of the day for Texas State came in the bottom of the fourth inning when Baker hit a ball to right centerfield. She would be moved around to third on a sacrifice bunt by Ortiz, but a pair of fly balls got SFA out of the inning.
 
The Bobcats threatened again in the bottom of the fifth with a two out double by Kimberlin Naivar. Naivar would ultimately be stranded at second as SFA forced a foul ball pop out to get out of the inning.
 
SFA led the top of the sixth inning off with a walk, but the combination of Sara Rupp throwing her out at second on an attempted stolen base and Randi Rupp striking out two got Texas State out of the inning. Rupp's second strikeout in the top of the sixth marked her 12^th of the day, which topped her previous career-high of 11.
 
With one out in the bottom of the sixth, the Bobcats put a pair of runners on with back-to-back walks. Katie Doerre then stepped in as a pinch hitter and hit a bloop single to right to load the bases. The Bobcat momentum stopped there as a strikeout and a pop out got SFA out of the inning once again.
 
In the bottom of the eighth with a runner on second due to the international tiebreaker rule, Baker bunted to the third baseman that resulted in a throwing error, scoring Akina who was standing on second for the winning run.
 
Rupp finished the game with 14 strikeouts and her sixth shutout of the 2015 season. Baker, Doerre, and Naivar all ended with hits for Texas State and as a team SFA finished with five hits.
 
Texas State got the ball rolling early in game two, scoring three runs on five hits. Baker led the inning off for Texas State with a hard hit single to right field and advanced to third on a fielding error by the SFA right fielder. Ortiz promptly singled through the right side to score Baker for the first run of the game.
 
Courtney Harris continued the inning for Texas State with an infield single to the shortstop. With Harris on first and one out, Kortney Koroll launched her sixth home run of the season to make it a 3-0 ball game in favor of the Bobcats.
 
After a scoreless second and third innings, the Bobcats continued to add to lead in the fourth. With runners on the corners and no one out, Ariel Ortiz hit her fifth home run of the season to make it a 6-0 game. Danielle Warne and Baker led the inning off with a pair of singles to left field.
 
The bottom half of the fourth continued as two more hits and a pair of sacrifice flies would score three more runs to put the Bobcats up 9-0 against the Lady Jacks.
 
Stephen F. Austin led the top of the fifth with a single, but three straight outs by the Bobcat defense ended the game.
 
Kaylee Garner put in five innings of work in the circle and fanned three batters. She didn't allow a walk and allowed just two hits. Her opponents averaged just .118 on the day.
 
Texas State will now hit the road for its second road conference series of the year at UL Monroe. First pitch against the Warhawks on Saturday afternoon is scheduled for 4 p.m. at the ULM Softball Complex. Live stats and live video will be available at www.txstatebobcats.com.