SAN MARCOS, Texas – The Texas State softball team (16-15) ran the winning-streak to six games with a 4-1 triumph over the Lamar Cardinals (15-19) at Bobcat Softball Stadium on Wednesday night.

KEY MOMENTS
- Sophomore infielder Tara Oltmann broke the scoring seal with an RBI shot to center. The hit scored junior outfielder Christiana McDowell easily from third base.
- Lamar knotted the game up at 1-1 in the top of the second inning on an BRI single from senior infielder Taylor Davis.
- The Bobcats loaded the bases in each of the final two offensive innings of the game. Junior infielder Bailee Carter earned an RBI after taking four-straight balls to walk in the game-winning run.
- With the bases again stacked in the bottom of the sixth inning, senior outfielder Mari Cranek delivered a base knock to left field. Senior outfielder Kennedy Cline scored on the play.
- McDowell followed the example of Cranek and singled in sophomore infielder ArieAnn Bell from third base. Texas State led by the final score of 4-1 following the RBI hit.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
- Three Bobcats tallied multi-hit games. Bell led the charge with a perfect 2-for-2 effort at the plate. She drew one walk and scored a run.
- McDowell notched her team-leading 13th multi-hit game of the season. She finished 2-for-3 with a walk, one run scored, and one run batted in.
- Cranek converted two hits in her three plate appearances and drove in one run out of the ninth spot in the lineup.
- Sophomore pitcher Meagan King (9-8) continued her stellar play in the circle. She threw a complete game and allowed just four hits. The reigning Sun Belt Conference Pitcher of the Week did not issue a walk, struck out four batters, and surrendered one earned run.

NOTABLES
- The victory gives Texas State an 8-3 advantage in the all-time series between the two schools. TXST has secured a W in six-straight contests against LU with the last loss coming in 1987.
- Oltmann extended her team lead in runs batted in with her 26th RBI in the bottom of the first inning.
- The six-game winning streak is the longest streak for the Bobcats since winning nine consecutive from March 30-April 15, 2018.

THOUGHTS FROM THE DUGOUT
- "Any time you are able to get a little win-streak going you are getting to the place where you want to be as a ball club," head coach Ricci Woodard said. "Our goal is to be playing our best in May. We are not quite where we want to be, but we are in the win column. That is a good start."

ON DECK
- The Bobcats will remain at home for a three-game weekend series against Georgia State. Game one will start with a 6 p.m. first pitch on March 29.

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