March 26, 2001

Box Score

RUSTON, La. - Janet Middleton went 4-7 with an RBI, Michelle Wright went 3-7 with a home run, and Brianne Mertens went 3-6 on Monday but it was not enough as the Bulldogs dropped a double header to Louisiana Tech at the Lady Techster Softball Complex.

Louisiana Tech (12-11) got good pitching from Lindsey Meadows and Sabra Warner who combined for 19 strikeouts in route to a 7-3, 2-0 sweep of the visiting Bulldogs.

Samford (12-27) lost it 10th-straight game which is the longest losing streak since the 1998 season. The Bulldogs took the lead in game one on Wright's second home run of the season which easily cleared the 220 sign in center field.

The Lady Techsters scored five runs on five hits in the bottom of the fourth inning aided by two wild pitches and a passed ball with the bases loaded. Samford responded with a pair of runs in the top of the fifth. Michelle Ashley had an RBI double and scored on a RBI-single by Middleton to pull Samford to within 5-3. Louisiana Tech scored twice more in the bottom of the sixth for the final margin of victory.

Game two was a pitching dual between Warner and Samford's Erin Landsburg. The Lady Techsters manufactured a run in the first inning as Abbra Mack scored from third on a wild pitch. Tech got an unearned run with out the benefit of a hit in the third inning. Samford had six hits and left 10 runners on base in the nightcap but could not scratch across a run.

Samford will face Centenary on Tuesday at 3 p.m. in Shreveport, La., to wrap up their eight-game Louisiana Trip.