Storm Drop Rubber Match at ATU

RUSSELLVILLE, Ark. – Four pitchers across both teams combined for a third-straight pitcher's dual on Saturday, with Southeastern falling in 11 innings to Arkansas Tech by a 2-1 margin in the series finale in Russellville, Ark.
 
The loss drops the Savage Storm to 30-24 overall on the year and 19-14 in Great American Conference play. SE will head into the conference postseason tournament as the No. 6 seed and will open play in on May 5 versus Harding at 6:30 p.m. in Bentonville, Ark.
 
Amberlyn Walsworth got the start for SE and tossed four innings, allowing a run on six hits with five strikeouts in a no decision.
 
Cheyenne Mahy would come on in relief and suffered the loss after allowing a run on three hits in six innings with six K's.
 
Mahy and Kamarie Wallace each collected a pair of hits, with Peyton Streetman, Alexis Lambert, Kady Fryrear, and Gracie Ore picking up a hit apiece.
 
Lambert would drive in the team's only run.
 
ATU opened scoring with a run in the third, but Lambert would provide an answer in the fifth with an RBI single to plate Streetman and tie the game at 1-1.
 
It would remain there through the end of regulation and all the way until the bottom of the 11^th inning when the Golden Suns would get an RBI single to swipe the game 2-1.