NAMEY HOMERS FIVE TIMES IN COWGIRL SWEEP

Game 1

Game 2

ROUND ROCK, Texas -- Freshman Taylor Namey hit five home runs as Hardin-Simmons swept an American Southwest Conference doubleheader from Concordia on Friday afternoon in Round Rock, winning the first game 8-7 and taking the nightcap 12-6.

In the first game, freshman catcher Taylor Namey tied a conference record with three home runs in the game for the Cowgirls and HSU rallied for two runs in the top of the seventh.

Namey hit her first home run in the top of the first with a runner on to give the Cowgirls a 2-0 lead. Namey had another two run home run in the third to make it 4-0. Carranda Goree had an RBI single for Concordia in the bottom of the third to make it 4-1.

Concordia added a two-run single by Lauren Vansickle in the fourth, but Namey followed with her third two-run home run in as many at-bats to give HSU a 6-3 lead in the fifth. Concordia answered with four runs in the bottom of the sixth on a groundout by Vansickle and a three-run home run by Jessica Rattan.

HSU came right back with two runs in the seventh. Cera Beasley led off with a single and after a strikeout Amy Meyer singled to center and the ball got through the centerfielder and she came all the way around to score on a single and three-base error.

Laura Rawlings went six innings for the Cowgirls and earned the win to move to 6-3 on the year. Sarah Shurbet worked a scoreless seventh to pick up the save for HSU.

Namey was 4-for-4 with six RBIs in the first game.

Concordia took the lead in the second game on a two-run home run homer by Vansickle. Goree added a solo home run in the inning. HSU came back with three runs in the second on a Beasley RBI single and a Meyer two-run single.

Goree had an RBI groundout for Concordia in the third to make it 4-3, but HSU took the lead on a three-run home run by Namey. Meyer had an RBI in the fifth and Namey followed with a grand slam to make it 11-4 in the fifth inning.

Katie Shurbet had an RBI groundout in the seventh for the Cowgirls and Concordia added two runs in the bottom of the seventh on a two-run home run by Rattan.

Namey was 7-for-8 in the game with five home runs and 13 RBIs in the doubleheader. Lacie Cole got the win for the Cowgirls with six and one-third innings of relief. She scattered five hits and allowed only three runs.

HSU is now 24-8 overall and 15-1 in ASC West play. Concordia fell to 18-12 overall and 10-6 in league play. The Cowgirls host Howard Payne next weekend at Ellis Field.