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East Texas Baptist's Meghan Fisher (top left, clockwise), Louisiana College's Jodi Montagnino, Texas-Tyler's Stacy Shepherd and Mississippi College's Kathleen Pulliam all helped their squads go 4-0 at the 2010 ASC First Pitch Tournament.
East Trumps West at First Pitch Tournament, 21-7
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FARMERS BRANCH, TX – Fueled by perfect 4-0 showings from No. 2 East Texas Baptist, No. 14 Louisiana College, Mississippi College and No. 5 Texas-Tyler, the East Division won bragging rights over the West Division by totaling a 21-7 advantage at the annual American Southwest Conference First Pitch Softball Tournament at Oran Good Park over the weekend (March 5-6).

All 14 of the league’s teams played four games – two each day – against teams from the opposite division. Games did not count toward conference standings, just overall and in-region.

East Texas Baptist (6-0), Louisiana College (10-0), Mississippi College (10-0) and Texas-Tyler (6-0) also all kept their perfect seasons alive. Head coach Tim Whitman and LC extended their record winning streak at the tournament to 27 games, while head coach Mike Reed and UT Tyler made it 17 straight victories. MC’s offense plated a tourney-high 33 runs, while the LC and UT Tyler pitching staffs yielded only one run.

Also helping the East’s cause was LeTourneau (4-4), which had a school-record 3-1 showing at the First Pitch.

Leading the way for the West Division was Hardin-Simmons (7-2) and Texas Lutheran (4-6), which each went 2-2.

DIVISION RESULTS OVERALL
East defeats West, 21-7

DIVISION RESULTS BY DAY
Friday, March 5
East def. East, 11-3
Saturday, March 6
East def. East, 10-4

SCORES
Friday, March 5
No. 14 Louisiana College 7, Howard Payne 0
No. 5 Texas-Tyler 5, Hardin-Simmons 0
Texas-Dallas 10, Texas Lutheran 0
Concordia Texas 9, Ozarks 1
Mississippi College 19, Sul Ross State 0
LeTourneau 4, Schreiner 3
No. 2 East Texas Baptist 4, Mary Hardin-Baylor 3
Texas Lutheran 3, Ozarks 0
Hardin-Simmons 7, Texas-Dallas 6
No. 14 Louisiana College 5, Mary Hardin-Baylor 1
No. 5 Texas-Tyler 11, Howard Payne 0
No. 2 East Texas Baptist 7, Schreiner 2
LeTourneau 15, Sul Ross State 0
Mississippi College 6, Concordia Texas 3

Saturday, March 6
Texas-Dallas 8, Howard Payne 5
No. 5 Texas-Tyler 3, Mary Hardin-Baylor 1

Hardin-Simmons 7, Ozarks 0

No. 14 Louisiana College 8, Schreiner 0
LeTourneau 6, Concordia Texas 5 (11)

Mississippi College 6, Texas Lutheran 0
No. 2 East Texas Baptist 7, Sul Ross State 2

No. 14 Louisiana College 9, Sul Ross State 0

Howard Payne 7, Ozarks 5

No. 5 Texas-Tyler 7, Schreiner 0

Mary Hardin-Baylor 6, Texas-Dallas 2

Mississippi College 2, Hardin-Simmons 0
No. 2 East Texas Baptist 8, Concordia Texas 0

Texas Lutheran 5, LeTourneau 4

RECORDS BY TEAM
4-0
No. 2 East Texas Baptist (E)
No. 14 Louisiana College (E)
Mississippi College (E)
No. 5 Texas-Tyler (E)

3-1
LeTourneau (E)
2-2
Hardin-Simmons (W)
Texas-Dallas (E)

Texas Lutheran (W)
1-3
Concordia Texas (W)
Howard Payne (W)

Mary Hardin-Baylor (W)

0-4
Ozarks (E)
Schreiner (W)

Sul Ross State (W)

MOST RUNS SCORED
33, Mississippi College

FEWEST RUNS ALLOWED
1, No. 14 Louisiana College and No. 5 Texas-Tyler