ADA, Okla. – The East Central University softball team will welcome Arkansas Tech to Tiger Field for a four-game Great American Conference series, March 6-7.  The Tigers (3-12, 0-8 GAC) and the Golden Suns (11-9, 5-3 GAC) will play doubleheaders each day, with Friday's starting at 1 p.m. and Saturday's at 12 p.m.

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Tiger Quick Hits

• ECU is coming off a road series at Harding
  • The Tigers had four players hit over .300 for the series
    • Fr. Vanessa Tamayo: .500 batting avg., 3 hits, 1 BB, 5 assisted outs
    • Fr. Emma Barr: .333 batting avg., 2 hits, 6 putouts
    • Sr. Kaytlyn Kizarr: .333 batting avg., 2 hits, 5 putouts
    • Fr. Kaleigh Ham: .300 batting avg., 2 runs, 3 hits, 1 double, 1 triple, 1 sacrifice bunt, 1 putouts, 6 assisted outs
  • Jr. Tatiana Bryant tallied three of the teams 5 RBIs
    • .273 batting avg., 3 hits, 3 RBI, 24 putouts, 1 assisted out
  • So. Paige Leschber and Jr. Carla Torres saw the most action of the five pitchers who saw time in the circle
    • Leschber: 2 appearances, 2 games started, 1 complete game, 9.0 IP, 8 hits and 8 runs (6 earned) allowed, 6 BBs, 7 Ks, .242 opponent batting avg.
    • Torres: 2 appearances, 1 game started, 5.2 IP, 13 hits and 11 runs allowed, 3 BBs, 1 K
• Bryant and Ham lead the team for the season
  • Bryant: .395 batting avg., 7 runs, 17 hits, 2 home runs, 8 RBIs, 3 HBPs, 1 sacrifice bunt, 69 putouts, 5 assisted outs
  • Ham: .348 batting avg., 11 runs, 16 hits, 4 doubles, 1 triple, 2 home runs, 11 RBIs, 1 sacrifice bunt, 17 putouts, 17 assisted outs

Against the Competition

• The Tigers and ATU have met on 32 previous occasions
  • The Golden Suns lead 21-11 overall and 18-10 in GAC action
  • The series is closer when playing at Tiger Field – 7-9
• The teams just played twice in 2019, due to weather
  • ATU won both games in Russellville
  • ECU was only out-hit 17-15 in the series, but most of those hits came from 2019 seniors
    • Kizarr is the lone returner with a hit
      • 1 hit, 3 putouts, 1 assisted out
  • Leschber saw 5.1 innings of work in the circle
    • 3 hits and 3 runs allowed, 7 BBs, 4 Ks, .176 opponent batting avg.