HOUSTON- HBU Softball is set to wrap up their season this weekend in their final SLC against Abilene Christian starting with a double-header this Friday May 3rd at 1:00 P.M. Saturday will mark the last home game for our four Husky Seniors:
Demi Janak,
Brooke Bushman,
Ashley Herrera, and
Alyssa De Los Santos.
HBU (20-23, 7-17) is led by senior shortstop
Demi Janak who leads the team in batting with a .290 average and .324 average in conference play. Janak also leads the team in doubles with 13 on the season. Senior 1st basemen
Brooke Bushman follows her up with a .283 average with seven doubles and one homerun.
HBU will look to continue to effectively use all three pitchers on the staff beginning with
Emma Guindon (10-7) who leads the team in wins, innings pitched and strikeouts. Guindon comes into the game with a 2.77 ERA in 124 innings pitched. Following her is sophomore
Elliott Estes (6-7) who is just behind her with a 2.90 ERA in 72.1 innings pitched.
Jessica Patak (4-9) rounds out the pitching staff with a 4.59 ERA in 85.1 innings pitched.
ACU (13-28, 6-18) is coming into the game with a 4 game win streak including a three game sweep of the Texas A&M Corpus Christi Islanders. The Wildcats are led by Linsey Tomlinson who sports a .308 batting average with 21 RBI's and 20 runs scored. Kayla Keeling follows her up with a .298 average tied for second best on the team with a tie for team high 7 homeruns and 24 RBI's.
Calie Burris (6-7) looks to get the start in game one for the Wildcats. Burris comes in with a 4.86 ERA in 92.2 innings. She will be followed up by Samantha Bradley (6-17) who comes in with a 5.60 ERA in 138.1 innings pitched.
Game two will follow approximately 30 minutes after the conclusion of game one with game three coming Saturday at Noon. Live Stats and Video can be found on HBUHuskies.com
