HOUSTON - HBU softball reigned victorious in the 3-0 Southland Conference series sweep to the UIW Cardinals on Saturday afternoon. HBU improves their record to 7-8 in the SLC after being tied 4-8 for eighth to UIW. Huskies have won seven of the last 10 meetings with the Cardinals with the weekend extending into a five-game winning streak. 

Sophomore third baseman Autumn Sydlik led the Huskies (14-10,7-8 SLC) in the afternoon victory going 3-for-4 with two home runs, six for the season with most on the team, and five RBIs. Senior Heidi Jaquez went 2-for-4 with a double and scored twice. Sophomore first baseman Caitlyn Brockway went 1-for-2 bringing in the final run for HBU and was hit by a pitch twice. Sophomore Sarah Venker led off the three run sixth inning with her first homerun of her career as a Husky, her third homerun of her college career. 

Redshirt freshman Lyndie Swanson (5-0) grabbed the win in relief throwing four innings allowing no runs on five hits with a pair of hit batters while adding a strikeout and no walks. Jessica Patak threw the first three innings giving up two runs on four hits, walking one and striking out three. 

The Cardinals (10-19,4-11 SLC) tied it up 2-2 in the top of the fourth after a Jazmine Torres double and a base hit from Savannah Behabetz, but were unable to score the remainder of the game. Torres and Maddie Boldt went 2-for-4 while Bella Sanchez went 1-for-2 and scored once.  

Madison Floyd (2-4) took the loss in the circle for UIW giving up seven runs on nine hits, walking one and hitting two adding a pair of strikeouts in 5.2 innings.  

The Huskies averaged a .381 batting average on the weekend, holding the Cardinals to .263.  

The Huskies will head to Prairie View A&M for a 3 p.m. midweek game on Tuesday, April 13 followed by a three-game SLC series hosting Central Arkansas for the weekend.