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SB: HBU Hits Road to Take on Texas State

Huskies play final non-conference matchup of the season



HBU Huskies (19-12) at Texas State Bobcats (30-9)
Wednesday, April 28 - 5 p.m. 
Bobcat Softball Stadium - San Marcos, Texas


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SAN MARCOS, TX – HBU softball will travel to face off with Texas State, the seventh meeting between the two teams, in a non-conference matchup on Wednesday at 5 p.m. at Bobcat Softball Stadium. The game will be broadcasted on ESPN + with play-by-play commentator Brant Freeman and color analyst Cat Osterman.

Senior catcher Heidi Jaquez bats .398 on the season for HBU (19-12) with nine doubles, a home run and 12 RBIs, with a 1.029 on-base percentage. Sophomore Autumn Sydlik bats .337 with eight doubles and eight homeruns with 29 RBIs on the season while sophomore Caitlyn Brockway bats .340 with five doubles, seven home runs and 30 RBIs. Redshirt freshman Jasie Roberts has seven doubles, two triples, three home runs and 20 RBIs while senior Riley Bullen has four doubles, a triple, two homers and 15 RBIs.

The HBU pitching staff is led by redshirt freshman Lyndie Swanson (8-0) with a 0.92 ERA allowing just 14 runs in 68.2 innings thrown while totaling 44 strikeouts. Senior Jessica Patak (6-8) has seen the most action throwing 73.1 innings with a 3.05 ERA totaling 49 strikeouts.

Sara Vanderford leads the way for the Texas State (30-9) lineup batting .407 with 15 doubles, nine home runs and 34 RBIs. Tara Oltmann follows behind batting .361 with six doubles, a triple, nine homers and 35 RBIs. Hayley McKay has homered six times and driven in 20 while ArieAnn Lemons has eight homers and has driven in 22. Vanderford also leads the team with 29 runs scored.

Jessica Mullens (15-6) leads the pitching staff throwing 124.2 innings with a 1.85 ERA and 131 strikeouts. Megan King (8-2) throws a 2.34 ERA in 71.2 innings with 47 strikeouts with Tori McCann (4-1) throwing 40.2 innings with a 3.27 ERA and 27 strikeouts.

Huskies return to action as they travel south for a Southland Conference series with Texas A&M – Corpus Christi with a 1 p.m. doubleheader start on Friday.
 
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Players Mentioned

Caitlyn Brockway

#23 Caitlyn Brockway

C/1B
5' 11"
Sophomore
R/R
Riley Bullen

#5 Riley Bullen

OF
5' 9"
Senior
R/R
Heidi Jaquez

#15 Heidi Jaquez

C/Util.
5' 5"
Senior
L/R
Jessica Patak

#22 Jessica Patak

P
5' 6"
Junior
R/R
Autumn Sydlik

#11 Autumn Sydlik

3B/Util.
5' 6"
Sophomore
R/R
Jasie Roberts

#1 Jasie Roberts

C/OF
5' 8"
Freshman
R/R
Lyndie Swanson

#33 Lyndie Swanson

P
5' 9"
Freshman
R/R

Players Mentioned

Caitlyn Brockway

#23 Caitlyn Brockway

5' 11"
Sophomore
R/R
C/1B
Riley Bullen

#5 Riley Bullen

5' 9"
Senior
R/R
OF
Heidi Jaquez

#15 Heidi Jaquez

5' 5"
Senior
L/R
C/Util.
Jessica Patak

#22 Jessica Patak

5' 6"
Junior
R/R
P
Autumn Sydlik

#11 Autumn Sydlik

5' 6"
Sophomore
R/R
3B/Util.
Jasie Roberts

#1 Jasie Roberts

5' 8"
Freshman
R/R
C/OF
Lyndie Swanson

#33 Lyndie Swanson

5' 9"
Freshman
R/R
P