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14 - Addy Prasifka (ACU)
Rita Willhite
2
Winner Houston Christian HOUSTON 11-6
0
Stephen F. Austin STEPHEN 5-15
Winner
Houston Christian HOUSTON
11-6
2
Final
0
Stephen F. Austin STEPHEN
5-15
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Houston Christian HOUSTON 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 2 0
Stephen F. Austin STEPHEN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0

W: Prasifka, Addy (1-1) L: A. Brown (2-4)

Game Recap: Softball |

SB: Huskies stifle SFA for third straight shutout to complete series sweep

Prasifka earns first career win with stellar relief outing to help run HCU winning streak to five



NACOGDOCHES --- Addy Prasifka picked up her first career victory with 3.2 innings of relief to help Houston Christian University finish off a weekend sweep of Stephen F. Austin State University on Saturday at SFA Field. The 2-0 victory capped a stellar weekend for the pitching staff which put together three straight shutouts while allowing only 11 hits in the three-game series. 
 
Saturday turned into a continuation of the Friday doubleheader, as another pitching duel ensued. Not until the fourth inning would the scoreboard be dented, as Kaicey Hagler's sacrifice fly scored Haylie Savage, who had doubled down the left field line to start the inning before moving to third on a Jasie Roberts groundout.
 
Leading 1-0 in the bottom of the fourth, HCU starter Katy Janes ran into trouble, loading the bases with one out. Prasifka entered and induced a fielder's choice to third cutting the run down at home, then got Mikaelah Burkland on a liner to second to get out of the jam and preserve the one-run lead.
 
The Jacks would get just three hits off Prasifka the rest of the way and the Huskies provided her some insurance in the seventh when Maggie Childs cranked a solo homer to lead off the inning. SFA would make one push in the last of the seventh, putting two on with two out, but Prasifka got Hope Lusk on a grounder to Savage, who stepped on third for the final out and the sweep.
 
HCU managed just two hits in the contest, but they were enough for the win. Childs homer was her first of the campaign, and tied her for the team lead with nine RBI.
 
Janes struck out four and allowed two hits in 3.1 innings of work before giving way to Prasifka, who went 3.2 innings of three-hit shutout relief, walking one and fanning four to even her mark at 1-1 on the season.
 
The three straight shutouts is the first for the Huskies since 2021, when they defeated University of Houston-Victoria in back-to-back games by identical 5-0 scores, then nipped Southern Miss 2-0. It is the first three-game sweep of a single opponent with all shutouts in school history.
 
The Huskies are now 11-6 on the season and have won five in a row. HCU will return to Husky Field on Tuesday afternoon, hosting University of Pennsylvania out of the Ivy League. The twin-bill is slated for a 3 pm start and kicks off a six-game homestand which includes the first Southland series of the season against Lamar.
 
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