By Benny Rogers, TVCC Sports Information
The Lady Cardinals have reeled off five straight wins, which is one short of tying the school record.
Coach Ashley Johnston’s squad is 10-4 on the season after sweeping Grayson and Grambling State in doubleheaders Friday and Saturday at Cain Park. The Lady Cardinals defeated Grayson 3-1 and 10-1 and Grambling State 4-3 and 4-1.
Against Grayson, Erica Jordan and Shelby Eddington had two hits each in Game 1, Eddington had two doubles. In the second game, collecting two hits each were Melissa Boland, Jazmine Hicks, Taylor Wilson and Thomas. Boland slammed a walk-off grand slame home run, ending the game via the eight-run rule. The top hitter was Andrea Sitter, who went 3-for-3 with two RBI and two stolen bases.
Jordan went 3-for-3 in the first win against Grambling State. Chyna Phipps went 2-for-3. In the second game, Melissa Billingsley and Wilson had two hits each and Jordan Olivares and Chantelle Whitehead one each. Olivares had a triple and Wilson a double.
The Lady Cardinals are scheduled to be at home today in doubleheader action against North Central Texas. Action starts at Cain Park at 1 p.m.
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
The No. 1-ranked Lady Cardinals outscored Jacksonville 31-7 in a 10-minute stretch in the second half Saturday afternoon to pull away for a 76-57 win.
The Lady Cardinals, 26-1 overall and 13-0 in conference, trailed 28-27 at the half.
Krystle Henderson led a balanced Lady Cardinal scoring effort with 16 points. Savannah Carter had 14, followed by Shannon Smith and Victoria Wells with 12 each and Roddricka Patton and Adut Bulgak with 11 each.
The Lady Cardinals hit 26 of 30 free throws.
The Lady Cardinals now close the regular season with three straight games at Cardinal Gym, where they have won 41 straight games. First up is Angelina at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday.
Wednesday’s game is the only game for the Lady Cardinals this week. They observe an open date Saturday.
MEN’S BASKETBALL
The Cardinals, 16-10 and 7-8, are scheduled to return to action Wednesday at Carthage against Panola. Game time is 7 p.m.
The next home game for Coach Kris Baumann’s squad, which had Saturday off, is Saturday against Paris at 4 p.m.
ON THE AIR
Wednesday’s Lady Cardinal game against Angelina will be webcast by the Cardinal Sports Network at www.tvcc.edu. Pregame programming begins at 5:20 p.m.
Saturday’s Cardinal game against Paris will also be webcast. Pregame programming starts at 3:50 p.m.
Brad Smiley discusses this year’s football recruiting class on the current edition of “Cardinal Weekly.” Check it out.