{"id":214992,"date":"2026-03-22T03:04:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-22T03:04:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/214992\/"},"modified":"2026-03-22T03:04:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-22T03:04:09","slug":"softball-shuts-out-austin-college-in-doubleheader","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/214992\/","title":{"rendered":"Softball Shuts Out Austin College in Doubleheader"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>                    &#13;<br \/>\n                        &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1774148649_363_austin college.png\" alt=\"Austin College\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                Next Game:<\/p>\n<p> Austin College<\/p>\n<p>3\/22\/2026 | 12 PM<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                    Mar. 22 (Sun) \/ 12 PM&#13;\n                <\/p>\n<p>                    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sidearm-story-template-next-game-opponent-logo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1774148649_363_austin college.png\" alt=\"Austin College\"\/><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                        \u00a0Austin College&#13;\n                    <\/p>\n<p>                    <a class=\"sidearm-story-template-next-game-details-history\" href=\"https:\/\/athletics.concordia.edu\/sports\/softball\/opponent-history\/austin-college\/5\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">History <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                             &#13;<\/p>\n<p data-end=\"329\" data-start=\"149\">AUSTIN, Texas\u00a0&#8211; Concordia Texas Softball delivered a dominant showing on Saturday at Roberts Family Field, sweeping Austin College in a doubleheader with two shutout victories.<\/p>\n<p>Game One: W, 6-0<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nThe Tornados opened the day with a strong all-around performance, shutting out Austin College 6-0 behind a historic outing in the circle.<\/p>\n<p data-end=\"783\" data-start=\"498\"><a href=\"https:\/\/athletics.concordia.edu\/sports\/softball\/roster\/kylie-kirk\/7667\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"7667\" target=\"_blank\">Kylie Kirk<\/a>, the reigning SCAC Pitcher of the Week, tied the program&#8217;s single-game strikeout record once again, recording 10 strikeouts in a complete-game two-hit shutout. She worked around traffic throughout the game, allowing just two hits while striking out double-digit batters.<\/p>\n<p data-end=\"923\" data-start=\"785\">Offensively, Concordia got on the board in the second inning with three runs before adding three more in the fifth to break the game open.<\/p>\n<p data-end=\"1184\" data-start=\"925\"><a href=\"https:\/\/athletics.concordia.edu\/sports\/softball\/roster\/molly-olivarez\/7673\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"7673\" target=\"_blank\">Molly Olivarez<\/a> led the way with two hits and two RBIs, while <a href=\"https:\/\/athletics.concordia.edu\/sports\/softball\/roster\/mia-post\/7689\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"7689\" target=\"_blank\">Mia Post<\/a> continued her strong day at the plate with three hits. <a href=\"https:\/\/athletics.concordia.edu\/sports\/softball\/roster\/karlee-mathis\/7670\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"7670\" target=\"_blank\">Karlee Mathis<\/a> added an RBI, and the Tornados capitalized on timely hitting and aggressive baserunning to build separation.<\/p>\n<p>Game Two: W, 4-0<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nConcordia completed the sweep with another shutout, defeating Austin College 4-0 in the nightcap.<\/p>\n<p data-end=\"1478\" data-start=\"1313\"><a href=\"https:\/\/athletics.concordia.edu\/sports\/softball\/roster\/karlee-mathis\/7670\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"7670\" target=\"_blank\">Karlee Mathis<\/a> was also\u00a0dominant in the circle, tossing a complete-game shutout while limiting Austin to seven hits and keeping the Roos off the scoreboard throughout.<\/p>\n<p data-end=\"1608\" data-start=\"1480\">The Tornados struck early, plating two runs in the first inning before adding two more in the third to take control of the game.<\/p>\n<p data-end=\"1837\" data-start=\"1610\"><a href=\"https:\/\/athletics.concordia.edu\/sports\/softball\/roster\/kylie-denaro\/7663\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"7663\" target=\"_blank\">Kylie Denaro<\/a> drove in a run to get things started, while <a href=\"https:\/\/athletics.concordia.edu\/sports\/softball\/roster\/kamryn-kothman\/7683\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"7683\" target=\"_blank\">Kamryn Kothman<\/a> added two RBIs. <a href=\"https:\/\/athletics.concordia.edu\/sports\/softball\/roster\/mia-post\/7689\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"7689\" target=\"_blank\">Mia Post<\/a> contributed an RBI, and <a href=\"https:\/\/athletics.concordia.edu\/sports\/softball\/roster\/kylie-kirk\/7667\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"7667\" target=\"_blank\">Kylie Kirk<\/a> helped set the tone offensively with a pair of hits and aggressive baserunning.<\/p>\n<p data-end=\"1969\" data-start=\"1839\">Concordia&#8217;s defense backed Mathis throughout, turning in a clean performance in the field to secure the second shutout of the day.<\/p>\n<p>Concordia Texas and Austin College will conclude the series tomorrow. First pitch is scheduled for noon.<\/p>\n<p>To keep up to date with everything surrounding the CTX softball\u00a0program, follow us on social media (@ctxathletics) and visit athletics.concordia.edu.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; &#13; &#13; Next Game: Austin College 3\/22\/2026 | 12 PM &#13; Mar. 22 (Sun) \/ 12 PM&#13;&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":214993,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133],"class_list":{"0":"post-214992","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-austin","8":"tag-austin","9":"tag-austin-headlines","10":"tag-austin-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214992","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=214992"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214992\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/214993"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=214992"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=214992"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=214992"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}