{"id":215892,"date":"2026-03-22T23:03:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-22T23:03:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/215892\/"},"modified":"2026-03-22T23:03:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-22T23:03:11","slug":"softball-notches-series-sweep-over-austin-college","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/215892\/","title":{"rendered":"Softball Notches Series Sweep Over Austin College"},"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\/Hendrix.png\" alt=\"Hendrix College\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                Next Game:<\/p>\n<p> Hendrix College<\/p>\n<p>3\/28\/2026 | 11 AM<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                    Mar. 28 (Sat) \/ 11 AM&#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\/Hendrix.png\" alt=\"Hendrix College\"\/><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                        \u00a0Hendrix College&#13;\n                    <\/p>\n<p>                    <a class=\"sidearm-story-template-next-game-details-history\" href=\"https:\/\/athletics.concordia.edu\/sports\/softball\/opponent-history\/hendrix-college\/81\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">History <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                             &#13;<\/p>\n<p data-end=\"367\" data-start=\"162\">AUSTIN, Texas\u00a0&#8211; Concordia Texas Softball completed its series sweep of Austin College with an 11-3 win,\u00a0using a dominant offensive performance to close out the weekend. Senior outfielder Kylie Denaro\u00a0also broke the program&#8217;s career stolen bases record at Roberts Family Field on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p data-end=\"716\" data-start=\"369\">The Tornados broke the game open in the second inning with a six-run frame. <a href=\"https:\/\/athletics.concordia.edu\/sports\/softball\/roster\/karlee-mathis\/7670\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"7670\" target=\"_blank\">Karlee Mathis<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/athletics.concordia.edu\/sports\/softball\/roster\/lilly-longoria\/7685\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"7685\" target=\"_blank\">Lilly Longoria<\/a> each reached to set the table before <a href=\"https:\/\/athletics.concordia.edu\/sports\/softball\/roster\/christian-everett\/7666\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"7666\" target=\"_blank\">Christian Everett<\/a> delivered an RBI single that helped spark the rally. <a href=\"https:\/\/athletics.concordia.edu\/sports\/softball\/roster\/katie-bethke\/7662\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"7662\" target=\"_blank\">Katie Bethke<\/a> followed with an RBI bunt single, and <a href=\"https:\/\/athletics.concordia.edu\/sports\/softball\/roster\/malarie-mican\/7671\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"7671\" target=\"_blank\">Malarie Mican<\/a> added another hit to keep the inning alive.<\/p>\n<p data-end=\"955\" data-start=\"718\">Denaro then came through with an RBI single, later stealing second before Mican stole home as part of an aggressive base-running sequence. <a href=\"https:\/\/athletics.concordia.edu\/sports\/softball\/roster\/molly-olivarez\/7673\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"7673\" target=\"_blank\">Molly Olivarez<\/a> capped the inning with an RBI to give Concordia a commanding 6-0 lead.<\/p>\n<p data-end=\"1249\" data-start=\"957\">Austin responded with a run in the third and added two more in the fourth, but the Tornados answered immediately. In the bottom of the fourth, <a href=\"https:\/\/athletics.concordia.edu\/sports\/softball\/roster\/kylie-kirk\/7667\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"7667\" target=\"_blank\">Kylie Kirk<\/a> tripled and later scored, while a heads-up baserunning play from <a href=\"https:\/\/athletics.concordia.edu\/sports\/softball\/roster\/morgan-holdren\/7697\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"7697\" target=\"_blank\">Morgan Holdren<\/a> resulted in another run to extend the lead to 8-3.<\/p>\n<p data-end=\"1573\" data-start=\"1251\">Concordia put the game away in the fifth inning. <a href=\"https:\/\/athletics.concordia.edu\/sports\/softball\/roster\/christian-everett\/7666\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"7666\" target=\"_blank\">Christian Everett<\/a> opened the frame with a triple, and <a href=\"https:\/\/athletics.concordia.edu\/sports\/softball\/roster\/malarie-mican\/7671\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"7671\" target=\"_blank\">Malarie Mican<\/a> followed with an RBI single. After another hit from Denaro, Kirk\u00a0delivered a sacrifice fly, and Olivarez added another RBI on a sacrifice fly to seal the 11-3 victory.<\/p>\n<p data-end=\"1723\" data-start=\"1575\">The Tornados totaled 14 hits in the game, led by Mican&#8217;s 4-for-4 performance. Everett added three hits, while Olivarez drove in two runs in the win.<\/p>\n<p data-end=\"1883\" data-start=\"1725\">In the circle, <a href=\"https:\/\/athletics.concordia.edu\/sports\/softball\/roster\/mia-post\/7689\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"7689\" target=\"_blank\">Mia Post<\/a> earned the win, allowing three runs over 3.1 innings, while <a href=\"https:\/\/athletics.concordia.edu\/sports\/softball\/roster\/mallory-mata\/7669\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"7669\" target=\"_blank\">Mallory Mata<\/a> closed the door with 1.2 scoreless innings in relief.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; &#13; &#13; Next Game: Hendrix College 3\/28\/2026 | 11 AM &#13; Mar. 28 (Sat) \/ 11 AM&#13;&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":215893,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133],"class_list":{"0":"post-215892","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\/215892","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=215892"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/215892\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/215893"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=215892"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=215892"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=215892"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}