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Louisiana College (left), Mississippi College and Texas-Tyler all went 4-0.
East Division Rules at ASC First Pitch Softball Tournament
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FARMERS BRANCH, TX – Fueled by perfect 4-0 showings from No. 2-ranked Louisiana College, Mississippi College and No. 25 Texas-Tyler, the East Division won bragging rights over the West Division by totaling a 23-5 advantage at the annual American Southwest Conference First Pitch Softball Tournament at Oran Good Park over the weekend (March 4-5).

All 14 of the league’s teams played four games – two each day – against teams from the opposite division. Games did not count toward conference standings, just overall and in-region. 

Interim head coach Danielle Price and LC (8-0) extended their record winning streak at the event to 31 games, while head coach Mike Reed and UT Tyler (10-2) made it 21 straight victories. Head coach Brooke O’Hair and MC (9-1) has now prevailed in 23 of its last 25 ASC First Pitch games, including eight in a row.

Also helping the East’s cause was LeTourneau (9-3) and Texas-Dallas (6-4), which each had a 3-1 showing.

Leading the way for the West Division was Concordia Texas (6-6) and Mary Hardin-Baylor (7-5), which each went 2-2.

2011 ASC FIRST PITCH SOFTBALL TOURNAMENT
“East vs. West”
March 4-5 / Oran Good Park / Farmers Branch, TX

(Game DO NOT count toward division record)
 
Friday, March 4
Texas-Dallas 4, Schreiner 3
Texas-Tyler 29, Sul Ross State 0
Louisiana College 8, Concordia Texas 4
East Texas Baptist 1, Texas Lutheran 0
LeTourneau 3, Hardin-Simmons 2 (10)
Mississippi College 9, Howard Payne 1
Mary Hardin-Baylor 14, Ozarks 5
Texas-Dallas 9, Sul Ross State 1
Texas-Tyler 9, Concordia Texas 3
Louisiana College 9, Texas Lutheran 0
Hardin-Simmons 2, East Texas Baptist 0
LeTourneau 6, Howard Payne
Mississippi College 6, Mary Hardin-Baylor 4
Ozarks 10, Schreiner 8
 
Saturday, March 5
Concordia Texas 8, Texas-Dallas 7
Texas-Tyler 8, Texas Lutheran 1
Louisiana College 9, Hardin-Simmons 5
East Texas Baptist 12, Howard Payne 3
Mary Hardin-Baylor 7, LeTourneau 5 (9)
Mississippi College 11, Schreiner 5
Ozarks 10, Sul Ross State 1
Texas-Dallas 6, Texas Lutheran 3
Texas-Tyler 11, Hardin-Simmons 0
Louisiana College 14, Howard Payne 2
East Texas Baptist 8, Mary Hardin-Baylor 0
LeTourneau 11, Schreiner 1
Mississippi College 26, Sul Ross State 2
Concordia Texas 4, Ozarks 0
 
Team-By-Team Records
 
4-0
Louisiana College (E)
Mississippi College (E)
Texas-Tyler (E)
 
3-1
East Texas Baptist (E)
LeTourneau (E)
Texas-Dallas (E)
 
2-2
Concordia Texas (W)
Mary Hardin-Baylor (W)
Ozarks (E)
 
1-3
Hardin-Simmons (W)
 
0-4
Howard Payne (W)
Schreiner (W)
Sul Ross State (W)
Texas Lutheran (W)
 
Division vs. Division

East Defeats West, 23-5
 
 
Miscellaneous

Most Runs Scored: Texas-Tyler, 57
Fewest Runs Allowed: Texas-Tyler, 4
 

ASC First Pitch Winning Streaks

Louisiana College, 31
Texas-Tyler, 21
Mississippi College, 8