JACKSON, Tenn.—The Christian Brothers University Lady Bucs cruised to a pair of shutout wins at Lane Monday afternoon in their final road nonconference games of the season, winning 7-0 in the opener and claiming a 12-0 win in the second game as freshman
Kim Adams (Southaven, Miss., Southaven HS) became the first player in school history to hit for the cycle.
In the opener, the Lady Bucs (5-7) broke open the scoring in the fourth inning as they scored three runs when a hit batter and two errors were followed by a
Lauren Dorsett (Mufreesboro, Tenn./Blackman HS) triple and an
Emily Schmidt (Olive Branch, Miss./Center Hill HS) single.
They tacked on two more in the fifth when two singles led to an Adams two-run single. They set the final margin in the sixth inning with two more runs on a hit batter, an error, a walk, and a single.
Kaylea Brewer (Pulaski, Tenn./Giles County HS) earned the win, tossing five scoreless innings while allowing one hit and two walks with six strikeouts.
Michelle McEachron (Carlsbad, Calif./La Costa Canyon HS) struck out four in two scoreless innings of relief.
Kathleen Nelson (Bartlett, Tenn./Bolton HS) went 3-for-4, while Adams and Dorsett collected two hits each.
In the second game, the Lady Bucs set the tone quickly.
Casey King (Flower Mound, Texas/Flower Mound HS) hit a two-out triple in the first.
Marie Joiner (San Clemente, Calif./San Clemente HS) drove her in with a single, and Adams followed with a two-run homer to give the Lady Bucs a 3-0 lead.
Adams singled and scored on an error in the fourth inning to push the lead to 4-0. In the fifth, she hit an RBI double and scored as part of a three-run inning that also featured an RBI single by Schmidt.
The Lady Bucs blew it open with a five-run sixth inning. Adams followed three singles with a two-run triple to complete the cycle, and Dorsett blasted her first homer of the season to cap the sequence, taking a 12-0 lead.
Adams was 4-for-4 with five RBI, tying the school single-game records for hits, runs, RBI, and total bases. Joiner and King each collected two hits and three runs, while Dorsett drove in three.
The Lady Bucs come home Wednesay afternoon, weather permitting, to host Missouri S&T at 1 p.m. in their final tuneup before opening GSC West play Saturday at 1 p.m. against No. 12 Arkansas-Monticello.