Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 JACKSON, Tenn. - NAIA No. 7 Trevecca (28-3, 15-1 TranSouth) took the opener of its doubleheader at #RV Union University (22-9, 12-2 TranSouth) 9-4, but lost 5-4 in the second game on Saturday afternoon. The loss breaks Trevecca's 15 game winning streak. TNU started the season by winning their first 12 games. Trevecca has won 19 of the last 24 meetings with Union. Trevecca holds a one game lead over Union for first place in the TranSouth softball standings.  

GAME ONE RECAP
The Trojans scored in the top of the first on a bases-loaded walk to Heather Shuler, but the Bulldogs tied it with a run of their own in the bottom half of the inning. Trevecca seemed to take control of the game in the third inning, when Melinda Patterson's bases-loaded double to deep left field made it 4-1. The Trojans extended the lead in the fifth on a solo home run by Lauren Baker, her fifth blast of the season. The Bulldogs, however, refused to go quietly, sending seven batters to the plate in the bottom of the fifth, scoring three runs on three hits to make it 5-4 Trevecca heading to the sixth inning.

But the Trojans put the game out of reach in the top of the sixth, thanks in large part to freshman outfielder Haylee Rogers. With one out, Kelsey Lantrip doubled to get things started. After back-to-back walks to Kari Mason and Karli Rush, the Bulldogs made a change in the circle, replacing starter Keaton Kirk with Caroline George. George retired Baker on a pop up to foul territory, but wasn't quite so fortunate with Rogers, who drove a 1-0 pitch over the left-field fence for her first career grand slam and a 9-4 Trojan lead.

Patterson was the only Trojan with more than one hit, going 2-4 with a double and three RBI. Rogers went 1-4 with a home run, a run, and four RBI. Baker went 1-3 with a home run, a run, and an RBI. Mason and Rush each scored twice.

Baker (15-0) went the distance in the circle for Trevecca, giving up four runs on five hits in seven innings, with nine strikeouts and six walks. Kirk (9-4) took the loss for Union.

GAME TWO RECAP
Union jumped out to a 2-0 lead with a pair of runs in the bottom of the first inning. CJ Browder was hit by a pitch and later scored on a Amber Hayes squeeze bunt. Shelby Lamb drove in the second run with a single later in the inning. Trevecca rallied to take a 4-2 lead with a run in the third, fourth, fifth, and sixth innings. Haylee Rogers added a solo home run.

Union answered when Keaton Kirk hit a solo home run in the sixth inning to cut the Trojan lead in half at 4-3.

In the bottom of the seventh Union's Tobie Joy drew a lead-off walk. Hayes reached on an error that moved Joy to second. Lamb then bunted for a hit that scored Joy from second as the ball got through the infield. Hayes moved to third base on the bunt and then scored on a wild pitch to win the game.

Union's Brooke Thomas (11-3) earned the complete game victory with four runs on six hits and four walks with five strikeouts. Riley Mashburn (11-3) took the loss, allowing five runs on seven hits and five walks. Mashburn struck out four Bulldogs.

Karli Rush was 2-4 with a run scored and an RBI. Haylee Rogers was 2-4 with two RBI, a run scored, a double, and a home run.

Trevecca will visit Cumberland University (21-15, 10-6 TranSouth) in nearby Lebanon, Tenn. on Tuesday at 2 p.m. The next home game will be on Thursday, April 7 at 4 p.m. when Martin Methodist (19-18, 5-9
TranSouth) visits for a pair of games.