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FORT WORTH, TX: The Texas Wesleyan University softball team (16-11, 9-5 SAC) took a dominant 4-0 win from Northwood University (11-22, 8-6 SAC) before the Lady Knights narrowly escaped the Lady Rams 5-4 in game two at Sycamore Park on Tuesday.
 
The Lady Rams took a lead in game one with a three run rally in the third inning.  Raven Moreno drew a walk before Amber Tucker moved her over with a two-out base hit through the left side. Kendall Kizer smashed a double into the left center gap to drive in a run and take the lead. Chelsea Anderson followed suit with a double in nearly the same spot in left center to score a pair and extend the lead to 3-0.
 
The Lady Rams produced another run in the fifth inning after some crafty base running from Meagen Alvarez. She legged out an infield single to start the inning, and a sacrifice bunt by Tucker moved the runner to second. Alvarez stole third and nobody was at third to catch the throw down, allowing her to score easily for a 4-0 advantage.
 
Amber Marlett and the Lady Rams silenced the Lady Knights to earn the game one win. Marlett (9-1) did a masterful job, going the distance to earn her sixth complete shutout of the season. She allowed only two hits and two walks, while striking out 12.
 
Kizer went 1 for 3 with a RBI and a run scored. Anderson went 1 for 3 with a RBI. With her sac bunt in the fifth inning, Tucker now owns the career record for sacrifice hits with 24. She also shares the single game sacrifice hit record with three, and owns the single season sacrifice hit record with 14.
 
Morgan Johnson helped herself out in the second game, tagging a RBI double down the left field line for a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the second inning.
 
The Lady Knights sparked a rally to take the lead in the third inning. Susu Taylor knocked a double to straight away center field to score two, taking a 2-1 lead.
 
Northwood added to their lead with a two-run home run to right center field by Kaylan Pruitt to make it a 4-1 game.
 
Texas Wesleyan threatened in the sixth with a lead-off base hit up the middle from Anderson. Dani West entered the game to pinch run, but was thrown out trying to steal second on a throw that just happened to be in the right spot at the right time. Lauren Davis kept the inning alive with another single up the middle, but the Lady Rams were unable to produce.
 
The Knights added an insurance run in the seventh with a Gabby Esparza bloop single down the right field line that just stayed fair.
 
The Lady Rams chased Northwood pitcher Anne Diercks out of the game in the bottom of the seventh after a Tucker RBI single to shallow left center made it a 5-2 game. Megan Spence came in to ball game to face Kizer with two outs. Kizer ripped one in the left center gap to score two runs to cut the lead to 5-4, but Northwood escaped with the game two win.
 
Texas Wesleyan will head to Chickasha, OK for a double header against the University of Science and Arts (OK) on Friday, April 4. Game one is set for a 2:00 pm start.