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Trinity softball sweeps Millsaps College at home

Tigers sweep and hold first-place going into final weekend

Maddy Morrow, Sports Reporter • April 29, 2026

Senior Angela Baltzell shakes hands with assistant softball coach Jazmyne Cortinas at the softball field at Trinity University on April 18, 2026.

Softball swept the series against Millsaps College, from Jackson, MS this weekend. The Tigers only gave up 1 run in their doubleheader on Saturday, winning the first game 4-1, and the second 5-0. Sunday morning celebrated a senior sendoff for the Tigers graduating seniors, and finished off the day with another win, 5-3.

Saturday

Game 1: The game was quiet until Millsaps scored the first run in the third inning off of an error and a sac bunt. The Tigers bats came to life when Samantha Tagawa, junior infielder, hit a single, and tied the game thanks to a double from Josephine Koelewyn, junior pitcher. The Tigers loaded the bases, and Flores delivered a perfectly placed hot to right-center to clear the bases bringing the score to 4-1.

Game 2: Megan Kriechbaum threw a near perfect game, only allowing three hits, and struck out four batters. Millsaps left 4 runners left on base in the first 2 innings, and didn’t score a single run during the game. Koelewyn delivered a two run double in the third inning and the Tigers had three runs to finish out the third inning. Baltzell’s triple on a 3-1 count scored another run, and Lee hit Baltzell home to bring Trinity to a 5-0 lead.

Sunday

The four seniors, pitcher and outfielder Jordan Arce, first baseman Carsyn Lee, outfielder Hayden Del Toro and shortstop Angela Baltzell, took the field with flowers, and their own framed jerseys to celebrate their coming to an end on the team. The game on Sunday was the closest of the series, but Millsaps couldn’t get ahead of the Tigers 5 runs.

The game started off with an inside the park home run from the majors, but Arce kept them to only one run. The Tigers scored 3 runs off of a series of errors from the Majors, and took the lead 3-1. Lee sent a triple flying to the outfield, and scored the next play off Samantha Tagawa’s ground out. The Tigers final run was scored by junior outfielder Ella Whitacre in the second inning off of another hit from Lee. Millsaps tried to come back in the third with 2 runs, but the score remained 5-3 for the rest of the game.

Next Saturday, The Tigers will fly over to Kentucky to face Centre College in the final series of the regular season.

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