ELON – The Elon softball team grabbed a 9-2 victory over Tarleton State in its weekend finale on Sunday at Hunt Softball Park.
 
The Phoenix (9-17) avenged its Friday loss to the Texans (18-12) to pick up its second straight win of the weekend. Elon has also won five of its past seven games.
 
At the Plate

• The Phoenix recorded 11 hits on the day, marking its fifth double-digit hit performance of the season. Elon drove in seven RBI and left seven runners on base.
• Eight players registered a base hit, with three recording multi-hit games. Mauri Murray added her second multi-hit game of the weekend, going 2-for-3 with a pair of RBI while tying Chloe Hatzopoulos for the team lead in RBI.
• Reili Gardner went 2-for-2 at the dish while Lani Wyrick finished 2-for-4. Both players drove in a run, with Wyrick also adding a triple.

In the Circle

• Anna Dew picked up the win in relief, improving to 6-4 on the season. The junior tossed 4.0 innings and allowed three hits with two strikeouts.
• Lia Miller started the contest and went 3.0 innings. The junior gave up five hits and two runs against the Texans. 

The Rundown
Elon wasted no time getting into scoring position in the first inning. Wyrick led off the frame with a triple to right before scoring on a sacrifice fly from Murray to put the Phoenix on the board.
 
Miscues from the Texans helped Elon add two more runs in the bottom of the second. Jenna Klein and Payton Swart both reached on errors before scoring on another error during Mary Moss Wirt's at-bat to give the Phoenix a 3-0 lead.
 
Tarleton State mounted a rally in the third. The Texans reached on a leadoff double and a hit-by-pitch before both runners moved into scoring position on a wild pitch. Miller limited the damage to a pair of sacrifice flies as Elon carried a 3-2 advantage into the fourth.
 
A five-run bottom of the fourth broke the game open for the Phoenix. Elon used six hits to increase its lead with RBI from Gardner, Wyrick, Murray, Hatzopoulos and Klein as the Texans faced an 8-2 deficit after four innings.
 
Hatzopoulos pushed across another run after the redshirt senior drew a two-out, bases-loaded walk in the bottom of the fifth. The free pass scored Wirt, who had reached earlier in the inning on a walk, giving Elon a 9-2 cushion.
 
Dew held the Texans to one hit over the final two innings as Elon improved to 2-1 during its three-game weekend versus Tarleton State and Lehigh.

On Deck
The Phoenix embarks on a four-game road swing beginning Tuesday at East Carolina. Opening pitch is scheduled for 5 p.m.