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Taylor Haggan led the Rattlers with 20 points and 10 rebounds and Ariah Powell had 11 points.
Trinity is 11-5 overall and 6-1 in conference. St. Thomas is 2-5 in conference.
The Tigers play in the second game of a back-to-back on Saturday against Centenary at 6 p.m.
The Tigers remained undefeated at 5-0. Trinity plays on the road Friday at Southwestern and Saturday at Texas Lutheran before playing at home again on Dec. 15 against Austin College.
He made quite the impression early this season at Wolff Stadium.
Playing for the Double-A Frisco Rough Riders, he hit two home runs in one night in the San Antonio Missions’ second home game. He powered Frisco to a 7-1 victory. Leading off and playing center field, Carter went 2-for-3, drove in four runs and walked twice.
The 21-year-old Carter, who was drafted in the second round by the Rangers in 2020, was Texas’ No. 1 prospect in the minor leagues when the 2023 season opened. He spent 97 games with Frisco and batted .353 with 12 home runs and 62 RBIs. Carter played eight games in Triple-A before being called up to the majors on Sept. 8.
South Florida held UTSA without a shot on goal. The Bulls had four shots on goal – with UTSA’s Jasmine Kessler making three saves.
UTSA is 6-7-4 overall and 1-4-3 in conference. The Roadrunners close out the regular season on the road Thursday against Rice.
The Roadrunners outshot FAU 19-3 for the game with Owls goalkeeper Lexif Gonzalez being forced to make 11 saves. Jasmine Kessler had two saves for UTSA.
UTSA’s Jordan Walker, Maci Geltmeier and Tyler Coker each had two shots on goal.
The Roadrunners play their final home match of the season on Sunday at 1:05 p.m. against South Florida. UTSA concludes the regular season on Thursday, Oct. 26, at Rice.
North Texas goalkeeper Maddie Ogden had three saves. UTSA’s Jasmine Keller had two.
Jordan Walker, Deja Sandoval and Alissa Stewart had the Roadrunners’ three attempts on goal that were stopped by Ogden.
UTSA plays its next three matches on the road against SMU, UAB and Temple before returning to Park West to play Florida Atlantic on Thursday, Oct. 19, and South Florida on Sunday, Oct. 22.
Amarillo piled up 11 hits including five for extra bases.
The Sod Poodles scored four runs in the top of the fourth inning to take a 4-1 lead and the Missions never caught up.
Amarillo will play the Arkansas Travelers in the best-of-three Texas League Championship series beginning Sunday. Arkansas clinched its North playoff series with a 14-1 victory over Springfield.
The best-of-three South Division series will be settled in Game 3 on Friday night at Wolff Stadium.
The winner of the series will play the winner of the North Division playoffs in another best-of-three series beginning Sunday to decide the 2023 Texas League champions.
Graham Pauley’s third hit of the night was a solo home run that put the Missions in front 6-5 in the bottom of the eighth. Nathan Martorella followed with another homer, giving the Missions a 7-5 lead and an insurance run they would need.
The Cardinals scored a run in the ninth to make it closer.
The Missions scored three runs in the bottom of the seventh inning to take a 5-4 lead. Springfield bounced back with a run in the top of the eighth to tie it 5-5.
The Missions’ seventh-inning rally included a two-run homer by Michael De La Cruz and an RBI sacrifice bunt by Ripken Reyes that scored Cole Cummings.
San Antonio starting pitcher Jairo Iriarte didn’t get a decision but had a solid outing. He went five innings and allowed three runs, three hits, two walks and struck out nine batters.
Jason Blanchard pitched two innings in relief, Lake Bachar worked the eighth inning and got the win and Efrain Contreras handled the ninth inning to pick up his fourth save.
