The Auburn softball team is showing no signs of slowing down its dominant run through the non-conference schedule.
The Tigers posted their 10th straight victory Sunday, a 8-0 win against Purdue to wrap up an unbeaten sweep of the Wilson/DeMarini Classic at Jane B. Moore Field.
"It doesn't matter who you play, it's how you play," said Auburn head coach Clint Myers. "We have to go out and play good defense, get good pitching and have timely hitting. We have to work on the consistency of all three of those."
Sophomore pitcher Lexi Davis earned her seventh win of the season with five complete innings of shutout softball. Davis struck out three batters and walked only one Boilermaker.
Freshman Kasey Cooper led the way for the Auburn offense as she knocked in four RBI, including a two-run homer in the fourth inning to set up the early victory.
Auburn scored three runs in both the first and second innings. The top four of Auburn starting lineup -- Emily Carosone, Morgan Estell, Cooper and Branndi Melero -- went a combined 8-for-9 hitting against Purdue to keep the Tigers' hot offense going.
The win was Auburn's eighth run-rule victory of the season as the game was called after the fifth inning.
The schedule will get tougher for Auburn in the next few days as No. 10 Florida State visits the Plains Wednesday night at 5 p.m. The Seminoles will be Auburn's first ranked opponent of the season.
"We're getting better," Myers said. "We're getting to the part of the schedule where it's going to be a little tougher and we have to get ourselves ready to play with conference starting in two weeks."
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