Auburn softball clinches series at Ole Miss, wins eighth straight
The Auburn softball Tigers are on a roll.
The Auburn softball Tigers are on a roll.
The win gave Carlson her 63rd of her Auburn career which put her past former Auburn pitcher Lexi Davis in the record books who garnered 62 victories in her four-year Auburn career.
On the mound, Makayla Martin dominated the Vols’ bats for seven straight innings. Through six innings, Martin tossed a no-hitter, fanning five batters in the process.
The Tigers fall to 34-8 for the season and will face Tennessee again tomorrow at 2 p.m. CT.
"She made a few minor adjustments two weeks ago and it's been huge for her. Now she's in a groove."
The infielder entered Auburn's tune-up win over Alabama State with only four hits on the season, but doubled that mark with a 4-for-9 showing in the next four games.
Auburn's six runs were the most the team has scored in SEC play this season.
Kaylee Carlson's career performance on the mound ended with joy.
After a dominating, 22-0, performance against Alabama State on Wednesday, the No. 11 Tigers started off the weekend series against No. 19 Kentucky with a 3-1 victory.
The No. 11 Auburn Tigers fresh off a weekend series win over Alabama defeated 22-0 in five innings.
Auburn softball enters SEC play riding a conference-leading mark of 23 wins, and a senior juggernaut atop the league in a plethora of categories.
Draper also managed to steal her 28th and 29th bases to put her within four steals of the NCAA single season record.
The Tigers beat both Western Carolina (5-0) and Western Illinois (6-2).
“It’s awesome," Martin said. "I mean everything that we’ve been working for before the season is paying off and we just have to continue grinding through every game and every hitter.”
Makayla Martin pitched the entire game, throwing her first career no-hitter.
Auburn improved to 9-0 on Friday.
Auburn defeated Tennessee Tech 18-0 before winning the nightcap 9-1 over Furman.
Auburn’s pitching has yet to give up a run through 28 innings to start the 2018 season.
Despite Thursday being the first time putting Dean’s teachings into real play, Martin wasn’t surprised at the goose eggs on the scoreboard.
The Mickey Dean era is set to officially begin Thursday as Auburn hosts Marshall and Wichita State as part of the Plainsman Invite tournament.