SAN ANTONIO – The Tiger softball team was shut out in a 9-0 loss at the hands of third-ranked Texas Lutheran University on Saturday afternoon, capping a Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference weekend series.

Trinity fell to 7-26 this season with the loss, which includes a 4-10 SCAC record on the year. Texas Lutheran notched its 30th win of the season (against just three defeats) and leads the conference with a 14-1 league mark.

Despite being held to just one hit in the game, the Tigers trailed just 1-0 through four innings as starting pitcher Jordan Arce (Thousand Oaks, Calif. / Thousand Oaks) allowed just one run on four hits through the first four innings of action. Texas Lutheran scored three unearned runs in the fifth to take a 4-0 lead, taking advantage of two walks and an error to create the cushion.

Another error in the sixth led to another unearned run and a 5-0 Bulldog lead, then the visitors blew the game open with four runs in the seventh to chase Arce from the game.

Dawson Dabboussi (Dallas, Texas / Highland Park) got the only hit of the game for Trinity in the sixth inning, which was just the fourth base runner of the game for the Tigers.

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Trinity will be back at home next weekend for another three-game SCAC series, hosting the University of Dallas on Friday and Saturday, April 21 and 22. Game one is at 7:00 p.m. Friday, followed by a Saturday DH that begins at Noon. Saturday will also be Senior day for the Tiger seniors.