#OTD: HOF Spinner tied Runs Record with 5; Garcia matched HR Game Record: Joined Castro with 7 RBI for another Softball Record; Lively Hits Shot Put Record
On this date in the University of Dallas Athletics History:
April 13, 2018 – Dallas baseball pounded 18 runs with half of them coming in the 5th inning to defeat Dallas Christian College at home in seven innings. Mark Peterson logged a 4-5 with 3 RBI. Six of UD’s hits were doubles and Jordan Stickler walked and scored three times.
April 13, 2016 – Stephanie Cervantes went 2-3 with a double and home run that both knocks accounted for five RBI in an 8-2 win for softball over LeTourneau University.
April 13, 2013 – The Crusaders softball team outscored Sarah Lawrence (NY) 45-0 in a doubleheader sweep. Dallas pitching combined to allow six hits. In the 27-0 game two win, Brittany Castro and Taylor Garcia – who homered twice (tied school record) – drove in seven runs apiece to match a single-game school record.
April 13, 2008 – Staab combined to go 7-9 with five runs, three RBI, and double in each game of a doubleheader sweep of La Sierra University. Swaja went all eight innings and struck out nine in a 6-4 extra inning victory.
April 13, 2003 - 2018 Hall of Famer Brian Spinner for baseball scored five runs versus Hendrix College in 2003 to become the third player to tie the single-game record.
April 13, 2002 - Dan Lively set the Shot Put record (42’5”) at the University of Dallas Invitational hosted in Cedar Hill.