MONTICELLO, Ark. --- Arkansas Tech registered one of the biggest wins of its brief softball history when it knocked off the five-time defending Gulf South Conference West Division champion Arkansas-Monticello Cotton Blossoms 4-3 in game two of a doubleheader at Blossoms Field on Saturday.

The Suns (10-8 overall, 2-6 GSC) scored the game-winning run in the top of the eighth inning as they handed UAM (23-7, 4-1) its first conference loss of the 2005 season.

Tech took a 3-0 lead in the second inning behind an RBI single by Terrise Williams and a two-run double by Molly Schweigert. The Blossoms tied the score in the bottom of the third on a three-run home run by Jodie Scott, and the score remained knotted at 3-3 until Tech’s Dana Kuneman scored the game-winning run on a wild pitch in the top of the eighth inning.

Noelle Cline (3-2), who pitched a complete game for the Golden Suns, retired Arkansas-Monticello in order in the bottom of the eighth to secure the victory for Tech. Cline allowed three runs, two of which were earned, on five hits in eight innings pitched. She struck out five.

The Cotton Blossoms won game one of Saturday’s twin bill 6-1. Tech and UAM will play the rubber game of their three-game weekend series at Blossoms Field on Sunday.   

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