Davenport, Iowa – Senior pitcher Laila Summers (Joliet, Ill./Providence Catholic) collected three wins int the circle to help No. 24 ranked Saint Xavier University softball (6-2/0-0 CCAC) go 3-1 this weekend at the St. Ambrose University Dome Tournament in Davenport, Iowa on Saturday and Sunday. She allowed just three hits with a career-best 13 strikeouts and senior infielder Alexus Reese (Schererville, Ind./Lake Central) drove in both runs in a 2-1 win over William Penn University (Iowa). Junior infielder Abbie Carr (Indianapolis, Ind./Roncalli) had an RBI single in a 6-1 setback to Madonna University (Mich.). On Sunday, Reese collected four RBI and Summers picked up the win in relief in a 9-2 triumph over Mount Marty University (S.D.). Summers and junior Julianne Claas (Menomonee Falls, Wis./Hamilton) combined to no-hit the Lancers, the first combined no-hitter for SXU since March 4, 2021, when Summers and former NAIA All-American Allison Golic (2018-21) paired up to throw the only combined Perfect Game in team history against Lawrence Tech University (Mich.). Summer threw a five-hit shutout and SXU rallied for three runs in the bottom of the 6^th for a 3-0 victory.

Game One:

• Reese went 2-for-3 with two RBI.
• Sophomore infielder Kaitlyn Wright (Chicago, Ill./Marist) was 2-for-3 as well, she also swiped three bases and scored two runs.
• The final line for Summers (2-2) was 7.0 innings, three hits and one earned run.
• Reese lined an RBI double to left field in the bottom of the 1^st to open the scoring and she added an RBI base hit to center in the bottom of the 5^th.
• WPU scored its lone run on an error in the top of the 6^th.
• Summers had a strikeout in each inning and struck out the side in the top of the 2^nd and the top of the 7^th.

Game Two:

• Freshman infielder Aubrey Wroble (Crown Point, Ind./Crown Point) collected two hits in four at-bats from the leadoff spot.
• Junior catcher Lindsay Morgan (Huntley, Ill./Keiser/Huntley) went 1-for-3 with a run scored.
• Carr was 1-for-3 with an RBI.
• Claas (2-1) suffered the loss, pitching a complete game by going 6.0 innings with six hits, six earned runs, three walks and four strikeouts.
• The Crusaders plated four runs in the bottom of the 1^st with three RBI doubles, the last being a two-run double with two outs.
• Carr drove in Morgan on an RBI single to center in the top of the 4^th.
• MU added a run in the bottom of the 5^th on a sacrifice fly and another run on an RBI groundout in the bottom of the 6^th.

Game Three:

• Wroble went 4-for-4 with three runs scored, a stolen base and a walk.
• Sophomore outfielder Haley Matlock (Indianapolis, Ind./Southport) tied the school record for walks, drawing four, and finished 0-for-1 with two runs. She the first Cougar since Frankie Demack (2016-19) had four walks in a 13-inning contest against Judson University (Ill.) in the Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference (CCAC) Tournament on May 3, 2018. It was the first time in a seven-inning game that an SXU batter had four walks when Caroline Kuzel (2015-18) did so against Hannibal-LaGrange University (Mo.) on March 7, 2016 during their Spring Break trip. Courtney Murphy (2008-11) is the other Saint Xavier player to collect four walks, doing it twice on April 20, 2008, and again on May 7, 2010.
• Reese had four RBI after going 2-for-3 with two walks and a run.
• Carr hit a double in three at-bats with two RBI.
• Freshman utility player Yalitza Lovan (Pleasant Hill, Iowa/Dowling Catholic) posted her first collegiate hit as a pinch hitter, driving two runs.
• Freshman outfielder Megan Kirnbauer (Tinley Park, Ill./Andrew) collected her first collegiate hit and scored a run in a pinch-hitting opportunity.
• Claas made the start and went 3.1 innings with no hits, two runs (one earned), six walks and four strikeouts.
• Summers (3-2) finished the game by throwing 3.2 innings of relief with no-hits and striking out eight batters.
• Reese hit an RBI single in the top of the 1^st and an error allowed another run to score. Carr split the gap in right center for a two-run double to give the Cougars a 4-0 advantage.
• MMU got on the board in the bottom half of the inning as a run scored on an error. They added a run in the bottom of the 2^nd by drawing a bases loaded walk.
• Lovan lined a two-run single to left field in the top of the 6^th to push the lead to 6-2.
• Wright hit an RBI single and Reese followed with a two-run base hit up the middle to cap the scoring in the top of the 7^th.

Game Four:

• Carr was 1-for-3 with an RBI triple.
• Wright went 1-for-2 with two stolen bases, an RBI and a walk.
• Reese also finished 1-for-3 with an RBI.
• Summers (4-2) logged her second shutout of the season after 7.0 innings of work with five hits surrendered and three strikeouts.
• The game was scoreless until Wright laced a two-out RBI single to score Morgan in the bottom of the 6^th. Reese followed with an RBI base hit and Carr legged out an RBI triple that was hit to the gap in right center.

No. 24 Saint Xavier (6-2/0-0 CCAC) travels to Fort Wayne, Ind. to play Indiana Tech University in a doubleheader on Friday, February 24. First pitch for game one is scheduled for 12:00 pm central.