WEATHERFORD – SWOSU Softball closed the 2026 season with a 3-1 loss to Arkansas Tech on Sunday.
A pair of solo home runs by the Golden Suns proved to be the difference.
SWOSU answered Tech's first home run in the fourth inning, tying the game at 1-1, but Arkansas Tech quickly regained the lead in the fifth, which held the rest of the way. Another solo home run in the seventh added an insurance run.
Trailing 1-0, the Bulldogs used back-to-back doubles from
Riley Lusk and Jaylyn Freer to put runners in scoring position with one out.
Sierra Woods followed with a sacrifice fly for SWOSU's lone run.
In their final at-bat, trailing 3-1, the Dawgs brought the tying run to the plate but could not push anything across.
SWOSU was outhit 9-6, with six different Bulldogs recording a hit.
The Bulldogs finish the 2026 campaign with a 13-36 record. Senior
Maddie Rahon concluded her career with 208 hits, two shy of the program record. Rahon, along with fellow seniors Lusk, Woods,
Blaire Gentry,
Emily Wedel,
Skyla McPhillips, and
Taylor McMahon, played their final game as Bulldogs.
