FARMERS BRANCH, Texas – The East Division ruled the West on the opening day of the American Southwest Conference First Pitch Tournament at Oran Good Park.

Texas-Tyler celebrates after rallying in the bottom of the seventh for a 2-1 win over Schreiner to remain undefeated on the season. Photo by Greg Weghorst

East Texas Baptist's Christy Shipley-Jordan (shortstop), the ASC Preseason East Division Player of the Year, and Stacy Jordan (leftfielder) both homered in a 9-0 win over Sul Ross State. Photo by Greg Weghorst

Mary Hardin-Baylor coach Kasey Blomquist talks to her squad before beginning play on Friday at Oran Good Park, in Farmers Branch, Texas. The Crusaders went 1-1 on the day. Photo by Greg Weghorst

No. 11-ranked Louisiana College, East Texas Baptist, Mississippi College and Texas-Tyler all went 2-0 on Friday to help the East Division to a 9-5 advantage heading into Saturday’s final slate. Howard Payne was the lone West Division team to begin with a 2-0 mark.

Nine of the 14 games on Friday were decided by three runs or less. Mississippi College had two of them, defeating Texas Lutheran 1-0 and then topping Hardin-Simmons 3-0 – both times using late home runs. The Lady Choctaws were the only squad in the 14-team field not to surrender a run. Texas-Tyler used a two-run bottom of the seventh inning to defeat Schreiner 2-1 and stay perfect on the season (9-0).

LeTourneau (East), Mary Hardin-Baylor, Hardin-Simmons and Texas Lutheran (West) split their two first-day games.

Friday Scores
East Texas Baptist 9, Sul Ross State 0 (5)
LeTourneau 15, Concordia-Austin 13
Mississippi College 1, Texas Lutheran 0
Hardin-Simmons 3, Ozarks 1
Howard Payne 7, Texas-Dallas 3
Texas-Tyler 4, Mary Hardin-Baylor 1
#11 Louisiana College 8, Schreiner 0 (5)
East Texas Baptist 7, Concordia-Austin 4
Texas Lutheran 7, LeTourneau 4
Mississippi College 3, Hardin-Simmons 0
Howard Payne 8, Ozarks 2
Mary Hardin-Baylor 5, Texas-Dallas 3
Texas-Tyler 2, Schreiner 1
#11 Louisiana College 3, Sul Ross State 1

EAST DIVISION LEADS, 9-5

Team Records at Tournament:
LC 2-0
ETBU 2-0
MC 2-0
HPU 2-0
UTT 2-0
LETU 1-1
TLU 1-1
HSU 1-1
UMHB 1-1
SRSU 0-2
CUA 0-2
SU 0-2
UO 0-2
UTD 0-2