Hilltop Views (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 39, No. 9, Ed. 1 Wednesday, April 6, 2016 Page: 1 of 16
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VICTORIA CAVAZOS/ HILLTOP VIEWS
Junior Nixi Cruz-Sanchez, a desk worker, is one of many students that
could be affected by the student employment policy that limits a work
week to 20 hours.
By VICTORIA CAVAZOS
@viacavazos
Softball ace throws 2 no-hit games in only 8 days, builds team momentum
By AMANDA GONZALEZ
@Amanda620DG
Before each home softball
game this season, Lauren Mi-
chelle Slatten honors her late
grandmother by writing her
name in the dirt.
She doesn’t touch any base-
lines walking onto the held.
Taking her place in the pitch-
er’s circle, she tries to hnd an
inner calm.
As she winds up before ev-
ery pitch, she says the bible
verse Philippians 4:13, “I can
do all things through Christ
who gives me strength.”
Pitching a no-hitter is one
of the hardest things to do
in softball or baseball — and
this St. Edward’s University
junior pitcher has thrown
two no-hitters in eight days.
Most recently, Slatten had
a no-hit game on April 2
against A&M-International
University. Eight days earlier,
she had another no-hit game
against the top team in the
conference, St. Mary’s Uni-
versity, on March 23.
I told myself to relax, be-
cause that’s when I throw my
best games,” Slatten said. “We
have one of the best defenses
in the conference, and I knew
they would have my back.”
When Slatten transferred
to St. Edward’s from the Uni-
versity of Texas at Austin this
year, she was trusted to be
the team’s top ace following
several senior pitchers’ gradu-
ation last spring.
Earning five Heartland
Conference Pitcher of the
Week honors since the start
of her Hilltopper career, Slat-
ten is making the Division II
a league of her own.
“I’m most impressed that
she’s really doing a better job
of pitching to specific loca-
tions, rather than trying to
blow it by everybody — and
she’s creating outs,” St. Ed-
ward’s Softball Head Coach
Lindsay Gardner said early in
the season.
Originally from the out-
skirts of Austin, Slatten says
coming from UT-Austin to
St. Edward’s has the same
Small Town USA feeling
as her hometown of Elgin,
Texas.
She grew up playing coach-
pitch baseball with the boys
until a line-drive broke her
nose at around age eight.
After that, her grandfather
encouraged her to play soft-
ball, and they would practice
together in her backyard.
A former men’s fast-pitch
player, her grandfather told
her, “You’re going to be a
great pitcher one day,” which
has remained with her for the
past decade.
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Hilltop Views (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 39, No. 9, Ed. 1 Wednesday, April 6, 2016, newspaper, April 6, 2016; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1007152/m1/1/: accessed April 20, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting St. Edward’s University.