DENTON, TEXAS - With a leadoff home run in the day's first game, Drake University softball senior Elena Leon tied Katie Shimon's all-time school home run mark of 25, set in 2004. The shot set the tone for the rest of the day, as Drake went on to a 2-0 victory against Sam Houston State and earned an 8-1 win over Colorado State during day two of the Sleep Inn Classic in Denton, Texas.

Leon (West Des Moines, Iowa) also tied Drake's all-time walks record with a fourth-inning free pass against Colorado State. The walk was the 80th of Leon's career, tying Susan Slycord's mark set in 2008.

Bulldog pitcher Jenna DeLong (Dalton Gardens, Idaho), powered Drake to its first win of the day, a 2-0 victory over Sam Houston State, with a complete-game, five-hit, 14 strikeout effort. Her strikeout total tied a career high, set in 10 innings against Northern Iowa May 3, 2009 and set a career-high for a seven inning appearance.  The win moved her record to 3-2 overall.

Leon and sophomore Erin Mollohan (Tinley Park, Ill.), provided all the run support DeLong needed; Leon with the aforementioned leadoff home run, and Mollohan with a solo homer in the fourth inning.

Mollohan drove in two in Drake's 8-1 victory over Colorado State later in the day, but it was freshman Lindsey Vande Wall (Prairie City, Iowa) who made the biggest offensive splash in game two. Vande Wall deposited Ram pitcher Kelly Eubanks' bases loaded offering over the right field fence for a fourth inning grand slam, breaking a 1-1 tie and sparking a five-run inning.

Junior pitcher Brynne Dordel (Chanhassen, Minn.) tossed six scoreless innings after allowing an unearned run in the first. The junior allowed five hits and struck out eight while walking two to move her record to 3-1 on the season.

The pair of wins put Drake at 6-3 overall. The Bulldogs meet Arkansas Sunday at 11:30 a.m. to close out the Sleep Inn Classic.