BEAUMONT, Texas — It was another dominant outing from Chris Olivier.

Olivier delivered seven hitless innings with 11 strikeouts to help Lamar University secure a 1-0 victory over the UT Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros on Saturday night at Vincent‑Beck Stadium.

The right‑hander has now thrown 18.2 consecutive scoreless innings across three appearances, piling up 28 strikeouts in that span.

The game's lone run came in the first inning.

Beau Durbin opened the frame with a ground‑rule double to right, moved to third on A.J. Taylor's sacrifice bunt, and scored when Tab Tracy drove him in with a groundout to the pitcher.

Olivier was in complete control, retiring 20 of the 23 batters he faced.

UTRGV's only baserunners over the first seven innings came on a pair of leadoff walks and a defensive miscue.

The Vaqueros managed just two balls out of the infield and hit six groundouts, including a double play in the fourth.

Olivier also struck out the side in the sixth.

UTRGV threatened in the eighth after Chayton Fischer sent a one‑out ground‑rule double to right‑center.

Diego Villescas drew a walk, and Andrew Taylor reached on a catcher's interference to load the bases. But the Cardinals escaped the jam with a double play as Taylor stepped on second and fired to Reese Beheler at first for the inning‑ending out.

Nathan Darden handled the ninth, striking out the first two batters before inducing a groundout to second to close out the win.

RECORDS: LU (7-4, 2-0); UTRGV (3-7, 0-2)

GAME NOTES

• Durbin extended his hitting streak to 11 games after going 1 for 3 with a double and a walk.
• Durbin has a team-high 17 hits as he's gone 6 for 12 (.500) in his last three games.
• Theo Kummer tallied his second double of the season finishing 1 for 3.
• Tracy picked up his seventh RBI as he went 1 for 3 with a single in the fourth.
• Kevin Duran singled through the left side in the seventh to finish 1 for 3.
• Taylor and Braden Benton each drew a walk to extend their on-base streaks to 11 games.
• Olivier improves to 2-0 while sporting a 0.59 WHIP and an opponent batting average of .097.
• Darden earned his third save of the season after throwing 1.2 innings of relief with two strikeouts.

UP NEXT

The series concludes Saturday with Game 3 at 1:05 p.m.