Sunday, March 19
Lawrence, Kan.
9:00 am
Tulsa
7
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2
Omaha
Tulsa Posts a Season-High 14 Hits in Sixth Straight Win
3/19/2017 11:13:00 AM | Softball
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LAWRENCE, Kan. – The University of Tulsa Softball team picked up their sixth straight victory on Sunday morning as they rounded out play at the Rock Chalk Challenge unbeaten with a 7-2 win over Omaha. The Hurricane (20-10 Overall) posted a season-high 14 hits while 10 different batters posted a base hit with four players putting together multi-hit performances.
Tulsa's offense struck early against the Mavericks (9-17 Overall) in the first inning, beginning with consecutive singles from Julia Hollingsworth and Maggie Withee before Morgan Neal picked up her first of two RBI as she drove in the first run of the day. Both Hollingsworth and Maggie Withee finished with two hits in the game.
Tori Stafford hit a RBI triple to right field with two outs en route to scoring on a Shelby Estocado single to put TU ahead 3-0.
Mikayla Whitten's first of two hits led to another Tulsa run in the second as the Hurricane loaded the bases and plated a run on a Neal RBI to build a 4-0 advantage. TU added to their lead in the fifth inning as Shannon Hughes set down a bunt for one of her two hits to score Lauren Lomax from third with two outs.
Lomax led off the seventh inning with a triple to right field before scoring her second run of the day on a Sarah Kosmata RBI single. Whitten picked up her second hit of the morning later in the frame with a single that brought home the seventh run to put Tulsa ahead 7-0.
Emily Watson picked up her 14th win of the season and sixth straight win in the circle while striking out 14 as she surrendered her only runs of the weekend on a two-run home run in the bottom of the seventh inning that brought the final count to 7-2. Prior to the home run, Watson tossed 38 scoreless innings with 63 strikeouts during the span. The junior has a 1.24 earned run average through 17 appearances this year with 157 strikeouts in 107.0 innings pitched.
Tulsa will begin American Athletic Conference play next weekend as they travel to Tampa, Fla. for a three-game series against USF. The first game of the weekend is scheduled for Friday at 5:30 p.m.
LAWRENCE, Kan. – The University of Tulsa Softball team picked up their sixth straight victory on Sunday morning as they rounded out play at the Rock Chalk Challenge unbeaten with a 7-2 win over Omaha. The Hurricane (20-10 Overall) posted a season-high 14 hits while 10 different batters posted a base hit with four players putting together multi-hit performances.
Tulsa's offense struck early against the Mavericks (9-17 Overall) in the first inning, beginning with consecutive singles from Julia Hollingsworth and Maggie Withee before Morgan Neal picked up her first of two RBI as she drove in the first run of the day. Both Hollingsworth and Maggie Withee finished with two hits in the game.
Tori Stafford hit a RBI triple to right field with two outs en route to scoring on a Shelby Estocado single to put TU ahead 3-0.
Mikayla Whitten's first of two hits led to another Tulsa run in the second as the Hurricane loaded the bases and plated a run on a Neal RBI to build a 4-0 advantage. TU added to their lead in the fifth inning as Shannon Hughes set down a bunt for one of her two hits to score Lauren Lomax from third with two outs.
Lomax led off the seventh inning with a triple to right field before scoring her second run of the day on a Sarah Kosmata RBI single. Whitten picked up her second hit of the morning later in the frame with a single that brought home the seventh run to put Tulsa ahead 7-0.
Emily Watson picked up her 14th win of the season and sixth straight win in the circle while striking out 14 as she surrendered her only runs of the weekend on a two-run home run in the bottom of the seventh inning that brought the final count to 7-2. Prior to the home run, Watson tossed 38 scoreless innings with 63 strikeouts during the span. The junior has a 1.24 earned run average through 17 appearances this year with 157 strikeouts in 107.0 innings pitched.
Tulsa will begin American Athletic Conference play next weekend as they travel to Tampa, Fla. for a three-game series against USF. The first game of the weekend is scheduled for Friday at 5:30 p.m.
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