Saturday, March 17
Fayetteville, Ark.
9:30 AM
Tulsa
17-11
1
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12
Iowa State
16-15
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2
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4
5
6
R
H
E
Iowa State
1
0
1
0
0
10
12
14
0
Tulsa
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
3
3
Photo by: Dave Crenshaw
Watson Strikes Out 15 as TU Closes Play at Wooo Pig Classic on Saturday
3/17/2018 4:59:00 PM | Softball
Game One Box Score | Game Two Box Score | Season Stats
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Emily Watson struck out a season-high 15 as Tulsa closed play at the Wooo Pig Classic on Saturday with a 4-0 win over Saint Francis (Pa.), following a 12-1 setback against Iowa State earlier in the day.
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Morgan Neal collected a team-high three hits during the day, including a double and homer to pace the Golden Hurricane (18-11) on offense. Shelby Estocado also doubled and tripled in game two against the Red Flash (15-14), while Tori Stafford drove in three of the team's four runs.
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Tulsa got on the board in the first inning again, marking the sixth time in as many games this week that it tallied a run to start a game, with two runs for a quick 2-0 advantage. Julia Hollingsworth was hit by a pitch to open the contest and she stole second before racing home on Haley Meinen's hit. Stafford then grounded out to plate Estocado, who had reached with a walk.
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That would prove to be all the run support that Watson needed in the circle. The senior retired the first 10 batters that she faced before yielding a triple with one out in the fourth for the only Saint Francis hit of the afternoon.
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Watson recorded six of those first 10 outs via strikes and she struck out the side in the second, fourth and fifth innings.
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Tulsa doubled its lead to 4-0 with two more runs in the top of the third. Again, Hollingsworth reached base to start the inning, this time with a walk, before Neal doubled to left. The pair would touch home on Stafford's two-out RBI single to right.
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From there, Watson got around the one-out triple in the fourth and retired the final 11 batters to improve to 10-4 on the campaign.
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In the opener, Neal recorded her first home run of the season, but Iowa State (16-15) blew open a close game late with a 10-run top of the sixth en route to a 12-1 win.
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Freshman pitcher Samantha Pochop allowed just two runs off five hits through the first four innings and Neal's solo homer came in the bottom of the first for the Hurricane.
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Tulsa will host No. 25 Oklahoma State (21-6) at 5 p.m. on Wednesday, March 21 at Collins Family Softball Complex.
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FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Emily Watson struck out a season-high 15 as Tulsa closed play at the Wooo Pig Classic on Saturday with a 4-0 win over Saint Francis (Pa.), following a 12-1 setback against Iowa State earlier in the day.
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Morgan Neal collected a team-high three hits during the day, including a double and homer to pace the Golden Hurricane (18-11) on offense. Shelby Estocado also doubled and tripled in game two against the Red Flash (15-14), while Tori Stafford drove in three of the team's four runs.
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Tulsa got on the board in the first inning again, marking the sixth time in as many games this week that it tallied a run to start a game, with two runs for a quick 2-0 advantage. Julia Hollingsworth was hit by a pitch to open the contest and she stole second before racing home on Haley Meinen's hit. Stafford then grounded out to plate Estocado, who had reached with a walk.
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That would prove to be all the run support that Watson needed in the circle. The senior retired the first 10 batters that she faced before yielding a triple with one out in the fourth for the only Saint Francis hit of the afternoon.
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Watson recorded six of those first 10 outs via strikes and she struck out the side in the second, fourth and fifth innings.
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Tulsa doubled its lead to 4-0 with two more runs in the top of the third. Again, Hollingsworth reached base to start the inning, this time with a walk, before Neal doubled to left. The pair would touch home on Stafford's two-out RBI single to right.
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From there, Watson got around the one-out triple in the fourth and retired the final 11 batters to improve to 10-4 on the campaign.
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In the opener, Neal recorded her first home run of the season, but Iowa State (16-15) blew open a close game late with a 10-run top of the sixth en route to a 12-1 win.
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Freshman pitcher Samantha Pochop allowed just two runs off five hits through the first four innings and Neal's solo homer came in the bottom of the first for the Hurricane.
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Tulsa will host No. 25 Oklahoma State (21-6) at 5 p.m. on Wednesday, March 21 at Collins Family Softball Complex.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Hylen, Emma (6-4)
L: Pochop, Samantha (6-4)
Batting:
2B: Bosworth, Kaylee 1 ; Nearad, Taylor 1
HR: Williams, Sami 1 ; Stites, Sydney 1 ; Antillon, Nychole 1
RBI: Williams, Sami 2 ; Stites, Sydney 3 ; Bosworth, Kaylee 1 ; Nearad, Taylor 2 ; Antillon, Nychole 2 ; Konz, Kaila 1
SH: Antillon, Nychole 1
SF: Bosworth, Kaylee 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Williams, Sami 2 ; Stites, Sydney 2 ; Woolpert, Sally 1 ; Bosworth, Kaylee 1 ; Nearad, Taylor 1 ; Caudle, Kirsten 2 ; Ramos, Skyler 1 ; Antillon, Nychole 1 ; Konz, Kaila 1
SB: Antillon, Nychole 1
Batting:
HR: Neal, Morgan 1
RBI: Neal, Morgan 1
SH: Hughes, Shannon 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Neal, Morgan 1
Game Leaders
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RBI
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RBI
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0
H
1
RBI
0
AB
2
R
0
H
0
RBI
0
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