Meinen, Spell Homer in 8-6 Setback to USF on Saturday

Saturday, April 14

Collins Family Softball Complex

2 PM

Tulsa

25-17, 5-6

USF

31-15, 9-2

USF

Tulsa

Meinen, Spell Homer in 8-6 Setback to USF on Saturday

4/14/2018 4:58:00 PM | Softball

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TULSA, Okla. – Haley Meinen and Rylie Spell each homered to help Tulsa to a 4-1 lead, but USF scored seven runs over the final three innings to rally for an 8-6 win over the Golden Hurricane on a chilly Saturday afternoon at Collins Family Softball Complex.

Morgan Neal and Mikayla Whitten each had a pair of hits for the Golden Hurricane (25-17, 5-6), while Emily Watson recorded six strikeouts in the circle. Meinen also pitched the final inning of the contest after driving in two runs with her homer in the third.

Meanwhile, Brooke Hartman went 2-for-3 with a three-run homer to lead the Bulls (31-15, 9-2). Hannah Parker picked up the win in relief to improve to 6-4 on the season and Georgina Corrick tossed the final 1.2 innings for her first save.

Tulsa got on the board first with a run in the second when Spell crushed her sixth homer of the season through a stiff wind and over the wall in center field. An inning later, Neal's two-out single to right plated Shelby Estocado before Meinen's two-run homer to center extended the lead to 4-1.

However, the Bulls tied the score in the fifth on Hartman's three-run shot and the visitors tacked on two runs in the sixth for a 6-4 advantage.

Tulsa cut the deficit to 6-5 in the bottom of the sixth when Shannon Hughes brought home Tori Stafford with a hit to right field. But USF again put up two runs in the top of the seventh to push the lead to 8-5.

Whitten led off the bottom of the seventh with a triple off the wall in left and she would score on Julia Hollingsworth's grounder to make it 8-6. But the home squad could get no closer as Corrick retired the side to close out the series win.

TU and USF will meet at noon on Sunday, April 15, in the series finale.

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