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Photo by: Bill Powell
Tulsa Evens Series at USF with 10-4 Win on Saturday
3/23/2019 5:46:00 PM | Softball
Box Score | Season Stats
TAMPA, Fla. — The University of Tulsa softball team scored five runs in the top of the first and never looked back on its way to a 10-4 win over USF on Saturday to even the three-game series to open American Athletic Conference play.
Sarah Briers, Morgan Neal and Mikayla Whitten recorded three hits apiece for the Golden Hurricane (20-9, 1-1), who tied a season high with 16 hits. Haley Meinen tied a career high with three RBIs to help the offense, while Neal and Rylie Spell each drove in a pair of runs.
In the circle, Samantha Pochop improved to 7-4 after she allowed just three hits and three earned runs, while striking out eight.
Meanwhile, Lindsey Devitt homered and drove in three runs for the Bulls (23-13, 1-1).
Four of Tulsa's runs in its five-run top of the first came with two outs. Haley Meinen got the Hurricane on the board first with a sacrifice fly. Then with two down, Whitten singled home a run and Spell cleared the bases with a two-RBI hit that was followed by an error for the 5-0 lead.
USF got one run back in the bottom of the frame, but Briers' RBI single up the middle in the third inning pushed the advantage to 6-1. Tulsa answered another USF score with a three-run top of the fourth to extend the cushion to 9-2.
The Hurricane started the three-run rally with three straight hits in the inning as Julia Hollingsworth and Josie Muffley each singled before scoring on Neal's triple to left field. The three-bagger was the fourth of her career and her 11th extra-base hit of the campaign.
Devitt hit her two-run homer in the sixth to pull the Bulls within 9-4, but TU tacked on one more run with a grounder in the top of the seventh.
Pochop then retired the Bulls in the bottom of the frame to close out the 10-4 victory and secure her seventh win of the spring.
Tulsa will look to take the series when the teams meet again at 10 a.m. (CT) on Sunday, March 24.
TAMPA, Fla. — The University of Tulsa softball team scored five runs in the top of the first and never looked back on its way to a 10-4 win over USF on Saturday to even the three-game series to open American Athletic Conference play.
Sarah Briers, Morgan Neal and Mikayla Whitten recorded three hits apiece for the Golden Hurricane (20-9, 1-1), who tied a season high with 16 hits. Haley Meinen tied a career high with three RBIs to help the offense, while Neal and Rylie Spell each drove in a pair of runs.
In the circle, Samantha Pochop improved to 7-4 after she allowed just three hits and three earned runs, while striking out eight.
Meanwhile, Lindsey Devitt homered and drove in three runs for the Bulls (23-13, 1-1).
Four of Tulsa's runs in its five-run top of the first came with two outs. Haley Meinen got the Hurricane on the board first with a sacrifice fly. Then with two down, Whitten singled home a run and Spell cleared the bases with a two-RBI hit that was followed by an error for the 5-0 lead.
USF got one run back in the bottom of the frame, but Briers' RBI single up the middle in the third inning pushed the advantage to 6-1. Tulsa answered another USF score with a three-run top of the fourth to extend the cushion to 9-2.
The Hurricane started the three-run rally with three straight hits in the inning as Julia Hollingsworth and Josie Muffley each singled before scoring on Neal's triple to left field. The three-bagger was the fourth of her career and her 11th extra-base hit of the campaign.
Devitt hit her two-run homer in the sixth to pull the Bulls within 9-4, but TU tacked on one more run with a grounder in the top of the seventh.
Pochop then retired the Bulls in the bottom of the frame to close out the 10-4 victory and secure her seventh win of the spring.
Tulsa will look to take the series when the teams meet again at 10 a.m. (CT) on Sunday, March 24.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Pochop, Samantha (7-4)
L: DOYLE, Nicole (6-9)
Batting:
3B: Neal, Morgan 1
RBI: Neal, Morgan 2 ; Meinen, Haley 3 ; Whitten, Mikayla 1 ; Briers, Sarah 1 ; Spell, Rylie 2
SF: Meinen, Haley 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Hollingsworth, Julia 2 ; MUFFLEY, Josie 2 ; Neal, Morgan 2 ; Meinen, Haley 1 ; Delce, Chenise 1 ; Whitten, Mikayla 1 ; Briers, Sarah 1
HBP: MUFFLEY, Josie 2
Batting:
HR: DEVITT, Lindsey 1
RBI: DEVITT, Lindsey 3 ; COOK, Macy 1
SF: DEVITT, Lindsey 1
Base Running:
RUNS: SHEEHAN, Meghan 3 ; DEVITT, Lindsey 1
SB: SHEEHAN, Meghan 1
HBP: DEVITT, Lindsey 1
Game Leaders
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