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Hurricane Softball Faces Houston in Season Finale
5/6/2021 9:53:00 AM | Softball
SERIES #10 - Houston Cougars
GAME NOTES
Tulsa Golden Hurricane (22-13, 13-6) vs. Houston Cougars (15-30, 6-14)
Date: Friday-Sunday | May7-9
Time:3:00 PM & 5:00 PM Friday - May 7
       2:00 PM  - Saturday - May 8
     12:00 PM - Sunday - May 9
Site: Cougar Softball Stadium - Houston, Texas
TV: Houston Cougars Live Stream Â
 A LOOK AHEAD - HOUSTON
• The Hurricane will close out the 2021 regular season this weekend as they travel to Houston ... the series against the Cougars will be May 7-May 9 in a 4-game series.
• Tulsa will take on the Cougars in a doubleheader Friday, May 7 at 3:00 p.m. and 5:00 p.m ... Saturday, May 8 at 2:00 p.m.. ... the series finale will take place on Sunday at 12:00 p.m.
• Houston enters the series with a 15-30 record overall on the season and 6-14 in conference play ... UH opened conference play by going 1-7 in series against UCF and USF, since then the Cougars have gone 5-7 in conference play.
• WSU is led in the circle by Rachel Hertenberger who has a 6-9 record in 19 starts ... from the plate Sarah Queen leads the Cougars with a .341 batting average, 45 hits, 10 home runs and 29 RBIs.Â
SERIES STATS AGAINST THE COUGARS
• This is the 46th meeting between the Hurricane and Cougars ... Tulsa holds a 25-20 advantage all-time against Houston.
• Each team has defended the their home diamond ... Tulsa has a 14-8 record at home ... Houston has a 12-5 record on their home field.Â
• The last time the Hurricane faced the Cougars in Houston was 2018 as the Cougars took the series 1-2, winning the series finale 7-2.Â
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NORWOOD'S STRONG SEASON
• Junior Kylie Norwood has dominated from the plate this season ... she has a .403 batting average with 48 hits with 17 extra base hits and 23 RBIs.Â
• She has recorded a .622 slugging percentage, .467 on base percentage ... she leads TU in batting average, slugging percentage, hits, runs and total bases.
• Norwood is 3rd in the American Athletic Conference in batting average with her .403 clip ... 6th in slugging percentage and 6th in runs scored..
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