Friday, February 11
Lake Charles, La.
1:00 PM
Tulsa
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Tulsa Drops Season Opener to North Texas
2/11/2022 6:04:00 PM | Softball
GAMEBOOK (PDF)
LAKE CHARLES, La. – A five-run sixth inning lifted North Texas over the University of Tulsa 6-3 on opening day at the Evangeline Bank and Trust Invitational Friday afternoon.
With the Golden Hurricane holding onto a 3-1 lead in the top of the sixth, North Texas got its first two runners on base via a passed ball on strike three and a single to right. Kalei Christensen came to the plate and homered for the second time on the afternoon, putting North Texas up for good 4-3. The Mean Green would add two insurance run through a two-run home run later in the inning.
Tulsa falls to 1-0 on the season while North Texas is 1-0. Samantha Pochop (0-1) took the loss but was fantastic through five innings. She struck out 10 of her 20 batters faced and allowed only three hits and one run until the sixth inning.
Makenzie Brown made her debut in relief of Pochop in the sixth, and Sara Llamas-Howell pitched a scoreless seventh.
Pochop came out firing, not allowing a hit until the top of the third inning. Abby Jones delivered the Hurricane's first of the season in the bottom of the second with a two-out single. She stole second but was stranded there.
Pochop battled her way out of a one-out double in the third, striking out the next batter before Rylee Keith caught the North Texas runner trying to steal third. The Mean Green finally broke through in the fourth with Christensen's first home run of the night, a shot to right center.
Tulsa answered in the bottom of the inning, with a leadoff infield single from Imani Edwards, who advanced to third on a perfectly placed bunt-single by Haley Morgan. Claira Skaggs hit into a 4-6-3 double play, but Edwards scored to tie the game at 1.
The Hurricane took its first lead of the season in the bottom of the fifth. Keith singled to right with one out and then Callie Davis made her first appearance for Tulsa as a pinch runner. She didn't have to stay on the field long as Celeste Wood tripled to left center, picking up the first hit and RBI of her young career. MaKayla Jackson drove in Wood with a sacrifice fly in the next at-bat.
Tulsa continues the Evangeline Bank and Trust Invitational with a game against UAB tomorrow at 1 p.m. before taking on the hosts of the tournament, McNeese State, at 3:30.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
UNT 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 6 8 0
Tulsa 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 3 8 0
WP: Peters, A. (1-0) LP: Pochop, S. (0-1)
S: Savage, S. (1)
LAKE CHARLES, La. – A five-run sixth inning lifted North Texas over the University of Tulsa 6-3 on opening day at the Evangeline Bank and Trust Invitational Friday afternoon.
With the Golden Hurricane holding onto a 3-1 lead in the top of the sixth, North Texas got its first two runners on base via a passed ball on strike three and a single to right. Kalei Christensen came to the plate and homered for the second time on the afternoon, putting North Texas up for good 4-3. The Mean Green would add two insurance run through a two-run home run later in the inning.
Tulsa falls to 1-0 on the season while North Texas is 1-0. Samantha Pochop (0-1) took the loss but was fantastic through five innings. She struck out 10 of her 20 batters faced and allowed only three hits and one run until the sixth inning.
Makenzie Brown made her debut in relief of Pochop in the sixth, and Sara Llamas-Howell pitched a scoreless seventh.
Pochop came out firing, not allowing a hit until the top of the third inning. Abby Jones delivered the Hurricane's first of the season in the bottom of the second with a two-out single. She stole second but was stranded there.
Pochop battled her way out of a one-out double in the third, striking out the next batter before Rylee Keith caught the North Texas runner trying to steal third. The Mean Green finally broke through in the fourth with Christensen's first home run of the night, a shot to right center.
Tulsa answered in the bottom of the inning, with a leadoff infield single from Imani Edwards, who advanced to third on a perfectly placed bunt-single by Haley Morgan. Claira Skaggs hit into a 4-6-3 double play, but Edwards scored to tie the game at 1.
The Hurricane took its first lead of the season in the bottom of the fifth. Keith singled to right with one out and then Callie Davis made her first appearance for Tulsa as a pinch runner. She didn't have to stay on the field long as Celeste Wood tripled to left center, picking up the first hit and RBI of her young career. MaKayla Jackson drove in Wood with a sacrifice fly in the next at-bat.
Tulsa continues the Evangeline Bank and Trust Invitational with a game against UAB tomorrow at 1 p.m. before taking on the hosts of the tournament, McNeese State, at 3:30.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
UNT 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 6 8 0
Tulsa 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 3 8 0
WP: Peters, A. (1-0) LP: Pochop, S. (0-1)
S: Savage, S. (1)
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Peters, A. (1-0)
L: Pochop, Samantha (0-1)
S: Savage, S. (1)
Batting:
2B: Rainey, M. 1 ; Smith, M. 1
HR: Christensen 2 ; Gamble, K. 1
RBI: Christensen 4 ; Gamble, K. 2
SH: Walker, A. 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Rainey, M. 1 ; Christensen 2 ; Evans, T. 1 ; Gamble, K. 1 ; Simon, C. 1
SB: McHughes, S. 1
CS: Ingle, S. 1 ; Smith, M. 1
HBP: Evans, T. 1
Batting:
3B: Wood, Celeste 1
RBI: Wood, Celeste 1 ; Jackson, MaKayla 1
SF: Jackson, MaKayla 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Edwards, Imani 1 ; Davis, Callie 1 ; Wood, Celeste 1
SB: Jones, Abby 1
HBP: Norwood, Kylie 1 ; Morgan, Haley 1
Game Leaders
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RBI
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H
2
RBI
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AB
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R
0
H
1
RBI
0
AB
3
R
0
H
1
RBI
0
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