Golden Hurricane Travels to Houston for Weekend Series

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TULSA, Okla. – The University of Tulsa softball team is back on the road this weekend as the Golden Hurricane takes on Houston at Cougar Softball Stadium in conference play.

First pitch for the series is set for 6 p.m. on Friday evening. Saturday will have a start time of 2 p.m., and Sunday will begin at noon. All games will air on ESPN+ this weekend. Matt Pedersen will bring fans the action from Houston.

The Golden Hurricane enters the weekend with a 17-23 record and is 3-6 in The American. Houston is 19-21, but holds a 6-3 record in conference play, sweeping Memphis and winning two of three against ECU before taking a game off No. 23 Wichita State.

Tulsa enjoys a 29-24-1 record against the hosts but is 5-12 all-time in Houston. This will be the first series played in Houston since 2018, when Tulsa took one of three against the Cougars. Two conference tournament matchups bookend 11-straight games at the Collins Family Softball Complex.

The two teams met four times in 2022 with Houston winning the series 2-1-1. The programs had a rare split of three games in the regular season. Tulsa won the first matchup 9-1. Houston was victorious in a game-two thriller 13-11 and then the third game ended in a 2-2 tie after the game ran past the drop-dead time on Sunday.

Last week, the Hurricane faced a tough schedule with a rematch against No. 3 Oklahoma State in the midweek before hosting UCF over the weekend. Tulsa hung with the highly ranked Cowgirls, trailing 2-1 entering the fifth inning. However, OSU scored six runs to take command in a 9-1 six inning loss. TU put together a great seventh inning comeback to take a 5-4 win off UCF over the weekend but dropped the other two games 8-1 and 13-1 in five frames.

The Hurricane is hitting. 280 this season with 32 doubles, 15 triples, 18 home runs and 146 RBI. Haley Morgan leads the team and is third in the conference with a .407 batting average. The center fielder also has driven in 23 and is the team's leader in runs scored, crossing home 35 times herself.

Sophomore Kailyn Bearpaw holds the team lead with 28 RBI this season, which includes a pair of home runs and four doubles. Senior catcher Rylee Keith also has some pop in her bat, smashing five doubles and four home runs this campaign.

Maura Moore leads the team with a 3.17 ERA in the circle and a 10-10 record. The sophomore transfer holds opponents to a .242 batting average and has struck out 83 in 126 innings of work. She has 10 complete games in 22 starts with four shutouts to her name.

Golden Hurricane Travels to Houston for Weekend Series

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Kailyn Bearpaw

Rylee Keith

Maura Moore

Haley Morgan