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PIONEER SOFTBALL SPLITS
FIRST TWO GAMES OF NFCA FIRST PITCH CLASSIC
IRVING,
TX—Texas Woman's University (10-7) blanked
Southwestern Oklahoma State (4-8), 9-0, to begin their
play in the NFCA/Schutt Sports Division II Leadoff Classic,
then Western New Mexico (12-0) handed the Pioneers
a 9-1 loss to end the first day of competition. Jennifer
Collins (Forney, TX/Grayson C.C.) shined for TWU on the
day as she went 1 for 4 with a homerun and two RBI against
SWOSU and 2 for 3 with another RBI against WNMU.
TWU started putting runs on the board early in their game
against Southwestern Oklahoma State. Teresa Flores (Corpus
Christi, TX/Miller H.S.) led off the game with a single
and made it to third base after a sacrifice bunt by Sascha
Taylor (Mansfield, TX/Stephen F. Austin) and a passed
ball by the Lady Bulldogs' catcher. In the next at-bat, Jennifer
Collins connected with her first homerun of the season, a two-run
shot that went over the left center field fence and scored
Flores. The Pioneers were up 3-0 when they added five more
runs in the top of the third inning. Starting pitcher Dawn
England (Graham, TX/Graham H.S.) slapped a RBI-single
through the middle of the infield with two runners on to start
the scoring. Stefani Easter (Troy, TX/Sam Houston State) hit
a sacrifice fly to left field in the next at-bat to bring home Courtney
Martin (Lake Dallas, TX/Lake Dallas H.S.), then Nikki
Boudreaux (Orange, TX/Navarro College) ran out an infield
single to allow England to score from third base. Flores came
around to bat a second time and knocked in Boudreaux with a
RBI-single to the shortstop. Flores ended the rally in the
third when she came around to score off an error by the Lady
Bulldogs' second baseman. The Pioneers added another run in
the top of the fifth inning when Flores hit a RBI-single to
deep center field. England retired the final three batters
to end the game after five innings and moved her record to
7-1 on the season by pitching a two-hit shutout while striking
out six batters.
The
Pioneers started their second game of the day much like the
first with Flores leading off with a single. Collins
batted Flores into score when she hit a single up the
middle of the field. TWU held onto their one-run lead through
three innings until Western New Mexico exploded for six runs
in the top of the fourth. The Mustangs added three more runs
in the top of the sixth and starting pitcher Angela Slaugh
struck out the final three Pioneer batters to end the game
after six innings. Slaugh finished the game with 12 strikeouts
and allowed only one run off of six hits. Amanda Chambless
(Collinsville, TX/Collinsville H.S.) recorded the loss
by allowing six runs on eight hits in 4 1/3 innings of work.
Chambless' record now stands at 2-2 on the season.
Next up, the Pioneers face Washburn University at 11:15 a.m.
on Saturday, March 1 in the second day of the NFCA/Schutt Sports
Division II Leadoff Classic. The teams will be divided into
three brackets after 1:30 p.m. games are concluded with play
to continue on Saturday afternoon and Sunday.
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