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PIONEER SOFTBALL SPLITS
WITH ST. EDWARD'S
DENTON, TX—Texas
Woman's University (17-10-1) erased a four-run deficit in
the bottom of the fifth inning
to win game one 7-6, but the Pioneer bats went silent in the
second game as St. Edward's (16-12) scored three
runs in the sixth to walk away with a 1-4 win. Jennifer
Collins (Forney, TX/Grayson C.C.) spurred the TWU comeback
in game one as she went 2 for 3 from the plate with three RBIs.
St. Edward's put three runs on the board in the top of the
first inning when Tracie Tirres blasted a three-run homerun
over the left center field fence. The Pioneers finally answered
back in the bottom of the third inning when Sascha Taylor
(Mansfield, TX/Stephen F. Austin) scored on a passed
ball. In the next at-bat, Collins recorded her first RBI of
the game when she sacrificed to the shortstop with two runners
on, allowing Nikki Boudreaux to score from third base. After
St. Edward's added three more runs in the top of the fifth
to move ahead 2-6, TWU began their rally in the bottom of the
inning. Nikki Boudreaux (Orange, TX/Navarro College) hit
a RBI-single to score a run, then was brought around to score
when Collins grounded out to the shortstop. Megan Helms
(Krum, TX/Krum H.S.) recorded the final run of the inning
when she singled to center field, scoring Kerbi Kollman
(Mountain View, AK/Mountain View H.S.) from third base.
Sascha Taylor tied the game in the bottom of the sixth, 6-6,
when she scored on a RBI-single from Teresa Flores (Corpus
Christi, TX/Miller H.S.). Collins doubled to right field
in the next at-bat to score Flores, giving TWU their 7-6 win.
Starting pitcher Amanda Chambless (Collinsville, TX/Collinsville
H.S.) retired the final three Hilltopper batters in the
seventh inning to record her fourth victory of the season.
She moved her record to 4-3 by pitching seven full innings
and allowing six runs on five hits while striking out one.
It was a pitchers dual for the first five innings as Lyndsey
Vasek of St. Edward's and Devin Blew (Crowley, TX/Crowley
H.S.) of TWU allowed just seven combined hits. The Hilltoppers
took a 0-1 lead in the second inning when Rachel Frost hit
a sacrifice fly to center field, scoring Tracie Tirres from
third base. St. Edward's added three runs in the top of the
sixth inning, highlighted by Tiffany Tirres' homerun. Jennifer
Collins recorded her fourth RBI of the day when she brought
Flores home on a ground out to second base, but that
was all the scoring that TWU could muster in a 1-4 loss. Vasek
earned the victory by pitching seven full innings and allowing
just one run on six hits while striking out seven. Blew recorded
her fifth loss of the season by allowing four runs on seven
hits and striking out one batter. Chambless came in
for relief in the seventh and did not allow a hit in three
batters faced.
Up
next, the Pioneers enjoy a couple of days off before they
host New Mexico Highlands on Wednesday, March 19
in a doubleheader beginning at 5:00 p.m.
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