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News > April 4
ANGELO STATE TAKES FIRST TWO
GAMES FROM PIONEERS IN SOFTBALL
DENTON,
TX—The
No. 3 ranked team in the country looked just as advertised
as Angelo State (35-5,
7-3 LSC) scored 20 runs off of 30 hits to win both games
of their doubleheader against Texas Woman's University (28-13-1,
7-3 LSC), 8-3 and 12-4. With the two losses, the Pioneers
and ASU draw into a tie for first place in the Lone Star Conference
South Division standings at 7-3.
TWU
put the first run on the scoreboard in game one after Jennifer
Collins (Forney, TX/Grayson C.C.) singled to left field,
allowing Teresa Flores (Corpus Christi, TX/Miller H.S.) to
score from second base in the bottom of the first inning.
The Rambelles quickly took the lead back in the top of the
second inning, 1-5. Two runs scored when Flores misplayed
a hard single by Melissa Rodriguez. Mandee Gamboa hit a RBI-double
to left field in the next at-bat to score Rodriguez. Two
batters later, Michelle Hoffman grounded out to the pitcher,
but two runs scored on a throwing error by TWU first baseman Amanda
Arnold (The Colony, TX/The Colony HS). In the bottom
of the fourth, Megan Helms (Krum, TX/ Krum H.S.) hit
a RBI-single to left field, making the score 2-6. Cat Moreno
moved the ASU lead to 2-7 when she led off the inning with
a solo homerun that went over the scoreboard in centerfield.
The Pioneers added a run in the bottom of the sixth, but
that was as close as they would come as ASU's Claudia Lopez
earned the win when she retired the final three batters in
the seventh. Amanda Chambless (Collinsville, TX/Collinsville
H.S.) had her 10-game winning streak snapped as she allowed
six runs on seven hits in four innings pitched in the 3-8
loss.
The
Rambelles scored three runs in the first inning of game two
and never looked back. After Alexis Wing led off the game
with a single up the middle, Michelle Hoffman hit a two-run
homer over the left center field fence. Andrea Payan batted
in the third run in the inning when she singled to center field,
allowing Cat Moreno to score from third base. ASU added another
run in the top of the third, then TWU got on the board in the
bottom half of the inning when Jami Ingram (Richmond, BC/Blinn
College) hit a RBI-ground out to the second baseman. Stephanie
Kirkpatrick gave the Rambelles a 1-6 in the top of the fourth
when she connected on a two-RBI single. With the score 2-6
after 4 1/2 innings, the Pioneers added two runs in the bottom
of the fifth. Ingram brought Teresa Flores across the plate
when she hit a sacrifice fly to center field. Amanda Arnold
then brought Nikki Boudreaux (Orange, TX/Navarro College) home
in the next at-bat when she singled to the ASU third baseman.
ASU put the game away in the top of the sixth when they scored
five runs, making the score 4-11. They added another run in
the top of the seventh, then relief pitcher Lopez retired
the final three TWU batters to earn the 4-12 victory. Chambless
(12-5) recorded her second loss of the day when she allowed
four runs on six hits in three innings of work.
Up next, the Pioneers continue their conference series with
Angelo State on Saturday, April 5 with their double header
to start at 1:00 p.m. at Pioneer Field.
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