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PIONEERS
COME UP SHORT AGAINST #23 TARLETON STATE
DENTON,
TX—Tarleton
State (35-16, 14-4 LSC) pitcher Carla Geeslin allowed
only three hits in a 2-0
shutout victory in game one of a doubleheader against
Texas Woman's University (34-19-1, 10-8 LSC). Geeslin was then
brought in to close out a rally by the Pioneers in the bottom
of the seventh in the nightcap to help the TexAnns to a 9-7
win.
Tarleton
State got on the board first in game one when Monica Garza
hit a two-RBI single to right field, scoring Neva Parrott
and Staci Greear. TWU starting pitcher Dawn England (Graham,
TX/Graham HS) retired the final three batters to end
the first inning and allowed only three more hits the rest
of the game. The Pioneers could not find a handle on Carla
Geeslin's pitching, recording only three hits the entire game.
TWU threatened to score in the bottom of the third inning with Sascha
Taylor (Mansfield, TX/Stephen F. Austin) sitting on third
base with two outs, but Nikki Boudreaux (Orange, TX/Navarro
College) hit into a ground out for the final out of the
inning. Geeslin moved her record to 17-8 on the season with
the 2-0 victory while England recorded her fourth loss of the
season.
TWU
took an early lead in game two when Amanda
Arnold (The Colony, TX/The Colony HS) hit a two-RBI
single in the bottom of the second inning. The TexAnns
quickly answered
back with three runs in the top of the third to take a 2-3
lead. After Tarleton State added another run in the top of
the sixth, Megan Helms (Krum, TX/ Krum HS) hit
her fourth double of the season, scoring Jennifer Collins
(Forney, TX/ Grayson C.C.) from first and closing the
gap to 3-4. Tarleton State blew the game open in the top
of the seventh when they scored five runs on three hits.
The Pioneers were not done as they began to rally in the
bottom of the seventh.
Sascha
Taylor grounded out to the shortstop with two runners on
base, allowing Courtney Martin (Lake Dallas, TX/Lake
Dallas HS) to score from third. Teresa Flores (Corpus
Christi, TX/Miller HS) hit a RBI-single through the
middle of the infield to score Arnold. In the next at-bat,
Nikki Boudreaux recorded her fifth triple of the season, allowing
Flores to score from first base. After the TexAnns made a pitching
change to bring in Carla Geeslin, Collins drove in Boudreaux
with a RBI-single through the infield. Sarah White (Lewisville,
TX/Lewisville HS) stepped up to the plate with the
tying run on first base and struck out swinging to end the
game, 7-9. Amy Bristow recorded the win after she allowed seven
runs on 10 hits while striking out four batters. TWU starting
pitcher Amanda Chambless (Collinsville, TX/ Collinsville
HS) recorded the loss after she allowed three runs on
four hits in 5 2/3 innings of work.
Up next, the Pioneers finish out the 2003 regular season with
two more games against Tarleton State on Saturday, April 26.
The double header will begin at 1:00 p.m. with a special ceremony
for TWU's two seniors, Jami Ingram and Sascha Taylor, preceding
the game.
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