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SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA
ENDS PIONEERS TOURNEY RUN IN SOFTBALL
IRVING,
TX—Texas Woman's University (36-23-1)
had a 4-2 lead through four innings of play, but Southeastern
Oklahoma (42-12) scored three runs on three
hits in the bottom of the fifth to take the advantage and held
on for a 5-6 victory. Pioneer catcher Jami Ingram (Richmond,
BC/Blinn College) hit her league-leading 14th homerun
of the season to tie the game a 5-apiece in the top of sixth
inning.
TWU
jumped to an early lead in their elimination game with Southeastern
Oklahoma as Sascha Taylor (Mansfield, TX/Stephen
F. Austin) scored on a passed ball by the Lady Savages
catcher. One out later, Teresa Flores (Corpus Christi, TX/
Miller H.S.) stole third base and scored on a throwing
error by the SOSU catcher, giving the Pioneers a 2-0 lead in
the top
of the first. After the Lady Savages added a run in the bottom
of the second, TWU added two more scores to push to a 4-1 lead
in the top of the third inning. Flores batted in Courtney
Martin (Lake Dallas, TX/Lake Dallas H.S.) from second
base with a RBI-single up the middle of the infield, then Jennifer
Collins (Forney, TX/Grayson C.C.) knocked in Flores with
a RBI-single to center field in the next at-bat. Kristin McNeece
drew SOSU one run closer in the bottom of the fourth when she
hit a solo-homerun over the left field fence.
Southeastern's pitcher, Christina Cearley, held TWU scoreless
in the fourth and fifth innings, then her teammates scored
three runs in the bottom of the fifth to take their first lead
of the game. Brandy Polinard batted in the first run when she
connected with a RBI-single to left center field with two runners
on base. The Pioneers' replaced starting pitcher Dawn England
(Graham, TX/Graham H.S.) with Amanda Chambless (Collinsville,
TX/Collinsville H.S.) to get the final two outs of the
inning. Chambless hit the first batter she faced with a pitch
to load the bases, then walked the next two batters, giving
the Lady Savages a 4-5 lead. Jami Ingram led off the top of
the sixth inning with her homerun, tying the game at 5-5. Devin
Blew (Crowley, TX/Crowley H.S.) came in to relieve Chambless
in the bottom of the sixth and kept SOSU off of the board.
After TWU went three up, three down in the top of the seventh,
the Lady Savages recorded three straight singles in the bottom
half of the inning, the last one being the game winning RBI
from Christina Armstrong, to win the game 5-6. Blew recorded
the loss after allowing the game winning run on four hits in
1 1/3 innings of work.
Up next, the Pioneers await word if they are one of the six
teams that will be competing in the NCAA Division II South
Central Regional Softball Tournament, held on May 8-10, 2003
at location to be determined. TWU was ranked No. 7 in the final
regional poll. The NCAA will announce the competitors on Monday,
May 5.
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