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SOFTBALL WINS TWO IN CONFERENCE OPENER
Four Pioneer Seniors Lead Charge Against Javelinas
DENTON,
Tex. – The Texas Woman’s University
softball team got off to a good start Friday night in its
Lone Star Conference opener, defeating Texas A&M-Kingsville,
5-4 and 7-2.
In
the first game, Texas A&M-Kingsville jumped ahead with
three runs in the first inning. TWU senior Jennifer
Collins (Forney, TX) answered with a two-run homer
in the bottom of the first. The Javelinas replied with two
more hits to score another run in the second inning.
Collins
drove in two more runs off a single to left field. Seniors Teresa
Flores (Corpus Christi, TX) and Nikki Boudreaux
(Orange, TX) scored the tying runs in the bottom
of the fifth. The game went into extra innings when Boudreaux
singled to right and the outfielder nailed Courtney
Martin (Lake Dallas, TX) on a long throw to third
base. Martin came back with a single to left field and then
scored the winning run off a single from Flores in the bottom
of the ninth.
The
Pioneers turned their offense up a notch in the second game,
scoring at least one run in the first five innings. Boudreaux
hit a triple down the right field wall and scored off a passed
ball for the winning run in the 7-2 victory. Collins added
another RBI to give her five on the evening, as did Flores,
sophomore Amanda Arnold (The Colony, TX) and
junior Stefani Easter (Troy, TX), who led
off the bottom of the fifth with a solo homer over the center
field fence.
Senior
pitcher Dawn England (Graham, TX) was credited
with the win to improve her record to an unblemished 6-0
on the season.
“I
thought we were a little nervous in the first game,” said
Pioneer head coach Dianne Baker. “However,
we regained our composure and got lots of hits in the second
game. Stefani Easter, Jennifer Collins, Nikki Boudreaux and
Teresa Flores were big for us offensively. They had fight
and determination and got things done.”
The
two teams play another doubleheader on Saturday at 1 p.m.
at Pioneer Field.
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