University of North Texas Athletics
Troy Ends Mean Green's Softball Season
5/12/2006 12:00:00 AM | Softball
Miami, Fla. (5/12/06) Laine Harcourt pitched a five-inning shutout to lead Troy to a 9-0 win against the North Texas softball team, eliminating the Mean Green from the Sun Belt Conference Tournament and ending its 2006 season on Friday evening at University Park. North Texas came back to defeat
The Mean Green finished its season with a 22-38 overall record, tying the school record for most wins in a single season.
North Texas went 2-2 in the 2006 conference tournament with both of its wins coming against the No. 3 seed
Sophomore Kristina Fowler proved to be a thorn in WKU’s side; she posted the game-winning hits in both of NT’s wins against
Sophomore Katya Muller finished the season on a 13-game hitting streak, setting a school record. The previous record was nine games, set by Katy Maxey in 2004. Fowler tied the record earlier this season. Muller led the team with seven hits in the tournament. The shortstop finished the season with 69 hits, a single-season school record. With her two hits against
The Mean Green used all three pitchers against
Junior Monica Garcia singled to start off the game at the lead-off position, but the Mean Green was unable to record another hit till the fourth inning. Muller and Fowler both singled in that inning but were left stranded on base.
