Rainey Walks Off Second Win of The Day for Softball

Melissa, Tx. — Sophomore Molly Rainey capped off day one of the Tracy Beard College Classic with a walk-off RBI single to defeat Colorado State 7-6 in the night cap to give the Mean Green their second win of the day. In earlier action, North Texas dropped Montana 8-0 in a five-inning run rule win.

QUOTING HEAD COACH RODNEY DELONG

"We came out and played well in game one and played good defense. In the second game, we really played well too. They hit a couple of good balls and made some good swings. I'm proud of our kids for how we fought back. After falling down late, we were able to come back and win that game, it says a lot about our team and a lot about our kids. It's good for us to get challenged and it ended with good results, so it was a good day."

Game 1 - UNT 8, Montana 0 (5 inn.)

UNT started the day off fast with an 8-0 run-rule win against Montana. The Mean Green jumped out to a 3-0 lead on the Grizzlies in the first inning led by an RBI single by Rainey. Mikayla Smith followed with a RBI double to plate two more and widen the early advantage.

In the third inning, Kailey Gamble extended the Mean Green lead to 4-0 with a homer to center field. The homer was her second of the season.

UNT (5-2) added three more runs in the fourth inning as Cierra Simon drove in Lexi Cobb and Rylan Dooner with an RBI triple. Kalei Christensen added a run on a single that brought Simon to the plate.

In the fifth, Smith scored pinch runner Shelby McHughes on a sacrifice fly to win the game with decisive eighth run.

Ashley Peters (4.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 4 K) picked up her second win on the season and pitched four scoreless innings. Skylar Savage pitched a scoreless fifth inning as the Mean Green pitchers held Montana to only five hits.

Game 2 - UNT 8, Colorado State 7 (8 inn.)

North Texas scored a run in each of the first three innings to take a quick 3-0 lead before Colorado State responded with six unanswered runs in the fourth and fifth innings.

The Mean Green refused to quit though as Gamble responded with a solo homer to left field in the bottom of the fifth to cut into the deficit. Later that inning, Rylan Dooner tied the game with a two-run home run that also scored Mikayla Smith. Three batters later UNT would re-take the lead at 7-6 as Cierra Simon reached on an error allowing Ashlyn Walker to score.

The drama didn't end there, as Colorado State evened the game again at 7-7 in the top of the sixth. After neither team scored in the seventh, UNT's Tayla Evans singled, then scored on Rainey's walk-off single.

Ashley Peters (3-1) recorded her second win of the day, pitching the last three innings and allowing only two hits and one run.

The Mean Green will play two more games Saturday against Nevada and ACU to conclude their two days in Melissa.

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Team Stats

Kailey Gamble

Cierra Simon

Kalei Christensen

Molly Rainey

Players Mentioned

Kalei Christensen

Lexi Cobb

Rylan Dooner

Tayla Evans

Kailey Gamble

Shelby McHughes

Ashley Peters

Molly Rainey

Skylar Savage

Cierra Simon

Mikayla Smith

Ashlyn Walker

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