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Softball Travels To Austin For Matchup With No. 24 Texas
2/22/2022 2:34:00 PM | Softball
UNT travels to Austin to face No. 24 Texas in its first mid-week game of the season.
Game 10
Dates:Â February 23, 2022
First Pitch (CT):Â Wednesday, 4 p.m
Opponent:Â Texas
Locations:Â Austin, Texas
Live Stats:Â https://northtex.as/3IesHD8
Live TV:Â Longhorn Network
Follow the Mean Green:Â @MeanGreenSB (Twitter and Instagram); Facebook.com/MeanGreenSB
UNT travels to Austin to face No. 24 Texas in its first mid-week game of the season. The Mean Green are coming off a 4-0 weekend in the Tracy Beard College Classic and are 7-2 on the season.
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Following their trip to Austin, the Mean Green will host the North Texas Invitational this weekend at Lovelace Stadium.
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HISTORY AGAINST TEXAS
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UNT has a 1-16 record against Texas all-time. The Mean Green's lone victory was 1-0 win over the No. 15 Longhorns on March 16, 2010 at Lovelace Stadium. At the time, it was the program's second-ever win over a ranked team.
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In front of a record crowd, the Mean Green defeated Texas without posting a single hit and scored their only run on a wild pitch. Ashley Lail earned the win for North Texas, improving to 5-3 in the circle. She pitched 3.2 innings after relieving Jennifer Smith in the fourth inning. Smith and Lail combined for the shutout. Each pitcher allowed just four hits.
The last meeting between the two programs was 5-1 victory by the Longhorns in Conroe, Texas, on February 21, 2021.
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UNT'S TOP PERFORMERS
Redshirt Sophomore Kailey Gamble led the Mean Green in hits (5), tied for home runs (2), total bases (12), and batting average (.455) last weekend at the Tracy Beard College Classic in Melissa, Texas. She is tied for the team lead with three home runs and is second with six RBI.Â
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Junior LHP Ashley Peters continued to pitch well in the tournament. Peters finished with a 3-0 record on the weekend, one save, a complete game, 13 strikeouts, and a 0.60 ERA. For her efforts, Conference USA announced Monday afternoon that Peters won the league's Pitcher of the Week award. Peters is 4-1 on the season with a 1.27 ERA. She has 25 strikeouts in 28.1 innings with one walk.
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UP NEXT
North Texas will return home to Denton to host the North Texas Invitational. UNT will face Yale Friday at 4 pm at Lovelace Stadium to kick off their weekend at home.
Dates:Â February 23, 2022
First Pitch (CT):Â Wednesday, 4 p.m
Opponent:Â Texas
Locations:Â Austin, Texas
Live Stats:Â https://northtex.as/3IesHD8
Live TV:Â Longhorn Network
Follow the Mean Green:Â @MeanGreenSB (Twitter and Instagram); Facebook.com/MeanGreenSB
UNT travels to Austin to face No. 24 Texas in its first mid-week game of the season. The Mean Green are coming off a 4-0 weekend in the Tracy Beard College Classic and are 7-2 on the season.
Â
Following their trip to Austin, the Mean Green will host the North Texas Invitational this weekend at Lovelace Stadium.
Â
HISTORY AGAINST TEXAS
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UNT has a 1-16 record against Texas all-time. The Mean Green's lone victory was 1-0 win over the No. 15 Longhorns on March 16, 2010 at Lovelace Stadium. At the time, it was the program's second-ever win over a ranked team.
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In front of a record crowd, the Mean Green defeated Texas without posting a single hit and scored their only run on a wild pitch. Ashley Lail earned the win for North Texas, improving to 5-3 in the circle. She pitched 3.2 innings after relieving Jennifer Smith in the fourth inning. Smith and Lail combined for the shutout. Each pitcher allowed just four hits.
The last meeting between the two programs was 5-1 victory by the Longhorns in Conroe, Texas, on February 21, 2021.
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UNT'S TOP PERFORMERS
Redshirt Sophomore Kailey Gamble led the Mean Green in hits (5), tied for home runs (2), total bases (12), and batting average (.455) last weekend at the Tracy Beard College Classic in Melissa, Texas. She is tied for the team lead with three home runs and is second with six RBI.Â
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Junior LHP Ashley Peters continued to pitch well in the tournament. Peters finished with a 3-0 record on the weekend, one save, a complete game, 13 strikeouts, and a 0.60 ERA. For her efforts, Conference USA announced Monday afternoon that Peters won the league's Pitcher of the Week award. Peters is 4-1 on the season with a 1.27 ERA. She has 25 strikeouts in 28.1 innings with one walk.
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UP NEXT
North Texas will return home to Denton to host the North Texas Invitational. UNT will face Yale Friday at 4 pm at Lovelace Stadium to kick off their weekend at home.
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