Sunday, March 13
Hattiesburg, MS
12:00 PM
University of North Texas
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Photo by: Courtney West
Mean Green Sweep Southern Miss
3/13/2022 3:07:00 PM | Softball
HATTIESBURG, Miss. – North Texas softball completed the series sweep of Southern Miss with a 5-4 come-from-behind win Sunday at the USM Softball Complex. The Mean Green start conference play with a conference-opening series sweep for the first time since 2017.
QUOTING HEAD COACH RODNEY DELONG
"It's always tough to sweep on the road. I'm proud of our team in winning three games against a talented Southern Miss team. We have another tough slate of games this week and I'm looking forward to watch our young team continue to grow."
RECAP
The scoring started early as Southern Miss (17-8) jumped out to an early 1-0 lead in the bottom of the first inning on an RBI single.
The Mean Green (14-4) responded in the top of the second when Molly Rainey scored after Cierra Simon reached on a fielder's choice to tie it at 1-1.
In the bottom of the third, Southern Miss retook the lead on an RBI single up the middle and added another run on an RBI groundout to make the score 3-1.
UNT once again countered in the top of the fourth as Kalei Christensen hit an RBI single to right field to bring Cierra Simon home for a run. Two batters later, Kailey Gamble picked up an RBI on a groundout as Lexi Cobb evened the game at 3-3.
The Golden Eagles weren't done yet though as Maria Smith homered to left field to give them the 4-3 advantage heading into the seventh inning.
The Mean Green then scored two runs in the seventh inning to regain the lead for good as they finished the series sweep over the Golden Eagles. Sydney Ingle brought Emma Grahmann home to even the game at 4-4 before Christensen singled in Ingle for the game winning run.
Skylar Savage started and tossed the first three innings before Ashley Peters entered in relief in the fourth inning. Peters (4.0 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 5 K) picked up her second win of the weekend and her eighth win of the season.
Christensen finished the day 3-for-5 at bat and added two RBI, including the game-winning knock in the top of the seventh.
Destini Brown once again led the Golden Eagles with a 2-for-3 afternoon at the plate while adding two runs. Jana Lee (5-5) took the loss after coming in to relieve Morgan Leinstock in the fourth inning. She finished with two strikeouts, five hits, and two runs.
UP NEXT
UNT will host No. 11 Oklahoma State on Tuesday at 6 PM CT at Lovelace Stadium in Denton.
QUOTING HEAD COACH RODNEY DELONG
"It's always tough to sweep on the road. I'm proud of our team in winning three games against a talented Southern Miss team. We have another tough slate of games this week and I'm looking forward to watch our young team continue to grow."
RECAP
The scoring started early as Southern Miss (17-8) jumped out to an early 1-0 lead in the bottom of the first inning on an RBI single.
The Mean Green (14-4) responded in the top of the second when Molly Rainey scored after Cierra Simon reached on a fielder's choice to tie it at 1-1.
In the bottom of the third, Southern Miss retook the lead on an RBI single up the middle and added another run on an RBI groundout to make the score 3-1.
UNT once again countered in the top of the fourth as Kalei Christensen hit an RBI single to right field to bring Cierra Simon home for a run. Two batters later, Kailey Gamble picked up an RBI on a groundout as Lexi Cobb evened the game at 3-3.
The Golden Eagles weren't done yet though as Maria Smith homered to left field to give them the 4-3 advantage heading into the seventh inning.
The Mean Green then scored two runs in the seventh inning to regain the lead for good as they finished the series sweep over the Golden Eagles. Sydney Ingle brought Emma Grahmann home to even the game at 4-4 before Christensen singled in Ingle for the game winning run.
Skylar Savage started and tossed the first three innings before Ashley Peters entered in relief in the fourth inning. Peters (4.0 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 5 K) picked up her second win of the weekend and her eighth win of the season.
Christensen finished the day 3-for-5 at bat and added two RBI, including the game-winning knock in the top of the seventh.
Destini Brown once again led the Golden Eagles with a 2-for-3 afternoon at the plate while adding two runs. Jana Lee (5-5) took the loss after coming in to relieve Morgan Leinstock in the fourth inning. She finished with two strikeouts, five hits, and two runs.
UP NEXT
UNT will host No. 11 Oklahoma State on Tuesday at 6 PM CT at Lovelace Stadium in Denton.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Peters, Ashley (8-2)
L: Lee, Jana (5-5)
Batting:
2B: Evans, Tayla 1 ; Rainey, Molly 1 ; Walker, Ashlyn 1
RBI: Christensen, Kalei 2 ; Gamble, Kailey 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Cobb, Lexi 1 ; Rainey, Molly 1 ; Grahmann, Emma 1 ; Ingle, Sydney 1 ; Simon, Cierra 1
Batting:
HR: Smith, Maria 1
RBI: Davis, Alyssa 1 ; Williams, Terrica 1 ; Jennings, Scout 1 ; Smith, Maria 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Brown, Destini 2 ; Holeman, Columbia 1 ; Smith, Maria 1
HBP: Lee, Jana 1
Game Leaders
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