Sunday, March 20
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Photo by: Rick Yeatts
UNT Softball Wins First Home Series
3/20/2022 3:41:00 PM | Softball
DENTON, Texas – Mean Green softball won their first home series of the season Sunday with a 7-3 win over Florida Atlantic at Lovelace Stadium. The offense led the way again finishing with seven runs on nine hits.
QUOTING HEAD COACH RODNEY DELONG
"We hit a lot of hard balls today, I think we lined out three or four times. We felt good about it coming in though with the wind blowing the way it was. The kids had a good approach and did a good job. It was a good win for us."
RECAP:
The Mean Green (16-6) started the game hot once again with two runs in the bottom of the first inning. Kalei Christensen homered in consecutive games for the second time this year to give UNT a 1-0 lead. Ashlyn Walker then extended the lead to 2-0 with an RBI double to bring Kailey Gamble home.
In the bottom of the fifth inning, UNT extended the lead to 7-0 when Gamble hit a grand slam and Mikayla Smith followed up with an RBI single. It was Gamble's first career grand slam and the first grand slam for the Mean Green since Rayna Lewis hit a grand slam against the University of Incarnate Word on February 26, 2021.
The Owls cut the deficit to 7-2 in the top of the sixth when Sara Berthiaume knocked in the first run with an RBI single followed by an RBI double by Jalynn Ford.
Florida Atlantic added one more run in the top of the seventh inning before Skylar Savage stranded two runners to end the game.
Ashley Peters (9-3) started the game for North Texas and held the Owls to three hits in the first five scoreless innings before FAU strung together a couple of good at-bats. Peters pitched 5.1 innings and tied her career-high in strikeouts (8) as she picked up the win. Savage relieved her in the middle of the fifth inning and pitched 1.2 innings.
Gamble led UNT on offense going 1-for-2 at the plate and adding two runs, four RBI, one walk, and a grand slam.
Lynn Gardner (8-5) was charged the loss and pitched for five innings before being relieved by Donnie Gobourne. Gobourne pitched one hitless inning and recorded three strikeouts.
Cameryn Orland led FAU on offense going 1-for-2 at the plate with two of the Owls three runs.
UP NEXT
UNT travels to Nacogdoches, Texas Tuesday for a midweek game against Stephen F. Austin. First pitch will be at 6:30 PM CT.
QUOTING HEAD COACH RODNEY DELONG
"We hit a lot of hard balls today, I think we lined out three or four times. We felt good about it coming in though with the wind blowing the way it was. The kids had a good approach and did a good job. It was a good win for us."
RECAP:
The Mean Green (16-6) started the game hot once again with two runs in the bottom of the first inning. Kalei Christensen homered in consecutive games for the second time this year to give UNT a 1-0 lead. Ashlyn Walker then extended the lead to 2-0 with an RBI double to bring Kailey Gamble home.
In the bottom of the fifth inning, UNT extended the lead to 7-0 when Gamble hit a grand slam and Mikayla Smith followed up with an RBI single. It was Gamble's first career grand slam and the first grand slam for the Mean Green since Rayna Lewis hit a grand slam against the University of Incarnate Word on February 26, 2021.
The Owls cut the deficit to 7-2 in the top of the sixth when Sara Berthiaume knocked in the first run with an RBI single followed by an RBI double by Jalynn Ford.
Florida Atlantic added one more run in the top of the seventh inning before Skylar Savage stranded two runners to end the game.
Ashley Peters (9-3) started the game for North Texas and held the Owls to three hits in the first five scoreless innings before FAU strung together a couple of good at-bats. Peters pitched 5.1 innings and tied her career-high in strikeouts (8) as she picked up the win. Savage relieved her in the middle of the fifth inning and pitched 1.2 innings.
Gamble led UNT on offense going 1-for-2 at the plate and adding two runs, four RBI, one walk, and a grand slam.
Lynn Gardner (8-5) was charged the loss and pitched for five innings before being relieved by Donnie Gobourne. Gobourne pitched one hitless inning and recorded three strikeouts.
Cameryn Orland led FAU on offense going 1-for-2 at the plate with two of the Owls three runs.
UP NEXT
UNT travels to Nacogdoches, Texas Tuesday for a midweek game against Stephen F. Austin. First pitch will be at 6:30 PM CT.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Peters, Ashley (9-3)
L: Lynn Gardner (8-5)
Batting:
2B: Kaitlyn Cunningham 1 ; Jalynn Ford 1 ; Olivia Peterson 1
RBI: Kaitlyn Cunningham 1 ; Sara Berthiaume 1 ; Jalynn Ford 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Cammeo Presutti 1 ; Cameryn Orland 2
CS: Sara Berthiaume 1
HBP: Sara Berthiaume 1
Batting:
2B: Walker, Ashlyn 1 ; Rainey, Molly 1
HR: Christensen, Kalei 1 ; Gamble, Kailey 1
RBI: Christensen, Kalei 1 ; Gamble, Kailey 4 ; Walker, Ashlyn 1 ; Smith, Mikayla 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Simon, Cierra 1 ; Christensen, Kalei 1 ; Evans, Tayla 1 ; Gamble, Kailey 2 ; Rainey, Molly 1 ; Ingle, Sydney 1
SB: Simon, Cierra 1 ; Christensen, Kalei 1
Game Leaders
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RBI
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AB
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RBI
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Players Mentioned
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