Wednesday, March 9
Denton, TX
6:00 PM
University of North Texas
11-4
2
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8
Texas
13-9
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5
6
7
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E
Texas
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5
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8
14
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North Texas
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6
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UNT Softball falls to Texas
3/9/2022 10:18:00 PM | Softball
Denton, Texas— North Texas softball fell 8-2 to Texas on Wednesday night in front of a sellout crowd at Lovelace Stadium. Texas and UNT traded runs in the first, but the Longhorns put together a big second inning for the early advantage.
QUOTING HEAD COACH RODNEY DELONG
"I feel good about our team, even that game right there. There was fight in our team the whole time. We didn't lay down, we didn't give up. That's kind of the moxy this team has. We've been down in a few games and we've battled back and got back into games. I feel good about them moving forward. I think we'll throw better Friday night. I'm excited about what they're capable of."
Game Recap – Texas 8, UNT 2
The game started off with an offensive punch as seven of the 10 runs were scored in the first two innings. Texas jumped out to an early 1-0 lead in the top of the first.
Sophomore outfielder Kalei Christensen hit her team-leading sixth home run of the season to tie the game 1-1 in the bottom of the opening inning.
The Longhorns would respond in the top of the second inning and add five runs on five hits to extend the lead to 6-1. The Mean Green couldn't get anything going on offense after that recording just two hits in five innings.
Texas (13-9) would plate two more runs at the top of the seventh inning to extend the lead to 8-1. UNT (11-4) responded with three hits and one run in the bottom of the seventh to end the game.
Ashley Peters fell to 6-2 on the season after making the start against Texas tonight. Skylar Savage relieved her in the second inning and pitched for 5.1 innings and added four strikeouts to her season.
Christensen led North Texas going 2-for-4 at the plate and finishing with one home run and one RBI.
Senior infielder Janae Jefferson led the Texas offense going 3-for-4 at the plate with one RBI.
Sophomore LHP Estelle Czech pitched a complete game for the Longhorns and added six strikeouts while only surrendering six hits and one earned run.
NEXT UP
UNT will play Southern at 11 AM to kick off the day Saturday before a rematch with Texas Tech at 1:30 PM on
QUOTING HEAD COACH RODNEY DELONG
"I feel good about our team, even that game right there. There was fight in our team the whole time. We didn't lay down, we didn't give up. That's kind of the moxy this team has. We've been down in a few games and we've battled back and got back into games. I feel good about them moving forward. I think we'll throw better Friday night. I'm excited about what they're capable of."
Game Recap – Texas 8, UNT 2
The game started off with an offensive punch as seven of the 10 runs were scored in the first two innings. Texas jumped out to an early 1-0 lead in the top of the first.
Sophomore outfielder Kalei Christensen hit her team-leading sixth home run of the season to tie the game 1-1 in the bottom of the opening inning.
The Longhorns would respond in the top of the second inning and add five runs on five hits to extend the lead to 6-1. The Mean Green couldn't get anything going on offense after that recording just two hits in five innings.
Texas (13-9) would plate two more runs at the top of the seventh inning to extend the lead to 8-1. UNT (11-4) responded with three hits and one run in the bottom of the seventh to end the game.
Ashley Peters fell to 6-2 on the season after making the start against Texas tonight. Skylar Savage relieved her in the second inning and pitched for 5.1 innings and added four strikeouts to her season.
Christensen led North Texas going 2-for-4 at the plate and finishing with one home run and one RBI.
Senior infielder Janae Jefferson led the Texas offense going 3-for-4 at the plate with one RBI.
Sophomore LHP Estelle Czech pitched a complete game for the Longhorns and added six strikeouts while only surrendering six hits and one earned run.
NEXT UP
UNT will play Southern at 11 AM to kick off the day Saturday before a rematch with Texas Tech at 1:30 PM on
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Czech, Estelle (4-1)
L: Peters, Ashley (6-2)
Batting:
2B: Parker, McKenzie 1 ; Cimusz, Katie 1
3B: Popelka, Alyssa 1
RBI: Jefferson, Janae 1 ; Parker, McKenzie 1 ; Iakopo, Mary 2 ; Washington, Alyssa 1 ; Popelka, Alyssa 2
SH: Dayton, Bella 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Scott, Mia 2 ; Parker, McKenzie 1 ; Corona, Camille 1 ; Burke, Lauren 1 ; Gilbert, Lou 1 ; Washington, Alyssa 1 ; Popelka, Alyssa 1
SB: Scott, Mia 1 ; Corona, Camille 1
CS: Dayton, Bella 1
Batting:
HR: Christensen, Kalei 1
RBI: Cobb, Lexi 1 ; Christensen, Kalei 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Christensen, Kalei 1 ; Smith, Mikayla 1
SB: Simon, Cierra 1
Game Leaders
AB
4
R
1
H
2
RBI
1
AB
3
R
1
H
2
RBI
0
AB
2
R
0
H
1
RBI
0
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