Saturday, April 9
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Softball Evens Series Against UTSA
4/9/2022 4:19:00 PM | Softball
SAN ANTONIO, Texas – UNT softball evened the series against UTSA Saturday afternoon as it defeated the Roadrunners 6-4 at Roadrunner Field. The Mean Green fell behind 2-0 early but battled back for the come-from-behind victory.
QUOTING HEAD COACH RODNEY DELONG
"Gritty performance by our team today. Skylar (Savage) struggled early and just kept competing. I'm proud of how she grinded. We're looking forward to another battle tomorrow."
RECAP:
UTSA (12-21, 5-6) dealt the first blow in the bottom of the first inning. After Camryn Robillard reached on an error, Marena Estell homered to center field to give the Roadrunners a 2-0 advantage.
North Texas answered in the top of the second to take the lead. Kailey Gamble led off with a single to right field before Tayla Evans reached on an error. Mikayla Smith then brought both home with a blast to left center to take a 3-2 lead.
The Roadrunners didn't cave as they scored two runs to retake the lead in the bottom of the second. Lauren Coerver scored the tying run on a RBI double to right center before Kat Ibarra scored on a passed ball to take a 4-3 lead.
In the top of the third, UNT (22-8, 11-3) tied the game at 4-4 when Kalei Christensen brought Cierra Simon home on a double down the left line.
UNT then retook the lead in the top of the fifth when Evans scored her second run of the game on a wild pitch to make it 5-4.
Sydney Ingle later scored the final run of the game on another wild pitch to stretch the lead to 6-4 in the top of the seventh.
Skylar Savage (9-3) pitched a complete game and struck out seven batters and picked up her ninth win of the season.
Evans finished 1-for-2 at the plate and added two runs and two walks. Smith homered for the second time this season and finished 1-for-3 with one run and three RBI.
Alexa Williams (3-5) was charged the loss for UTSA after pitching 4.0 innings. She finished with four strikeouts on the day.
Ibarra led the Roadrunners on offense and finished 3-for-4 with one run and one RBI.
UP NEXT
Game three of the series will be played Sunday at 1 PM CT at Roadrunner Field in San Antonio, TX and will be broadcast on CUSA.TV.
QUOTING HEAD COACH RODNEY DELONG
"Gritty performance by our team today. Skylar (Savage) struggled early and just kept competing. I'm proud of how she grinded. We're looking forward to another battle tomorrow."
RECAP:
UTSA (12-21, 5-6) dealt the first blow in the bottom of the first inning. After Camryn Robillard reached on an error, Marena Estell homered to center field to give the Roadrunners a 2-0 advantage.
North Texas answered in the top of the second to take the lead. Kailey Gamble led off with a single to right field before Tayla Evans reached on an error. Mikayla Smith then brought both home with a blast to left center to take a 3-2 lead.
The Roadrunners didn't cave as they scored two runs to retake the lead in the bottom of the second. Lauren Coerver scored the tying run on a RBI double to right center before Kat Ibarra scored on a passed ball to take a 4-3 lead.
In the top of the third, UNT (22-8, 11-3) tied the game at 4-4 when Kalei Christensen brought Cierra Simon home on a double down the left line.
UNT then retook the lead in the top of the fifth when Evans scored her second run of the game on a wild pitch to make it 5-4.
Sydney Ingle later scored the final run of the game on another wild pitch to stretch the lead to 6-4 in the top of the seventh.
Skylar Savage (9-3) pitched a complete game and struck out seven batters and picked up her ninth win of the season.
Evans finished 1-for-2 at the plate and added two runs and two walks. Smith homered for the second time this season and finished 1-for-3 with one run and three RBI.
Alexa Williams (3-5) was charged the loss for UTSA after pitching 4.0 innings. She finished with four strikeouts on the day.
Ibarra led the Roadrunners on offense and finished 3-for-4 with one run and one RBI.
UP NEXT
Game three of the series will be played Sunday at 1 PM CT at Roadrunner Field in San Antonio, TX and will be broadcast on CUSA.TV.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Savage, Skylar (9-3)
L: WILLIAMS, Alexa (3-5)
Batting:
2B: Christensen, Kalei 1 ; Rainey, Molly 1
HR: Smith, Mikayla 1
RBI: Christensen, Kalei 1 ; Smith, Mikayla 3
Base Running:
RUNS: Simon, Cierra 1 ; Gamble, Kailey 1 ; Ingle, Sydney 1 ; Evans, Tayla 2 ; Smith, Mikayla 1
Batting:
2B: IBARRA, Kat 1
HR: ESTELL, Marena 1
RBI: IBARRA, Kat 1 ; ESTELL, Marena 2
Base Running:
RUNS: IBARRA, Kat 1 ; ROBILLARD, Camryn 1 ; ESTELL, Marena 1 ; COERVER, Lauren 1
Game Leaders
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