Thursday, May 12
Denton, TX
12:00 PM
University of North Texas
33-14
6
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3
Charlotte
35-22
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UNT
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Softball Rallies to Defeat Charlotte
5/12/2022 4:35:00 PM | Softball
DENTON, TX – North Texas rallied for the second time this season against Charlotte with a 6-3 victory Thursday afternoon at Lovelace Stadium in the 2022 Conference USA Softball Championship. The Mean Green will play Louisiana Tech next in the semifinal round Friday at 12 p.m. CT.
QUOTING HEAD COACH RODNEY DELONG
"We pressed really bad early in the game like we were almost playing like we were afraid to lose. Hopefully we'll play a full seven innings tomorrow. Everybody's good to this point. Both of the teams (that we could play) are playing good softball. No matter who we play out of those two, it'll be a tough one."
RECAP- UNT 6, Charlotte 3
Charlotte (35-22) jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the top of the second inning with a three-run homer to center field.
North Texas recorded just two hits in the first four innings and were held scoreless until the fifth inning.
In the bottom of the fifth inning, freshman Sydney Ingle led off with a single before Lexi Cobb added another hit to bring the tying run to the plate. Molly Rainey then drove both in with a double to left center to make the score 3-2.
Senior Tayla Evans then doubled to center field, driving Rainey home to even the game at 3-3.
The Mean Green (33-14) took the lead in the bottom of the sixth inning when Cobb crushed her fifth home run of the season to right center. The three-run homer gave North Texas a 6-3 lead.
Ashley Peters (W, 18-6) pitched a complete game while striking out three batters.
Cobb finished 3-for-4 at the plate and added two runs, three RBI, and one home run. Ingle finished an efficient 2-for-2 with two runs.
Madelyn Wright (L, 10-9) was charged the loss for the 49ers and struck out two batters.
Cori Henderson homered for Charlotte and finished 1-for-3 with one run and three RBI.
UP NEXT
UNT will face Louisiana Tech on Friday, May 13 at 12 pm CT in the semifinals of the 2022 Conference USA Softball Championship. The game will be broadcast on ESPN+.
QUOTING HEAD COACH RODNEY DELONG
"We pressed really bad early in the game like we were almost playing like we were afraid to lose. Hopefully we'll play a full seven innings tomorrow. Everybody's good to this point. Both of the teams (that we could play) are playing good softball. No matter who we play out of those two, it'll be a tough one."
RECAP- UNT 6, Charlotte 3
Charlotte (35-22) jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the top of the second inning with a three-run homer to center field.
North Texas recorded just two hits in the first four innings and were held scoreless until the fifth inning.
In the bottom of the fifth inning, freshman Sydney Ingle led off with a single before Lexi Cobb added another hit to bring the tying run to the plate. Molly Rainey then drove both in with a double to left center to make the score 3-2.
Senior Tayla Evans then doubled to center field, driving Rainey home to even the game at 3-3.
The Mean Green (33-14) took the lead in the bottom of the sixth inning when Cobb crushed her fifth home run of the season to right center. The three-run homer gave North Texas a 6-3 lead.
Ashley Peters (W, 18-6) pitched a complete game while striking out three batters.
Cobb finished 3-for-4 at the plate and added two runs, three RBI, and one home run. Ingle finished an efficient 2-for-2 with two runs.
Madelyn Wright (L, 10-9) was charged the loss for the 49ers and struck out two batters.
Cori Henderson homered for Charlotte and finished 1-for-3 with one run and three RBI.
UP NEXT
UNT will face Louisiana Tech on Friday, May 13 at 12 pm CT in the semifinals of the 2022 Conference USA Softball Championship. The game will be broadcast on ESPN+.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Peters, Ashley (18-6)
L: Madelyn, Wright (10-9)
Batting:
2B: Mekayla Frazier 1 ; Kourtney Gremillion 1
HR: Cori Henderson 1
RBI: Cori Henderson 3
Base Running:
RUNS: Lindsey Walljasper 1 ; Lexi Wagner 1 ; Cori Henderson 1
SB: Bailey Vannoy 1 ; MaKalah Mitchell 1
CS: Bailey Vannoy 1
Batting:
2B: Rainey, Molly 1 ; Evans, Tayla 1
HR: Cobb, Lexi 1
RBI: Cobb, Lexi 3 ; Rainey, Molly 2 ; Evans, Tayla 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Cobb, Lexi 2 ; Rainey, Molly 1 ; Ingle, Sydney 2 ; Simon, Cierra 1
Game Leaders
Hitting
AB
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2
RBI
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RBI
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RBI
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Players Mentioned
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