Smith Shines in No. 24 Softball Win Over Georgia Tech

Sunday, February 12

Atlanta, Georgia

1 PM CT

University of North Texas

4-0

RV Georgia Tech

2-2

North Texas

Georgia Tech

Photo by: Georgia Tech Athletics

2/12/2023 10:29:00 PM | Softball

Box Score

ATLANTA – Mikayla Smith matched her career high with two home runs as No. 24 UNT softball extended its winning streak to four games with a 3-1 victory against Georgia Tech on Sunday.

The streak is the best four-game start in North Texas softball history, besting 3-1 marks set in 2022, 2020, 2019 and 2013.

"It's great to get four wins on the road to open the season," head coach Rodney DeLong said. "I am happy with how we played but we still have a ways to go. I am however excited about the potential of this group."

Smith posted a team-high 1.811 OPS for the weekend, with five hits in 11 at-bats with three home runs, six RBI, four runs and two walks.

Ashley Peters tallied her second win of the weekend in an 85-pitch complete game, allowing zero earned runs on three hits with three strikeouts. The performance was the ninth complete game of her UNT career and second of the season-opening tournament.

HOW IT HAPPENED VS. GEORGIA TECH

Kalei Christensen flared a double to right center field on the second at-bat of the game.
Smith broke the scoreless tie in the top of the second inning, sending her first home run over the left field wall to give North Texas a 1-0 advantage.
In the third, Lexi Cobb recorded an infield single and advanced an errant throw in which no Georgia Tech player was covering first base. She would not be able to advance, holding the score at 1-0 in favor of the Mean Green.
Peters retired 16 of the initial 18 batters she faced to hold the Yellow Jackets scoreless.
Holding a one-run lead with two outs in the sixth inning, Molly Rainey stepped into the box and hit the second home run of the afternoon to lift UNT to a 2-0 lead.
The next at-bat, Smith sent a drive to deep center field to widen the Mean Green advantage to 3-0 in the sixth.
Georgia Tech pushed a run across with a sacrifice fly in the home half of the sixth to make the score 3-1.
Staked to a two-run lead, Peters returned to the circle for the bottom of the seventh, inducing three ground outs to end the game.

NOTES

The Mean Green have recorded a home run in every game this season while only giving up one long ball.
UNT outscored its opponents 26-3 at the Buzz Classic.
Peters extended her streak of innings pitched without giving up an earned run to 16.0 on Sunday. The streak began in the NCAA Regionals at Oklahoma State on May 22, 2022.
With the win on Sunday, Peters is now tied for eight in program history for pitching wins with 22, matching the mark set by Jennifer Smith (2008-10).
For the season, Smith has three home runs, nearly matching her career-high mark of four which she set last season.

UP NEXT
The Mean Green will look to extend its winning streak at the Tracy Beard College Classic at Old Celina Park in Celina, Texas with a doubleheader on Friday against South Dakota at 1:30 p.m. and UT Arlington at 4 p.m.

The six-team tournament will begin with UT Arlington meeting No. 17 Kentucky at 11 a.m. Fans can purchase tickets HERE.