Mavs Split with Islanders in day one
5/1/2010 12:00:00 AM | Softball
May 1, 2010
Corpus Christi, Texas - The UT Arlington softball team split with Texas A&M-Corpus Christi in day one in at the Chapman Field in Corpus Christi, Texas.
Freshman Teri Lyles (13-11) guided the Mavericks to a 5-3 win in game one, pitching her 21st complete game of the season. Lyles allowed three runs on nine hits and forced the Islanders to leave 10 runners stranded.
Once again junior Rebecca Collom led the Mavs offense going 3-for-4 with a double, a pair of RBI and one run scored. Kelsey Kaiser also finished with a multi-hit game, going 2-for-3 with two runs scored.
As a team, the Mavs scattered nine hits and plated runs in the first three innings. Collom started the Mavericks on a good note in the first inning when she connected on her fifth double of the season and two batters later scored on a sacrifice fly ball to center field by senior Heather Fortenberry.
The Islanders tied the game up in the bottom half of the frame following three consecutive hits.
UT Arlington was back on the attack in the next inning, as four Mavs connected on hits. Collom's and Fortenberry's RBI singles gave UTA a 3-1 advantage.
A&M-Corpus Christi kept the pressure coming in the bottom half of the inning, cutting the deficit to one run. With one out, Meagan McKinney reached on a hit-by-pitch, stole second and advanced to third on a bunt single by Lauren Sanders. Cassie Redman scored McKinney with an RBI groundout.
The Mavericks kept the runs coming in the third, plating two runs on three hits. Courtney Zink and Collom drove in UTA's fourth and fifth runs.
The Islanders manage to score one run on one hit in the bottom half of the frame. Lyles buckled down in the last four innings, allowing only four hits and leaving six runners stranded including three in the final frame.
In extra innings, the Mavs dropped a 6-4 heartbreaker to the Islanders in game two. With two outs, Margo Hurdt lifted Texas A&M-Corpus Christi pasted the Mavericks with a two-run homer to center field.
Cara Hulme (13-10) took the loss for the Mavs, pitching 8.2 innings, allowing six runs on 11 hits while fanning six. Hulme led the Mavericks at the plate, going 3-for-5 including two doubles.
Similar to game one, UTA did their scoring early plating runs in the first, second and fifth innings.
Lyles knocked in a pair of runs in the first with a single to left center and Collom plated a run in the second inning after she connected on her second double of the series. Samantha Chumchal drove in a pinch running Kari Karr with a double to left center. The double was Chumchal's 10th of the season and 28th of her career.
The Mavericks held a 4-1 advantage heading into the bottom of the seventh until the Islanders tied it up after they connected on three hits on three runs and two errors.
UTA and TAMU-CC will wrap up their three game series tomorrow at 11 a.m. at Chapman Field.
