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UT Arlington UTA 1-7
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Winner Kansas KAN 5-4
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Kansas KAN
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Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
UT Arlington UTA 0 0 4 1 0 1 2 8 10 1
Kansas KAN 0 0 3 7 0 0 X 10 6 6

W: Reed, H. (1-2) L: Henriksen, Laura (0-1)

Game Recap: Softball | | Brittany Wyllie (@_brittanywyllie)

@UTAMavsSoftball Comeback Bid Falls Short

SAN ANTONIO, Texas – After a seventh inning rally, the UT Arlington softball team fell short, 8-10, against the Kansas Jayhawks Sunday at Roadrunner Field. The Mavericks wrapped up tournament play in San Antonio 1-4 with an overall record of 1-7. 

After trailing by four runs going into their last at-bats, sophomore Lindsey Franklin was put into pinch hit with two outs and the bases loaded. Franklin delivered with an RBI- single which scored pinch runner Dariane Cram and center fielder Reagan Hukill to cut the deficit down to two. The Mavericks' comeback fell short to
Kansas, 8-10.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE: vs. Kansas (L 8-10)

Lindsey Franklin (1-1) and KJ Murphy (1-4) led the Mavericks with 2 RBI's while sophomore Jadyn Erickson went 2-4 at the plate with two singles joined by fellow sophomore Reagan Hukill who also went 2-4.

Following closely behind Erickson and Hukill is freshman Jessica Carreon who went 2-3 with two singles.

Junior Laura Henriksen earned her first start in the circle for UTA this season and threw 3.1 innings before freshman Gracie Bumpurs made an appearance. Bumpurs allowed 4 runs and faced just 6 batters.

Junior Allie Gardiner came in for the fifth inning to pitch the rest of the game for the Mavs and allowed just one hit while facing 11 batters. UTA fell short to Kansas, 8-10 and Henriksen with the loss (0-1).

PLAY BY PLAY: vs. Kansas (L 8-10)
  • After two scoreless innings, a couple of Jayhawk errors allowed the Mavericks to score four runs in the top of the third, leading 4-0.
  • Kansas quickly answered back with three runs of their own off a pair of doubles and a home run which made it a 4-3 game.
  • Following an RBI-single in the fourth from the bat of senior catcher Courtney Ogle, UTA added one more and made it 5-3.
  • In Kansas' next at-bats, a couple of walks and a 3-run home run stacked on seven runs for the Jayhawks to take the lead 10-5.
  • Senior KJ Murphy hit an RBI- single that plated Jadyn Erickson in the sixth to cut the deficit down to 4.
  • Sophomore Lindsey Franklin was put into pinch hit with two outs and the bases loaded. Franklin knocked in two more off a single to right center.
  • After a seventh inning battle, UTA came up short to Kansas, 8-10.
 
 ON DECK
The Mavericks are set to host Corpus Christi, Iowa State, Missouri State, North Texas and Wichita State for a four-day tournament as part of the 2nd Boerner Invitational (Mar. 4-7).

UTA will open tournament play Thursday (Mar. 4) against Texas A&M – Corpus Christi at 7:00 p.m. at Allan Saxe Field.

The Boerner Invitational – named in honor of Melissa Boerner, a former UTA softball captain who was killed by a drunk driver the day before her senior year began in 1998 – is to help raise awareness to the importance of responsible drinking.
 
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