Wednesday, May 12
Troy, AL
3:34 PM
University of Texas Arlington
17-32
2
vs
1
Troy
34-14
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Runs R | Hits H | Errors E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UT Arlington | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
| Troy | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
Mavs Win in Extra-Inning Thriller
5/12/2021 6:35:00 PM | Softball
TROY, Ala. – In a thrilling extra-inning game, the UT Arlington softball team upset #3 Troy 2-1 in the Sun Belt Championship opener Wednesday night.
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
The Mavs' offense produced five hits as Jessica Carreon (1-4), KJ Murphy (1-4), Aileen Garcia (1-3), Jadyn Erickson (1-3) and Reagan Hukill (1-3, 1 RBI) were responsible.
Senior JoJo Valencia earned the start in the circle for the Mavericks in game one of the tournament against the Trojans.
The lefty threw three innings where she allowed one earned run off two hits across ten batters faced.
Sophomore Kenedy Hines replaced Valencia on the mound and had a stellar outing throwing 4.1 innings allowing just one hit across 16 batters.
Junior Allie Gardiner came in for relief for two outs as she earned her fifth save securing UTA's 2-1 victory over #3 Troy.
PLAY BY PLAY
The Mavericks will advance to Thursday at 12:30 p.m. to face the winner of the matchup between #10 Georgia State and #2 Texas State.
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INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
The Mavs' offense produced five hits as Jessica Carreon (1-4), KJ Murphy (1-4), Aileen Garcia (1-3), Jadyn Erickson (1-3) and Reagan Hukill (1-3, 1 RBI) were responsible.
Senior JoJo Valencia earned the start in the circle for the Mavericks in game one of the tournament against the Trojans.
The lefty threw three innings where she allowed one earned run off two hits across ten batters faced.
Sophomore Kenedy Hines replaced Valencia on the mound and had a stellar outing throwing 4.1 innings allowing just one hit across 16 batters.
Junior Allie Gardiner came in for relief for two outs as she earned her fifth save securing UTA's 2-1 victory over #3 Troy.
PLAY BY PLAY
- Troy plated the first run of the game off a solo home run over the left field wall in the second inning.
- The Mavericks stranded two runners on the bases across the fourth and fifth inning unable to plate any across.
- After Murphy ripped a single up the middle in the sixth, senior Garcia advanced Murphy to third with a sacrifice bunt. Hukill powered through one to tie it up 1-1 with a sacrifice fly to center.
- Carreon reached first with a single through the right side before Garcia notched a single to right center that advanced Carreon to third. With a throwing error from the Trojans, Carreon scored to get the Mavs on top 2-1 in the eighth inning.
- Gardiner came into shut down Troy's offense to secure her fifth save of the season.
The Mavericks will advance to Thursday at 12:30 p.m. to face the winner of the matchup between #10 Georgia State and #2 Texas State.
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Players Mentioned
2B/SS
/ Softball
OF
/ Softball
1B
/ Softball
RHP
/ Softball
RHP
/ Softball
OF
/ Softball
3B
/ Softball
LHP
/ SoftballTeam Stats
Pitching:
W: Hines, Kenedy (6-11)
L: Baker, Libby (7-5)
S: Gardiner, Allie (5)
Batting:
RBI: Hukill, Reagan 1
SH: Garcia, Aileen 1 ; Langston, Amber 1
SF: Hukill, Reagan 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Carreon, Jessica 1 ; Murphy, KJ 1
SB: Erickson, Jadyn 1
Batting:
HR: Horne, Kelly 1
RBI: Horne, Kelly 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Horne, Kelly 1
CS: Calhoun, Logan 1
Game Leaders
AB
4
R
1
H
1
RBI
0
AB
4
R
1
H
1
RBI
0
AB
3
R
0
H
1
RBI
0
AB
2
R
0
H
1
RBI
0
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