NACOGDOCHES, Texas – Fifth year
Sophie Wideman led the UT Arlington softball team (16-19, 6-6) to a 3-2 extra-inning win, clinching the series against the Lumberjacks Monday from SFA Softball Field.
In the second game of the doubleheader, the Mavericks' offense struggled to feed off any momentum, falling to the 'Jacks 3-0 in the final game of the series.
Three Mavs finished with five hits on the series as junior
Morgan Westbrook hit .556, coming away with two RBI and a .556 slugging percentage.
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE: at Stephen F. Austin (W, 3-2) 8 innings
Marley Neises (2-3, 1 RBI) and
Lindsey Franklin (2-3) led the Mavericks' offense Monday as the pair put up multi-hit efforts.
Reagan Hukill (1-3),
Morgan Westbrook (1-3, 1 RBI),
Sophie Wideman (1-4, 1 RBI),
Kimber Cortemelia (1-3) and
Zaia Castruita (1-4) all contributed to UTA's nine-hit total.
It was Wideman who was responsible for the winning run as the catcher belted a solo shot to take the lead in the top of the eighth inning.
In the circle,
Gracie Bumpurs got the start as she went on to toss 4.1 innings, limiting the Lumberjacks to just two hits.
Sophomore
Jessica Adams came in for Bumpurs and threw the remainder of the game. The righty allowed three hits across 14 batters faced.
The Mavs clinched the series with the 3-2 win, giving Adams her ninth win of the season.
PLAY BY PLAY: at Stephen F. Austin (W, 3-2) 8 innings
- After four scoreless innings, UTA scored first in the top of the fifth after Franklin led things off with a single up the middle. Ashleigh Sgambelluri came in to pinch run for Franklin and advanced to second. Hukill knocked a single down the left field line to place Sgambelluri on third. Neises executed a squeeze play that scored UTA's first run. Shortly after, Westbrook ripped a sacrifice fly to center that made it a 2-0 game.
- SFA tied things up in the bottom of the fifth with a two-run home run.
- In the top of the eighth, Wideman sent one over the center field wall for a solo bomb that put the Mavs up 3-2.
- UTA went on to defeat the 'Jacks, clinching the series.
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE: at Stephen F. Austin (L, 3-0)
UTA's offense slowed down a bit in Monday's second game of the doubleheader as the team pieced together five hits.
Senior Hukill led the way going 2-4 at the plate as Neises, Westbrook and freshman
Alaina Hampton came away with one apiece.
Adams threw her seventh complete game of the 2023 season, allowing three runs off seven hits. With UTA's bats unable to find a spark, the sophomore received the loss.
PLAY BY PLAY: at Stephen F. Austin (L, 3-0)
- SFA took a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the second with an RBI-single through the left side before the 'Jacks made it 2-0 after Mallory Webb stole home.
- The Lumberjacks extended their lead 3-0 in the bottom of the third with an RBI-single up the middle from Madison Nguyen.
- UTA was unable to fight back, falling to SFA 3-0.
ON DECK
The Mavericks will head to Stillwater Wednesday to face No. 2 Oklahoma State for the 27th time in program history with a 6 p.m. start time from Cowgirl Stadium.
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