Saturday, March 25
Houston 10, Memphis 0 (5) – Box Score
Houston 3, Memphis 0 – Box Score
Wichita State 6, UCF 0 – Box Score
South Florida 9, East Carolina 5 – Box Score
Recaps
Houston 10, Memphis 0 (5) – Box Score
Houston 3, Memphis 0 – Box Score
MEMPHIS, Tenn. – The University of Houston softball team tallied consecutive shutouts to sweep a doubleheader against Memphis on Saturday afternoon at the Tiger Softball Complex.
Houston (14-16, 2-0 The American) earned the series win over Memphis (5-25, 0-2 The American) with the pair of victories. Brooke Lorenzo finished 4 for 4 across the two games with three runs and two RBIs, while Turiya Coleman hit a grand slam and Emma Robertson added a home run of her own.
Graduate student Kenna Wilkey (8-7) struck out six Tigers for the win in game one, combining with Hannah Blincoe for the Cougars' sixth shutout of the season. Mikayla Hoschak (1-6) tossed her second complete-game of the year to earn the decision for Memphis.
Wilkey (9-7) also earned the start in the second game of the day, tossing a complete-game shutout while striking out seven to earn the victory. Rylee Dugar (1-8) went the distance for Memphis, earning its decision in the contest.
Wichita State 6, UCF 0 – Box Score
ORLANDO – Wichita State evened the series with UCF on Saturday with a 6-0 shutout of the Knights at the UCF Softball Complex.
Wichita State (25-7, 1-1 The American) bounced back from Friday night's series-opening loss to record its seventh shutout of the season. Wichita State had just five shutouts all of last season.
Zoe Jones was 3-for-4 with a home run, two RBI and three runs scored. Her three hits tied a career high. Lauren Mills had two hits, including a two-run home run. Sydney McKinney, Sami Hood (RBI double), Bailey Urban (RBI) and Camryn Compton had a hit apiece.
Lauren Howell (12-2) threw her seventh complete game of the season. She held the Knights scoreless on seven hits, three walks and three strikeouts.
After three scoreless innings, Wichita State finally broke through on Jones' ninth home run of the season. Mills singled in the next at bat, which led to Hood's RBI double over the center fielder's head, putting the Shockers in front, 2-0.
Two more runs came across in the top of the fifth, putting the Shockers up 4-0. Jones added her second RBI on a single through the left side and then a bases loaded walk for Bailey Urban capped the inning.
UCF threatened in the bottom of the sixth, loading the bases but Howell induced a pop-up in the infield to strand the bags full of Knights.
Mills put the finishing touches on the shutout with a two-run home run in the top of the seventh.
South Florida 9, East Carolina 5 – Box Score
TAMPA – The University of South Florida softball team (21-15, 2-0 The American) had a major comeback in their 9-5 win over East Carolina (21-11, 0-2 The American) on Saturday night. With the win, the Bulls have clinched the series over ECU.
After the Pirates' hot start, scoring four runs in the top of the first, South Florida answered with nine runs in the second inning.
The second inning was highlighted by back-to-back RBI singles from Rian Eigenmann and Vivian Ponn and an RBI double from Megan Pierro.
Marissa Trivelpiece reached on a fielding error by the ECU third baseman and Eigenmann crossed the plate.
The last time the Bulls scored nine runs in a single inning was on March 12, 2017, when they scored nine against Army.
Lexie Kopko pitched 5.2 innings, only allowing three hits and one earned run. Gabriella Nori pitched the final inning for the Green and Gold and registered the only strikeout for USF.
Defensively, Trivelpiece led the Bulls with eight putouts in her second career appearance on first base. Kathy Garcia-Soto and Kopko tied with three assists.