Softball

The American Today: All American Teams in action earn wins on Friday


 
Tulsa 7, Incarnate Word 3 Box Score Recap
Tulsa 3, Saint Fracnis 1 Box Score Recap
East Carolina 14, Portland State 2 Box Score Recap
RV/RV USF 1, Georgia State 0 Box Score Recap
East Carolina 8, Seton Hall 0 Box Score Recap
Syracuse 2, RV/RV USF 1 Box Score Recap
Houston 14, Princeton 1 Box Score Recap
UCF 11, Providence 10 Box Score Recap
Memphis 5, Belmont 3 Box Score Recap
Houston  6, Sam Houston State 5 Box Score Recap
Memphis 5 , Arkansas Pine-Bluff 3 Box Score Recap



With both teams putting up crooked numbers on the scoreboard, UCF used a ball put in play by freshman catcher Autumn Gillespie  to notch a walkoff 11-10 eight-inning victory over Providence in eight innings on Friday night.

East Carolina pounded out 22 runs on 19 hits with nine home runs to pick up a pair of run-rule victories over Portland State and Seton Hall on day one of the Louisville Slugger Invitational at Simoni Field on the campus of the University of the Pacific.

Houston picked up two big wins, run-ruling Princeton, 14-1, in five innings, before claiming a 6-5 edge on a walk-off single from sophomore Brooke Vannoy against Sam Houston State in the nightcap on Friday at Cougar Softball Stadium as part of the Houston Hilton Plaza Classic.

Clutch hitting and solid pitching led  Memphis  to a pair of 5-3 victories Friday evening over Belmont and Arkansas-Pine Bluff at the Blues City Classic. The Tigers improve to 6-7 on the year after the Friday sweep.

USF picked up its tenth win of the season, a 1-0 victory over Georgia State, before falling to Syracuse, 2-1, in the first day of the Under Armour Invitational.

Tulsa took both games of their weekend-opening doubleheader on Friday afternoon, defeating Incarnate Word in the opening game of the day before earning an extra innings 3-1 victory over Saint Francis. Tulsa moved to 10-7 on the year with the pair of wins and have won six out of the last seven games.


Schedule/Results

Saturday, March 4
^ Northern Kentucky vs UConn 10 a.m.
@ Wright State at Memphis • 12:15 p.m.
$ Saint Francis vs.Tulsa• 12:30 p.m.
! Portland State vs. East Carolina  • 1 p.m.
@ Louisiana Tech at Memphis • 2:30 p.m.
# Ball State vs. RV/ USF • 3 p.m.
? Florida Gulf Coast at UCF • 5 p.m.
# Towson vs RV/ USF • 5:15 p.m.
! East Carolina at Pacific • 5:30 p.m.
^ UConn at Coastal Carolina  • 5:30 p.m.
% RV/ Wisconsin at Houston • 5:30 p.m.
$ UT-Arlington vs.Tulsa  • 5:30 p.m.
% Louisiana -Monroe at Houston • 8 p.m.


Sunday, March 5
^ North Dakota vs UConn • 9:30 a.m.
$ UT-Arlington vs Tulsa• 11 a.m.
^ Northern Kentucky vs. UConn • 12 p.m.
! Seton Hall vs. East Carolina • 1 p.m.
% Sam Houston State at Houston • 1 p.m.
? Providence at UCF • 1:30  p.m.
@ Tennessee State at Memphis • 2:30 p.m
# Villanova at RV/ USF • 4 p.m.



^All times Eastern and subject to change
[^] Coastal Carolina Invitational (Conway, SC.)
[!] Louisville Slugger Invitational (Stockton, CA.)
[%] Houston Hilton Plaza Classic(Houston, TX)
[#] Under Armour Invitational (Tampa, Fla.)
[?]UCF Invitational (Orlando, Fla.)