CLARKSVILLE, AR (04.14.17) - Sophomore
Allie Stephens picked up two victories as the No. 18-ranked UT Dallas softball team swept Ozarks Friday afternoon, 9-0 and 7-3, in an American Southwest Conference doubleheader to complete a three-game series with the Eagles.
The Comets (29-8, 21-6 ASC) will wrap up ASC play next weekend with a three-game home series against Louisiana College. The two teams will play a 4 p.m. doubleheader Friday before the Comets celebrate Senior Day Saturday with a 1 p.m. single game at the UTD Softball Field.
GAME 1 - UTD 9, Ozarks 0 (5 inn.)
The Comets got all the offense they needed with three in runs in the 1st inning as UTD rolled to a 9-0, five-inning victory over the Eagles to open Friday's doubleheader.
Stephens scattered three hits in 5.0 innings of work with one strikeout as she limited the Ozarks offense to just one base-runner past second base in the contest.
Brittany Perkins continued her torrid hitting streak by going 3-for-4 with three RBI while
Melissa Livermore and
Jessica Vlasek were each 2-for-3.
Livermore led the game off with a walk and quickly stole second before coming home on an RBI single by
Hope Griffith. The Comets added a second run on a
Stefanie Polderman double and a final tally on a wild pitch to take an early 3-0 lead. UTD added another run in the 3rd on a
Ravin Wilson bases-loaded walk and a fifth run in the 4th on a Perkins RBI single before erupting for four runs in the top of the 5th to seal the run-rule victory.
With one out and the bases loaded in the 5th, Perkins collected her second and third RBI of the contest with a double to left, scoring
Heather Gilbert and Livermore. Two batters later,
Jessica Vlasek completed the scoring with a two-run single down the right field line, scoring Griffith and Perkins.
GAME 2 - UTD 10, Ozarks 3
Trailing 3-0 early, the Comets scored 10 unanswered runs, including six in the top of the 7th, to rally for a 10-3 win over the Eagles to wrap up the weekend series.
Stephens (10-4) entered the game in the 4th in relief of Comet starter
Sara Davison and finished the game by scattering six hits in four scoreless frames. Stephens struck out four and walked one in her second win of the day. Davison tossed three innings, giving up three unearned runs in the 2nd inning.
Down 3-0 in the 3rd, Perkins got the Comets' offense started with an RBI single to center, scoring Livermore. UTD added a second run in the 5th on a Vlasek double, scoring Perkins to draw within a run before taking the lead with a two-run 6th frame. The Comets tied the game with an RBI ground out by Wilson, scoring Polderman, and then took a 4-3 lead on a Livermore single of the Ozarks pitcher that allowed
Kendall Moore to come home.
The Comets then scored six runs on just three hits in the top of the 7th to pull away.
Samantha Halliburton picked up the first RBI of the inning with a single to left, scoring Vlasek. UTD added a three runs with the bases loaded, taking advantage of an Eagle error, a walk and a sac fly to take an 8-3 lead. The final two runs came on a Perkins single up the middle, scoring Wilson and Livermore.
Perkins ended the game 3-for-5 with three RBI while Livermore was 2-for-4 and Vlasek was 2-for-5.
