RICHARDSON, Texas - The UT Dallas softball team won both games of a double-header against Dallas Christian at UTD Softball Field Wednesday evening. The Comets (6-3) won the the first game 7-6 in walk-off fashion, then defeated the Lady Crusaders (5-9) 12-2 in five innings.
Game 1
UTD jumped out to a 4-0 lead in the first. Senior second baseman
Mikayla Hoffman opened the inning with a solo home run over the left field fence.
Gracelyn Taylor recorded an RBI-single, followed by a
Claire Pollack run-scoring double and a sacrifice fly from
Cadence Hernandez.
Julissa Amparo doubled in Erin Thibault to put DCC on the board in the second.
Cole Johnson led the bottom of the fourth off with a single up the middle, was bunted to second by Hoffman and scored on a
Sarah Olenick base hit.Â
The Lady Crusaders tied the game at 5-5 with four runs on four hits, two walks and a sac fly in the top of the sixth. Lia Rojas recorded a two-run, pinch hit single to left center as the big hit of the frame. DCC gained its first lead of the contest when Perla Herrera drove in Thibault with a single to right center in the top of the seventh.
With one out in the bottom of the seventh, Hernandez was hit by a pitch and lifted for pinch runner
Evelyn Santos. After a fly out, sophomore center fielder
Blair Collier doubled in Santos to tie the game. Hoffman followed with a walk then freshman shortstop
Sarah Olenick hit the ball up the middle, plating Collier in the walk-off win.
UTD outhit DCC 10-7 for the game.
Erika Fedak (1-0) earned her first collegiate victory in relief, allowing two hits an unearned run and a walk with one strikeout in 1.1 innings. Kelsey Cauthorn (3-4) took the loss, giving up 10 hits, seven runs, five walks and five strikeouts.
Game 2
The nightcap was never in doubt as the Comets cranked out its biggest offensive performance of the season. They outhit DCC 12-5 and took advantage of four errors.
UTD scored five runs on five hits and a pair of walks in the bottom of the first. Catcher
Avery Martin came up with a two-run single up the middle during the rally. Two errors led to another run in the second and the Comets capitalized on another error in the third to go up 7-0.
They made the game 12-0 in the fourth, which included a two-run blast to left field off of Hoffman's bat. DCC picked up their ony runs of the game on a two-run single from Dynestee Kanae-Huihui in the top of the fifth.
Freshman
Madelyn Denn (5-0) earned the win in relief, while starter Nizhoni Yellow (0-3) took the loss for DCC.
UT Dallas Notes
- Hoffman hit her second and third home runs of the season. She was 3-for-6 on the day with three runs scored, three RBI, two walks and a stolen base.
- Olenick was 3-for-4 with a double and stolen base in game one. She scored twice with another steal in game two.
- Pollack recorded a double in each game.
- Collier was 2-for-3 on the day and scored the game-winning run in the opener.
- Santos was 3-for-3 with a double, RBI and two runs scored in game two.
- Martin went 2-for-3 with a double and three knocked in during game two. She also threw out the only runner trying to steal.
- In the opener, starting pitcher
Allison Koch tied her career-high with six strikeouts over 5.2 innings.
- Denn improved to 5-0 on the year with five strikeouts over three innings, while allowing four hits and two unearned runs.
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Katie Hart started game two and allowed a hit, three walks and struck out one over two scoreless frames.
Dallas Christian Notes
- Amparo was 2-for-4 with a run scored, double and RBI in game one.
- On the day, Herrera, was 2-for-3 with two RBI, two walks and a stolen base.
- Kaylee Brent was 3-for-5 with two walks.
- Thibault scored three times and walked twice in game one.
Up Next
UTD will travel to Viera, Fla. and open the Space Coast Spring Games with Minnesota Crookston on Sunday at 3:15 p.m. CT.
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