Tulsa Splits Saturday Double Header with UTEP

Originally Published: May 1, 2010 4:45 PM CDT

Bobby Lewis
Oklahoma Sports Mobile Journalist

TULSA, Oklahoma – The Golden Hurricane softball team had its way in game one of a Saturday double header, downing the UTEP Miners 2-1. They could not complete the sweep, however, running out of steam in the back half of the day, 4-2.

GAME ONE

Freshman shortstop Samantha Cobb struck first for Tulsa. Her single up the middle scored Caitlin Everett in the third inning. Christian Timmons’ single two batters later pushed the Tulsa lead to 2-0.

That was more than enough for Jackie Lawrence. Tulsa got another strong pitching performance from its senior. Lawrence threw 6 1/3 innings on her way to her 12th win of the season. The school’s all-time strikeout leader fanned four Miners, to up her season total to 108.

Mother Nature intervened midway through the afternoon. Tulsa led the conference clash 2-0 in the fourth inning when lightning interrupted play. Umpires pulled both teams off the field for more than an hour as light rain fell at the Hardesty Sports Complex.

UTEP threatened in the seventh inning. The Miners advanced a runner to second base on a sacrifice bunt with one out. Kalynn Schrock came on for Tulsa to record the final two outs.

Outside of a patchy third inning, Stacie Townsend pitched well for UTEP. The senior struck out ten Tulsa batters over six innings. The loss dropped her record to 25-13 this season.

Kia Moore hit a homerun for UTEP in the fifth inning. UTEP falls to 10-9 in Conference USA matchups this season.

GAME TWO

The Miners avenged a loss in the first game of the series with a 4-2 win over Tulsa in the nightcap. Joanna Krienitz silenced the Golden Hurricane bats to pick up her third win of the season.

UTEP scored four runs in the top of the second inning thanks to some costly Tulsa miscues. Jordan Kinard loaded the bases on two walks and a single. She would bean the next hitter to bring in the first run of the game. The Miners would add three more runs after a single and wild pitch.

Tulsa scratched across a run in the fifth inning thanks to Skylar Swanson's RBI single. They'd add another in the seventh, but could never climb back out of their early four-run hole.

Krienitz allowed just two runs on seven hits in 6 1/3 innings. She picked up her third win of the season.

The same two teams will battle again on Sunday beginning at noon.