Softball Drops Double-Header Against Houston-Victoria

Softball Drops Double-Header Against Houston-Victoria

KERRVILLE, TX: The Schreiner University Softball team lost both games of their home non-conference double-header against the University of Houston-Victoria.

The Mountaineers were at home for their non-conference matchup against the Jaguars from the University of Houston-Victoria.

Schreiner fell to 0-4 over all on the season after losing both games of their double-header against the Jaguars.

Game 1 SCH 1 - UHV 5

The Jaguars jumped out to an early lead after scoring 4 unanswered runs through the first two innings. Schreiner would respond with a run scored in the fifth inning off an RBI from freshman, Kimberlie Perez, who sent Ky Kusak home with a single, cutting the deficit down to three. However, it would be too little too late for the Mountaineers as Houston-Victoria went on to score another run of their own in the sixth and win the game 5-1.

In the circle, it was sophomore, Amanda Pollock, who was credited with the loss after throwing 1.2 innings and giving up 4 runs on 13 batters faced, moving her to 0-2 on the season. Also making an appearance in the circle was senior transfer, Isabella Gutierrez, who pitched 5.1 innings and only gave up 1 run and 2 hits on 20 batters faced.

  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
UHV 5 0 0 0 2 2 8 17 23 5
SCH 0 0 2 3 2 0 1 8 13 2

Box Score 

Game 2 SCH 8 - UHV 17

The second game of the series also got out to a hot start for the Jaguars as they put up 5 runs in the first inning. However, Schreiner would respond with 2 runs scored in the third and 3 runs scored in the fourth, tying the game up 5-5 heading into the fifth inning. The fifth inning would bring two more runs scored by both sides as the game then went into the sixth inning tied at 7-7. Unfortunately, that is where the wheels would fall off for Schreiner. The Jaguars would go on to score 2 more runs in the sixth inning and then put the game away with 8 runs scored in the seventh inning.

Despite the loss, it was still a strong performance at the plate from senior, Yadira Lopez, who went 4-5 with a RBI. Also with a strong performance was Kimberlie Perez who went 3-5 with 2 RBI, Laci Silva who went 2-4 with 3 RBI, and Kendall Lippold who went 2-5 with a RBI.

In the circle, it was freshman, Celina Marchan, who was credited with the loss after throwing for 6.0 innings and giving up 10 runs on 34 batters faced, moving her to 0-1 on the season. Also making an appearance in the circle was Reece Hall who pitched 0.2 innings and Bayleigh Borden who pitched 0.1 innings.

  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
UHV 5 0 0 0 2 2 8 17 23 5
SCH 0 0 2 3 2 0 1 8 13 2

Box Score

Up Next

The Mountaineers will head out on the road as they continue non-conference play with a trip to Jackson, Mississippi, to take on Millsaps College in a two-game series.

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