Mean Green Softball Knocks Off Texas Tech 5-4, Improves To 8-2

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The Mean Green kicked off the Jeannine McHaney Memorial Classic with a 5-4 win over Texas Tech on Friday evening.

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  5

 North Texas 8-2

    4

Texas Tech 5-11

Score By Periods

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
North Texas	1	2	0	0	0	0	2	5	7	1
Texas Tech	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	4	8	2

W: Skylar Savage (1-0) L: Rains,Olivia (0-4)

Game Recap: Softball | 3/4/2022 9:50:00 PM

Mean Green Knocks Off Texas Tech 5-4

Lubbock, Texas— The Mean Green kicked off the Jeannine McHaney Memorial Classic with a 5-4 win over Texas Tech on Friday evening. Both teams started off hot offensively, combining for five runs in the first two innings before a four-inning stretch that only saw one run scored.
 
QUOTING HEAD COACH RODNEY DELONG
"It's tough anytime you have a long break like we did. I'm really proud of how we prepared in these last two weeks, our practices have been good. We were pretty sharp tonight. I'm proud of our kids and played a really solid game."
 
"Winning on a Friday night at a Big XII school is a big win. I expect them to bounce back and be really tough in the next two games that we play against them. For us it's just moving forward and keeping the energy up and playing good softball."
 
 
Game Recap – UNT 5, Texas Tech 4
 
The scoring started early for the Mean Green, as Kailey Gamble brought Lexi Cobb home on an RBI single to take the lead in the first inning.
 
The Red Raiders responded with a run in the bottom of the first to tie the game.
 
In the top of the second, Lexi Cobb doubled to right center allowing Cierra Simon and Rylan Dooner to score. Texas Tech would cut the Mean Green lead to 3-2 in the bottom of the second.
 
After the Red Raiders tied it in the fourth inning, the Mean Green responded once again in the seventh inning behind a double steal by Cobb and Sydney Ingle. Ingle was able to steal home to retake the lead 4-3. With momentum on their side, Christensen brought Cobb home to extend the lead 5-3.
 
Texas Tech scored one more run in an effort to tie the game before Skylar Savage forced a fly out to center field to end the game.
 
Ashley Peters (4.0 IP) started the game for North Texas while Skylar Savage (3.0 IP, 1 H, 3 K) picked up her second win of the season.
 
Cobb finished with three hits, two runs and two RBI to lead the Mean Green in all three categories.

Arriana Villa led Texas Tech with a 2-for-4 night at the plate with one RBI and one run.

Edited March 5, 2022 by ADLER

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