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University of Houston
26-11
Sam Houston State
14-16
Home Runs Lift Softball Past Sam Houston State
3/28/2007 12:00:00 AM | Softball
March 28, 2007
HUNTSVILLE - Christa Raley, Haley Valis and Jessica Valis belted home runs as the University of Houston softball team tallied a 7-2 victory over Sam Houston State Wednesday afternoon in game one of a doubleheader at the SHSU Softball Complex.
Angel Shamblin recorded the win in the circle for UH and broke her own single season program record earning her 17th victory of the season. She was touched up for two runs on seven hits. The Florida native notched 10 strikeouts and now has 190 Ks on the season, also breaking her own program single season record.
The Cougars (26-11) jumped out to a 2-0 advantage as Christa Raley cranked a two-run homer in the first inning to score Jessica Valis, who reached on a leadoff double.
Sam Houston State responded in the home half of the frame stringing together three hits. Lauren Burns provided a RBI-single to left field to trim the deficit to 2-1.
Haley Valis struck with a three-run bomb in the third inning as Houston extended its lead to 5-1. Elaina Nordstrom and Raley set the table with a single and a double, respectively.
Jessica Valis added a two-run shot in the fourth inning after Angel Shamblin opened the frame with a leadoff walk pushing the Houston advantage to 7-1.
The Bearkats (14-16) got an RBI-single from Amanda Lindsey in the bottom half of the fourth for the final margin of 7-2.
Game two from Huntsville is set for 6:30pm. Live stats will be available on UHCougars.com
Cougar Notes
Game one of this afternoon's doubleheader is the 11th all-time meeting between Houston and Sam Houston State ... Houston has won 10 of 11 meetings in the series ... The Cougars have won 25 of its last 26 games against current non-ranked opponents ... Houston improves to 20-6 this season in both in day games and when scoring first ... The Cougars also are 104-29 since the start of the 2004 season when scoring first ... Houston also is 15-0 when scoring at least four runs this season ... Houston has won 31 of 43 games over the last two seasons when Jessica and Haley Valis are in the starting infield ... Jessica Valis and Elaina Nordstrom have started in all 99 games of their careers ... Laura Durham also has played in all 99 games of her Houston career since transferring from Texas A&M ... Katie Bush has made 96 consecutive starts in centerfield ... Jessica Valis extended her hitting streak to seven games ... The Shiner native has hit safely in 29 of 36 games this season ... Five of the seven efforts during the streak have been of the multi-hit variety ... It was her team-leading 15th multi-hit game of the season and 38th multi-hit effort of her career ... Valis has reached base to start a game 43 of 99 chances in her career ... She has reached by a hit 24 of those 43 times ... The Cougars also have notched a 43-12 mark over the last two seasons when Jessica Valis scores a run ... Valis now has 120 career hits and passed Michelle Keith (2002-05) for the No. 6 spot in program history ... She is now three hits away from equaling Jaci Gonzalez (2003-06) for the No. 5 position ... Houston improves to 27-11 over the last two seasons when Jessica Valis notches a multi-hit effort ... Katie Bush had her four-game hitting streak snapped ... Elaina Nordstrom pushes her hitting streak to a season-best seven games and has hit safely in 12 of her last 13 outings ... With two hits, the California native moves to seven hits away from reaching the 100-mark for her career ... It was only the fourth time in her last 12 outings that Nordstrom has failed to produce a RBI ... Christa Raley has notched a hit in five of her last six games ... Raley provided her third multi-hit game of the season ... She has knocked a home run in her last two games from the No. 4 spot in the lineup ... The LaPorte native has reached base in 22 of her last 25 games ... Haley Valis has recorded a hit in nine of her last 12 appearances ... The Shiner native produced her fifth home run of the season and first since March 17 against Tulsa ... Laura Durham has reached base in four of her last five outings ... She has drawn a walk in her last two games ... Laurie Wagner has reached base safely and drawn a walk in four of her last six games ... Amanda Grote notched her sixth sacrifice hit of the season in the fourth inning ... Angel Shamblin broke her single season program record by earning her 17th victory of the season ... She also broke her single season strikeout mark from last season ... With 10 Ks, Shamblin is 95 strikeouts from matching Jenny Johnson (2001-04) for the No. 1 spot in program history ... Shamblin has recorded double-digit strikeouts in nine of her 18 starts this season ... The junior right-hander has allowed two or less earned runs in 22 of her last 25 starts dating back to last season.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Shamblin, Angel (17-5)
L: Collier, Mandy (1-1)
Batting:
2B: Valis, Jessica 1 ; Nordstrom, Elaina 1 ; Raley, Christa 1
HR: Valis, Jessica 1 ; Raley, Christa 1 ; Valis, Haley 1
RBI: Valis, Jessica 2 ; Raley, Christa 2 ; Valis, Haley 3
SH: Valis, Haley 1 ; Grote, Amanda 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Valis, Jessica 2 ; Nordstrom, Elaina 1 ; Raley, Christa 2 ; Valis, Haley 1 ; Shamblin, Angel 1
Batting:
2B: Collier, Mandy 1
RBI: Burns, Lauren 1 ; Lindsey, Amanda 1
SH: Hooser, Tanya 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Brown, Amy 1 ; Burns, Lauren 1
