University of Houston
44-7, 0
UAB
23-32, 0
Softball Wraps-up Sweep of UAB with 8-0 Win
4/27/2008 12:00:00 AM | Softball
April 27, 2008
Birmingham, Ala. -- The University of Houston softball team completed the sweep of UAB this weekend with a 8-0 win over the Blazers Sunday at George Ward Park in Birmingham, Ala. Three home runs highlighted the Cougar offense that registered six hits. Senior Angel Shamblin added 10 strikeouts for her seventh double-digit strikeout game this year.
Shamblin also gave up just one hit and walking one. She is 27-2 on the year and has a 0.57 ERA.
UH notched back-to-back four run innings in the fourth and fifth.
All four runs in the fourth inning came with two outs. Junior Katie Bush hit a leadoff single to begin the inning and junior Laurie Wagner was hit by a pitch to put two runners on base. Both scored on the next at bat as a result of two UAB errors from the first baseman while senior Amanda Grote advanced to second. Junior Haley Valis would score Grote with a two run home run to left field in the next at bat. The home run gives her 10 for the year and she is now the fourth Cougar to reach double-digit home runs this season.
Freshman Jennifer Klinkert and junior Christa Raley hit two more Cougar home runs in the fifth inning. Raley hit a leadoff home run to left field, her fourth this year.
Klinkert added a three-run shot to left field, scoring juniors Jessica Valis, and Katie Bush. Klinkert's homer was her 13th this season, giving her the second most on the team and it ranks third most home runs in the Houston single-season record books.
No. 9 Houston moves to 44-7 overall and 18-2 in Conference USA. They are 18-6 in the all-time series against the Blazers.
Up Next
Houston will return home for a doubleheader against Louisiana-Lafayette on April 30. First pitch is set for 4pm. Houston will hold a ceremony to present the 2007 C-USA Championship team with their rings following the second game.
The Cougars will then close out conference play with a series against UTEP on May 3-4. Saturday's double header will begin at 1pm. The four seniors, including Angel Shamblin, Barbie Love, Amanda Grote and Courtney Spittler will be honored in between the May 3 doubleheader. The series will wrap-up with a single game on May 4 at 1pm.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Shamblin, Angel (27-2)
L: NELSON, Jennifer (13-21)
Batting:
HR: Klinkert, Jennifer 1 ; Valis, Haley 1 ; Raley, Christa 1
RBI: Klinkert, Jennifer 3 ; Valis, Haley 2 ; Raley, Christa 1
SH: Nordstrom, Elaina 2 ; Raley, Christa 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Valis, Jessica 1 ; Bush, Katie 2 ; Klinkert, Jennifer 1 ; Wagner, Laurie 1 ; Grote, Amanda 1 ; Valis, Haley 1 ; Raley, Christa 1
HBP: Wagner, Laurie 1
Base Running:
HBP: ALLEN, Amanda 1
