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Friday, March 5
San Marcos, Texas
6 p.m.
University of Houston
7-7
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6
Texas State
8-3
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7
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Houston
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Texas State
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Houston Drops Contest to Texas State
3/5/2021 9:08:00 PM | Softball
Cougars look to tie series Saturday
SAN MARCOS, Texas – The University of Houston Softball team fell to --/RV Texas State by a score of 6-1 on Friday night.
The Cougars move to 7-7 on the season, while the Bobcats improve to 8-3. Friday night snaps Houston's three-game winning streak against Texas State.
Junior Kati Ray Brown led the way for the Cougars with a pair of hits, her third contest of the season with multi-hits in a game. She was joined by redshirt senior Sarah Queen and sophomore Britaney Shaw as those to collect a base-hit on Friday.
In the circle, junior Rachel Hertenberger tossed her third complete game of the year, striking out five batters in her six innings of work.
KEY INNINGS
1st | Texas State jumped out to the first lead of the game, scoring three runs to take a 3-0 advantage.
6th | The Bobcats plated another three runs to push their lead to 6-0.
7th | After Queen led the inning off with a single to right, Shaw then stepped up to the plate and recorded a single of her own to allow Brown to drive in Houston's lone run of the game.
TOP OFFENSIVE PLAYERS
Kati Ray Brown | 2-3, RBI
Sarah Queen | 1-2, R
Britaney Shaw | 1-3
PITCHING BREAKDOWN
Rachel Hertenberger (L, 2-3) | 6.0 IP, 6 ER, 5 K, 8 H
ON DECK
Houston competes in the second game of its three-game series with Texas State at 2 p.m., Saturday. That game will be aired on ESPN+ and can be seen here.
STAY CONNECTED
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JOIN DIAMOND CLUB
Fans can help support the Houston Softball program by joining the Diamond Club. To find out more information about the Diamond Club, visit UHCougars.com or call Cougar Pride at (713) 743-GoUH. For more information, Click Here.
– UHCougars.com –
The Cougars move to 7-7 on the season, while the Bobcats improve to 8-3. Friday night snaps Houston's three-game winning streak against Texas State.
Junior Kati Ray Brown led the way for the Cougars with a pair of hits, her third contest of the season with multi-hits in a game. She was joined by redshirt senior Sarah Queen and sophomore Britaney Shaw as those to collect a base-hit on Friday.
In the circle, junior Rachel Hertenberger tossed her third complete game of the year, striking out five batters in her six innings of work.
1st | Texas State jumped out to the first lead of the game, scoring three runs to take a 3-0 advantage.
6th | The Bobcats plated another three runs to push their lead to 6-0.
7th | After Queen led the inning off with a single to right, Shaw then stepped up to the plate and recorded a single of her own to allow Brown to drive in Houston's lone run of the game.
TOP OFFENSIVE PLAYERS
Kati Ray Brown | 2-3, RBI
Sarah Queen | 1-2, R
Britaney Shaw | 1-3
PITCHING BREAKDOWN
Rachel Hertenberger (L, 2-3) | 6.0 IP, 6 ER, 5 K, 8 H
Houston competes in the second game of its three-game series with Texas State at 2 p.m., Saturday. That game will be aired on ESPN+ and can be seen here.
Follow Houston Softball on Twitter and Instagram at UHCougarSB, and "Like" UHCougarSB on Facebook.
Fans can help support the Houston Softball program by joining the Diamond Club. To find out more information about the Diamond Club, visit UHCougars.com or call Cougar Pride at (713) 743-GoUH. For more information, Click Here.
– UHCougars.com –
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Mullins, Jessica (3-2)
L: Hertenberger, Rachel (2-3)
Batting:
RBI: Brown, Kati Ray 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Queen, Sarah 1
Batting:
2B: Vanderford, Sara. 2 ; MacKay, Hailey 1
RBI: Vanderford, Sara. 2 ; MacKay, Hailey 1 ; Lemons, Baylee 1 ; Earls, Hannah 1 ; Bell, ArieAnn 1
SH: Vanderford, Sara. 1 ; Bell, ArieAnn 1
Base Running:
RUNS: George, Kylie 2 ; Crenek, Cat 1 ; Vanderford, Sara. 1 ; MacKay, Hailey 1 ; Damiani, Molly 1
Game Leaders
Hitting
AB
3
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H
2
RBI
1
AB
2
R
1
H
1
RBI
0
AB
3
R
0
H
1
RBI
0
AB
3
R
0
H
0
RBI
0
Players Mentioned
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