Cougars Ready for Sin City

HOUSTON − The Houston softball team hits the road for the first time in 2022 and returns to UNLV's Boyd Gaming Classic for the first time since 2020. The Cougars are set to face #7 Washington, UNLV and New Mexico State.

BOYD GAMING CLASSIC
Teams				Houston (6-9), Washington (11-4), New Mexico State (1-6), UNLV (12-2)
Dates				Mar. 4-6 \| Tournament Central
Location				Las Vegas, Nev. \| Eller Media Stadium
Live Stream				Friday \| Saturday \| Sunday
Live Stats				All games
Game Notes				Houston \| Washington \| UNLV \| New Mexico State
Social Media				@uhcougarsb \| @uhccougarsb \| Cougar Softball \| #GoCoogs

HEAD COACH KRISTIN VESELY
Overall record: 145-115 (6th season)
At Houston: same

SERIES VS #7 WASHINGTON
Overall record: 2-0, Houston
Under Vesely: 0-0
Streak: Houston, 2

SERIES VS NEW MEXICO STATE
Overall record: 3-2, Houston
Under Vesely: 1-1
Streak: NMSU, 1

SERIES VS UNLV
Overall record: 2-2
Under Vesely: 1-1
Streak: Houston, 1

FIRST PITCH

Senior Bethany Busch was named to The American's Honor Roll Feb. 28 after hitting .533 with three 2B and a 3B.
Super-super senior Becca Schulte leads the team in HR (3) and RBI (12).
Becca Schulte hit a home run in the final game of 2020, did not play in 2021, and hit a home run in her first at-bat of 2022. Thus, Schulte hit a home run in back-to-back games spanning 23 months.
Schulte hit home runs in back-to-back at-bats on Opening Day and drove in 9 RBI over the weekend.
Freshman Ja'Naiya Thomas was named to D1Softball's preseason Top 75 Impact Freshman list.
Thomas was named D1Softball's Preseason Freshman of the Year for The American.
Houston will finish the regular season on national television May 1 at South Florida on ESPNU.
Houston added 13 newcomers to the 2022 roster, eight of which are freshmen.
The Cougars have 13 upperclassmen, including six seniors and two graduate students.
Graduate student Becca Schulte is competing in her seventh season as a collegiate athlete. Schulte graduated high school in 2015. She is one of two known 7th-year softball players in the DI ranks.
Houston added seven transfers this fall, five of which come from Power 5 schools.
Houston will face four Preseason Top 25 teams in 2022, including three teams in the Top 10 of D1Softball's preseason poll.
The Cougars play 10 teams that made a regional in 2021. Houston's schedule penned seven Power 5 opponents into the 2022 schedule, facing those seven teams a total of 11 total times.

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