Conference Opener Takes UH Back to Oklahoma

HOUSTON − The University of Houston softball team returns to Oklahoma to open American Conference play at Tulsa with a three-game series beginning Friday.

HOUSTON (16-15, 0-0 The American) at TULSA (11-17, 0-0 The American)
Date \| Time				Friday-Sunday, March 25-27 \| 5 p.m., 2 p.m., 12 p.m.
Location				Tulsa, Okla.
Live Stream				ESPN+
Live Stats				Tulsa Athletics
Game Notes				Houston \| Tulsa
Social Media				@uhcougarsb \| @uhccougarsb \| Cougar Softball \| #GoCoogs

HEAD COACH KRISTIN VESELY
Overall record: 155-121 (6th season)
At Houston: same

SERIES VS TULSA
Overall record: 28-25, Tulsa
Under Vesely: 10-5, Tulsa
Streak: Tulsa, 2

FIRST PITCH

Amanda Carden hit a two-RBI single in the seventh inning to walk-off Sam Houston on Tuesday.
Carden leads the team in average (.341).
Houston has won six-straight home games for the first time since 2020 (2/16/20-2/23/20).
Head Coach Kristin Vesely needs two wins in Cougar Softball Stadium to eclipse the 100-win mark at home.
Freshman Hannah Blincoe earned her first collegiate start in the circle against Sam Houston. The righty spun 5.2 innings with two strikeouts.
Freshman Baylea Myers got her first collegiate start against Sam Houston committing zero errors on three ground balls.
Houston downed #7 Washington in walk-off fashion on Friday of the Boyd Gaming Classic, 5-4. It marked the second-straight year the Cougars had topped the #7 team in the country (last against #7 Oklahoma State in 2021).
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.
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.
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 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.
Houston vs Tulsa
Tulsa owns a 28-25 all-time record over Houston.
Tulsa won three of the five meetings in 2021.
Houston won the 2018 series 2-1 in H-Town.
The Cougars last won a series in Tulsa in 2015, 2-1.
Last time out
Houston swept its doubleheader against Sam Houston on Tuesday by 1-0 and 3-2 scorelines.
Amanda Carden hit a walk-off 2 RBI single in the seventh inning to down SHSU 3-2.

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