Houston Heads to Louisiana for Final Road Midweek

LAFAYETTE, La. − The final road midweek game of the season pits the University of Houston softball team against Louisiana on Wednesday at Yvette Girouard Field at Lamson Park.

HOUSTON (24-22-1, 8-6-1 American) at LOUISIANA (34-11, 17-4 Sun Belt)
Date \| Time				Wednesday, April 27 \| 6 p.m.
Location				Lafayette, La. \| Yvette Girouard Field at Lamson Park
Live Stream				ESPN+
Live Stats				UHStats.com
Game Notes				Houston \| Louisiana
Social Media				@uhcougarsb \| @uhccougarsb \| Cougar Softball \| #GoCoogs

HEAD COACH KRISTIN VESELY
Overall record: 163-128-1 (6th season)
At Houston: same

SERIES VS LOUISIANAA
Overall record: 17-8, Louisiana
Under Vesely: 2-1, Louisiana
Streak: Louisiana, 1

FIRST PITCH

Houston has downed two ranked opponents in 2022 and has beaten a ranked opponent each of the last seven seasons and every year under Vesely.
The Cougars have beaten the second ranked opponent each of the last two times they have played ranked opponents in back-to-back meetings or series'.
Houston put together a six-run comeback against #18 UCF on Sunday, the largest comeback since 2018.
Becca Schulte is on a 15-game on-base streak.
Paige Hulsey is on a seven-game hitting streak.
For the first time since joining The American, the Cougars swept the weekly awards April 11. Bethany Busch was named Player of the Week and Kenna Wilkey was named Pitcher of the Week.
Paige Hulsey tied a school record for stolen bases with a perfect 4-for-4 on stolen base attempts against Memphis on April 3.
Hannah Todd became the first pitcher to win all three games of a series in program history winning all three games against Memphis.
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.
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 and seven Power 5 opponents in 2022, facing those seven teams a total of 11 total times.

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