PREVIEW: Softball Hosts Tarleton for Midweek Tilt

HOUSTON – The University of Houston Softball team returns to Cougar Softball Stadium for a Tuesday tilt against Tarleton. First pitch is scheduled for 6 p.m. and the game will be streamed on ESPN+.

vs. Tarleton
Date \| Time				Tuesday, Feb. 25 \| 6 p.m. \| ESPN+ \| Live Stats \| Tickets
Location				Cougar Softball Stadium \| Houston
Game Notes				Houston

SERIES vs TARLETON

Overall: 3-1
Last Houston Win: 5-0; March 12, 2023
Last Louisiana Win: 9-1 (5); March 11, 2023
In Houston: 1-0
Last five: 3-1
Last 10: 3-1
Under Vesely: 3-1
Houston Streak: W1

HEAD COACH KRISTIN VESELY
Overall record: 220-197-1 (9th season)
At Houston: same

FIRST PITCH

Houston finished its first road trip of the season as it headed east to the state of Louisiana. After a 1-1 showing at the Cowgirl Classic, the Cougars lost their opener in the Ragin' Cajun Invitational II before the rest of the weekend was cancelled due to rain.
After tying the record for most runs through 11 games with 94 runs last season, Houston is back to its run-scoring ways this year. Averaging 10.2 runs per game through five games, Houston broke its record for most runs to start the season in that span, besting its previous mark of 39 runs in 2022.
Freshmen are well represented in the starting lineup for this year's squad. Out of 130 positional start this season, first-years have earned over 40 percent of them (57) while underclassmen as a whole have snagged 115 of the team's 130 starts. It is believed to be both one of the most freshmen heavy lineups and underclassmen heavy lineups.
Houston has been drawing walks at a prolific rate this season. Picking up 88 bases on balls through the first 13 games, the Cougars rank second in the nation in walks drawn, sitting just seven behind the leader, South Carolina.
Houston used a 5-3-5 triple play to clinch a 4-3 win against Pitt on Feb. 15. It was the team's second triple play in program history and its first since April 7, 2007, against UTEP. The Cougars are one of three NCAA Division I teams to turn a triple play this season, joining Alcorn and Campbell who both also completed the feat in the second weekend of the season.
Freshman Brooke Wells played for the US Women's Junior National Team in the WBSC World Cup Group Stage last August. She helped lead the team to a 6-0 finish while herself posting nine RBIs with 10 runs scored, also collecting a .467 batting average with five extra-base hits, including a grand slam. She was named to both D1Softball's and Softball America's Freshman Watch Lists.
Cougar Softball Stadium features multiple upgrades for the 2025 season, including an expanded concessions menu, new safety netting and a new sound system.
Houston filled the third assistant coach role permitted by the NCAA last summer, hiring Barrett Barnes to complete the coaching staff. The Cougars' staff of Head Coach Kristin Vesely and assistant coaches Nadia Taylor, Hope Trautwein and Barnes are the only staff in the Big 12 who all have played either softball or baseball professionally.
Sixteen of Houston's 21 players hail from the Lone Star State, including seven from the Houston-metro area.
Vesely has defeated a ranked team in every season as head coach of Houston, including knocking-off top-ranked Texas last season for the Cougars' first win against a #1 opponent in program history.

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