Softball Clinches Series Victory with Walk-Off Win

HOUSTON – The University of Houston Softball team picked up its fourth walk-off win of the season as freshman Brooke Wells used a seventh-inning single to give the Cougars a 3-2 win on Sunday at Cougar Softball Stadium. The victory sealed the series in favor of Houston as the Cougars recovered from a Friday night loss to win both remaining games.

Redshirt sophomore Nicole Bodeux (1-1) picked up the win for Houston (16-7, 2-1 Big 12) in the circle after throwing a shutout frame and allowing only one hit. Throwing 3.1 innings and allowing one run on three hits, Lauren Schurman (4-6) suffered the loss for Iowa State (10-11, 1-2 Big 12).

Player Highlights

Brooke Wells: 2-3, 2 RBI, BB
Jordee Wilkins: 2-4, 2 R
Kayley Prudhomme: 1-3, RBI
Mandy Esman: 2-3, 2B

Game Highlights

Holding the Cyclones to a 1-for-7 (.143) mark on Sunday, Houston limited Iowa State to a 2-for-15 (.133) total with runners in scoring position, including an 0-for-3 tally with the bases loaded, in the final two games of the series.
Freshman Kayley Prudhomme has reached safely in her last 12 games, the fourth time a Cougar has reached in 12 consecutive games.
With two each in the game, Wells recorded her team-leading ninth multi-RBI and ninth multi-hit games of the season.
Bodeux has not allowed an earned run in 11.1 innings pitched this season.
Houston won by a score of 3-2 for the 35^th time in program history, the team's third most frequent score.

Key Innings
3^rd | Houston grabbed the lead first. Sophomore Jordee Wilkins singled, advanced to second on a wild pitch and reached third as freshman Isabel Cintron grounded out to shortstop. Wells drove her home with a single that narrowly stayed fair down the left-field line to put Houston up 1-0.

4^th | Iowa State evened the score at one-all with a bases-loaded walk in the top of the fourth, but the Cougars quickly responded in the home half. Junior Gabby Rawls singled and reached third as junior Mandy Esman doubled to center. Prudhomme plated Rawls on a bunt single to reclaim the lead, 2-1.

5^th| Iowa State answered in the fifth as Sydney Malott overcame strong winds to hit a solo homer to center field, again tying the score at 2-2.

7^th | The Cougars claimed the walk-off win in the seventh. With two outs, Wilkins took a 2-2 pitch to center for a single. Cintron pushed the center fielder to second with a five-pitch walk and Wells completed the walk-off with a single to center, giving Houston a 3-2 victory.

UP NEXT
Houston begins its Big 12 Conference road schedule next weekend as it heads to Stillwater, Okla., for a three-game series against #15/#13 Oklahoma State. The series starts at 6 p.m., Friday, before continuing at 2 p.m., Saturday, and wrapping up at noon, Sunday.

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Jordee Wilkins

Brooke Wells

Mandy Esman

Gabby Rawls

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Nicole Bodeux