University of Southern Mississippi Athletics
Cougars Sweep Lady Eagles
3/5/2003 12:00:00 AM | Softball
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Cougars Sweep Lady Eagles
HATTIESBURG, Miss. ? The Southern Miss softball team fell victim to Houston?s bats, as the Cougars took two against the Lady Eagles this evening, 6-3 and 9-1 (six innings). Houston has now won four straight against Southern Miss, including two last weekend at LSU?s Purple and Gold Challenge.
Game One: Houston 6, Southern Miss 3
Lindsay Durham blasted a two-run home run in the top of the sixth inning to give Houston the 5-3 lead. The tater was the junior?s first homer of the season, as she attacked the 3-1 pitch and sent it over the left field fence, scoring Michelle Keith on the play.
Pinch runner Jenny Baker added an insurance run in the seventh, when she crossed the plate on Jenilee Skender?s sacrifice fly. Skender ended the game with three RBIs.
A pair of Lady Eagle doubles helped Southern Miss in the fifth, as Auriel Jenkins stroked a two-bagger to score Heather Bell, and Sarah Boyd, who batted 2-for-3 in the first game, doubled to center and plated Jenkins, knotting the game, 3-3.
In the top of the fifth, Jeanie Davis, who hit a perfect 3-for-3 in game one, collected her second run when Arelis Ferreris reached base on a fielding error by Ashley Davis at second base.
Jenkins recorded her third home run in four games in the third inning to put Southern Miss on the board. The junior went 2-for-4 in the opener with two runs and two RBIs.
Houston opened the night with two runs in the first inning. Skender singled down the left field line and allowed Davis and Kim Nesloney to come home.
Conference USA Pitcher of the Week Jamie Falco recorded the win and improved to 6-3 on the year. She finished the opener with seven hits, three runs, two walks and four strikeouts.
Jessica Holaway (3-6) dropped her fourth-consecutive decision on the season. She completed the game with 11 hits, four earned runs, two walks and five strikeouts.
Game Two: Houston 9, Southern Miss 1 (Six Innings)
The Lady Eagles were run-ruled for the first time in a Conference USA game, as Houston matched its hit total of 11 hits in game one and defeated Southern Miss, 9-1, in six innings. The nine runs is also the most a C-USA team has ever scored in a game against the Lady Eagles.
Leftfielder Candis Turbo hit 3-for-4 in the nightcap with a run and an RBI to lead the Cougars. Kristen Glowacz went perfect at the plate, 2-for-2, with a run and an RBI, and Kim Nesloney finished hitting 2-for-4 with a run and an RBI.
Southern Miss claimed a 1-0 lead in the first inning, when Sarah Boyd popped her second double of the night, scoring Ashley Brenan. Boyd hit 1-for-2 in the second game and 3-for-5 for the evening, with two doubles and two RBIs.
Houston scored two runs each in the second, third and seventh innings and three runs in the fourth. Jenny Johnson (3-4) pitched the two-hitter for the Cougars, giving up one unearned run and fanning seven.
Danielle Wymer (3-5) went 3.2 innings for Southern Miss, giving up four earned runs, eight hits and four walks. Danielle Hatfield came in relief and recorded three hits, two runs, one walk and two strikeouts.
Game three of the league series between Houston and Southern Miss will begin tomorrow, Thursday, March 6, at 1 p.m., at the Southern Miss Softball Complex. The game will have Live Stats on SouthernMiss.com.
