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No. 12 Softball extends shutout streak to six, upends Hofstra, 5-0
03.04.2011 | Softball
March 4, 2011
BATON ROUGE, La. - The No. 12 Texas Softball team posted its sixth-straight shutout victory and sophomore All-America hurler Blaire Luna fired her fourth-consecutive complete-game shutout as UT downed Hofstra, 4-0. The victory improved the Longhorns to 16-2 on the year and 2-0 at the LSU Purple and Gold Challenge, while Hofstra fell to 6-5.
Texas has now held its opponents scoreless over the last 40 innings, while out-scoring the opposition 37-0.
Luna (10-1) earned the victory after allowing just four hits, walking two and fanning 10 in 7.0 innings of work. Hofstra starter Erin Wade (2-2) took the loss after surrendering five runs on nine hits, walking three and fanning six.
Freshman shortstop Taylor Thom anchored the Texas offense in the win, going 2-for-3 with four RBI and one run scored.
Texas broke the scoreless tie in the second inning and junior third baseman Nadia Taylor kick-started the rally with a leadoff line-drive homer. Sophomore leftfielder Torie Schmidt drew a one-out walk to keep things going. She stole second and came around to score on Thom's RBI single down the rightfield line.
The Horns added three insurance runs in the sixth, using a single by Schmidt and a walk by senior second baseman Raygan Feight to set the table. Thom followed with a three-run homer down the leftfield line that extended the UT advantage to 5-0.
Texas returns to action at the LSU Purple & Gold Challenge on Saturday, March 5 when it takes on No. 21 LSU. First pitch is slated for 12:30 p.m. Central.
