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No. 6/7 Softball ends season with WCWS semifinal setback to No. 5/5 Tennessee
06.02.2013 | Softball
June 2, 2013
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NCAA post-game notes
OKLAHOMA CITY - No. 7 national seed Tennessee (52-10) scored a run in the first and added another in the sixth to defeat Texas 2-1 in a Women's College World Series semifinal contest Sunday night. The Lady Volunteers held off a Longhorns rally in the seventh inning to end the 2013 season for Texas (51-10).
Freshman Lindsey Stephens went one-for-two and hit her first career home run in the seventh inning to cut the Tennessee lead to one run. Taylor Thom, Kim Bruins, Torie Schmidt and Stephanie Ceoalso added hits for Texas. Tennessee's offense was provided by a Lauren Gibson home run and a Lexi Overstreet bases-loaded walk.
Blaire Lunatook the loss for the Longhorns and concluded her senior season with a 32-7 record. The wins set a career high for Luna, who also finished with a personal-best 422 strikeouts. In Sunday night's game, Luna fanned 12, scattered three hits and walked eight.
Ivy Renfroe earned the win for Tennessee, pitching four-and-two-thirds innings and allowing two hits and fanning six to improve to 22-4. Ellen Renfroe, Ivy's sister, picked up her third save of the season after pitching the last two-and-a-third innings of the contest and surrendering three hits and striking out one.
Tennessee got on the board in the first inning on a solo home run Gibson.
Texas threatened in the second as Schmidt got to third base, but was stranded after a strikeout.
Luna worked out of trouble in the Tennessee third to keep the deficit at 1-0. After two walks and a wild pitch, Luna forced Gibson to pop out to keep Tennessee off the board.
The Lady Vols added the second run in the sixth inning. Luna walked two batters and hit one to load the bases before walking Tennessee pinch-hitter Overstreet for a 2-0 lead.
Texas broke through for a run in the seventh inning, but could not even the score. Stephens led off the frame with a home run to center field, but Ellen Renfroe robbed Ceo of a single up the middle. Taylor Hoagland and Brejae Washingtonwere retired to end the contest.
The 2013 Longhorns ended the season with the second-most wins in program history and made the program's third Women's College World Series Semifinal appearance.
Post-Game Notes
- Texas scored 11 runs in the 2013 Women's College World Series. The previous high for the team in this event was five runs scored in the 2003 WCWS.
- The Longhorns hit three home runs during this WCWS and had four in their four previous trips.
- UT outscored its opponents 41-18 during NCAA Tournament play this season.
- UT scored 356 runs this season, the second most in a year in program history. The 2012 squad set the mark with 372 runs.
- The Longhorns finished 18-for-19 on stolen bases in NCAA Tournament play. The team set a program record with 126 stolen bases this season.
- Tonight's contest against Tennessee marked the first WCWS semifinal appearance for Texas since 2005 and just the third in program history (2003).
- Blaire Luna now ranks second in program history in strikeouts during the Women's College World Series with 38 (Cat Osterman with 140).
- Luna finished the event with a 2-2 record and 2.55 earned-run average.
- Stephanie Ceoled the Longhorns with a .400 batting average (four-for-10) during the WCWS.
- Torie Schmidtalso picked up a team-high four hits during the World Series.
