The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
University of Texas
27-5-1
Stephen F. Austin
14-12
No. 10/8 Softball heads into Big 12 play following 5-inning win
03.22.2023 | Softball
In final tune-up non-conference game before conference play, Texas handles Stephen F. Austin in five innings.
AUSTIN, TX – Of the 68 pitches thrown by two Texas pitchers during the Longhorns' 13-2 five-inning win over Stephen F. Austin on Wednesday night, only one hindered what could've been a perfect night for the home team.
With two outs in the top of the third and Texas leading by nine runs, a 3-2 pitch was thrown and then sent over the left-centerfield fence for a two-run home run to cut the Longhorn. But, as any head coach would want, Mike White's squad responded an inning later with a four-run bottom of the fourth that was highlighted by a two-out, two-run pinch-run home run by Jordyn Whitaker.
Whitaker's hit capped a 13-hit, 13-run performance by a Texas offense that scored three first-inning runs, six more in the second and then four more in the fourth. The 13 runs were the second most by the Longhorns in a single game this season since plating 22 runs in five innings against Texas Southern on Sunday, Feb. 26.
FROM HEAD COACH MIKE WHITE
"Leighann Goode and Mia (Scott) got us going there in the right way to start the bottom of the first and Reese (Atwood) cashed in, again, so the freshmen did a really good job, again. And Camille Corona, I think she wants to keep playing because she did a great job for us. Of course, the pitching and defense was solid, which was great. Right now, we just need to stay on a roll."
FROM JUNIOR CAMILLE CORONA
"I think (the offense) just had a really simple approach (at the plate tonight): it was just see ball, hit ball, middle middle. Leighann (Goode) got it started right away with a very solid hit to right (field). I think we just had clear minds and a simple approach."
GAME NOTES
- With its five-inning win Wednesday night, Texas has now won six run-rule games so far this season with the last two occurring in March.
- The Longhorns' 13 hits Wednesday night against Stephen F. Austin marked the 15th time this season Texas has been credited with 10-or-more hits in a single game.
- Wednesday night's performance was the second straight game with double-figure hits, marking the seventh time this season Texas has recorded 10-or-more hits in consecutive games.
- With the win, Texas now moves to 14-2 all-time against Stephen F. Austin, including 13-1 in games played in Austin, Texas.
- With her first-inning single, Texas freshman catcher Reese Atwood extended her career-long hitting streak to 10 games, becoming the third different Longhorn softball student-athlete to have a double-digit hitting streak this season.
- Viviana Martinez and Leighann Goode also had 10-game hitting streaks earlier this season.
- Mia Scott, Viviana Martinez, Leighann Goode and Camille Corona all recorded two-hit games, marking the first time four Texas softball student-athletes have recorded two-or-more hits in the same game since Sunday, March 19, when the Longhorns knocked off USF, 6-1, in Tampa.
- Against the Bulls, Leighann Goode had four hits, while Viviana Martinez, Reese Atwood and Katie Cimusz all had two each.
- Camille Corona entered Wednesday night's game with two career doubles, both coming in 15 games during the 2020 season. She ended Texas' game against the Lumberjacks having doubled that career total with a two-double performance.
UP NEXT
- Texas (27-5-1) will now begin Big 12 Conference play as the Longhorns play host to Texas Tech for a three-game series beginning at 4:30 PM CT on Friday, March 24.
- The two programs will then tangle, again, on Saturday, March 25 and Sunday, March 26 at 12 PM CT both days.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Morgan, Mac (10-1)
L: Brooke Gainous (5-3)
Batting:
HR: Camryn Middlebrook 1
RBI: Camryn Middlebrook 2
Base Running:
RUNS: Camryn Middlebrook 1 ; Sydney Carithers 1
HBP: Mackenzie Bennett 1
Batting:
2B: Goode, Leighann 1 ; Scott, Mia 1 ; Cimusz, Katie 1 ; Corona, Camille 2
HR: Atwood, Reese 1 ; Whitaker, Jordyn 1
RBI: Scott, Mia 1 ; Dayton, Bella 1 ; Martinez, Viviana 2 ; Atwood, Reese 3 ; Cimusz, Katie 1 ; Corona, Camille 2 ; Whitaker, Jordyn 2
SH: Maloney, Ashton 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Goode, Leighann 1 ; Scott, Mia 2 ; Dayton, Bella 2 ; Atwood, Reese 1 ; Day, Courtney 1 ; Mitchell, Joley 1 ; Cimusz, Katie 1 ; Corona, Camille 2 ; Maloney, Ashton 1 ; Whitaker, Jordyn 1
SB: Dayton, Bella 1
