No. 1/1 Softball concludes Hillenbrand Invitational with fourth win

Sunday, February 23

Tucson, AZ

10 AM CT / 9 AM MT

University of Texas

15-1

Colorado State

5-10

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Colorado State

No. 1/1 Softball concludes Hillenbrand Invitational with fourth win

02.23.2025 | Softball

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Texas has now earned run-rule victories in four of last six games

By: Chris Allen Brown

TUCSON, Ariz. – The University of Texas' response to its first loss on the season continued to grow louder after the Longhorns knocked off Colorado State, 10-2, in five innings to conclude UT's five-game slate at the Hillenbrand Invitational in Tucson, Ariz. Texas has now outscored its opponents, 48-8, since dropping a four-run contest to Stanford on Friday afternoon.

Using momentum from its four-run victory over No. 13/11 Arizona on Saturday afternoon, Texas' offense picked up where it left off by recording three first-inning hits before busting into the run column with an eight-run top of the second – all with two outs – to take an early 8-0 lead over the Rams. The inning was highlighted by Katie Stewart's first career grand slam and ended a triple shy of the team hitting for the cycle after Leighann Goode and Katie Cimusz recorded singles and Kayden Henry hit a run-scoring double during the frame.

After Colorado State (5-10) plated single runs in the second and third innings to cut the Texas lead to six, the Longhorns put the game back into run-rule territory with two runs in the top of the fifth after Ashton Maloney scored on a wild pitch and Stewart driving in Scott with a two-out single.

Citlaly Gutierrez (4-0), who picked up the win in relief against Arizona the night before, capped her 5.0-inning, 81-pitch outing by finishing off the Rams on 16 pitches in the bottom of the fifth.

FROM HEAD COACH MIKE WHITE

"Today was a good finish to the weekend. Citlaly (Gutierrez) pitched really well. She had a little bit of trouble here and there, but for the most part, she did well. Our top-of-the-lineup hitters, Ashton Maloney and Kayden Henry, went 6-for-6, so that helped, and then Katie Stewart's home run was really big. I think we really just kept things rolling and just passed the bat during that big, eight-run inning. I think we were able to do a lot of damage with two outs in the innings as well, which was really good and showed a lot of concentration to make sure we kept the inning rolling."

GAME NOTES

Katie Stewart's second-inning grand slam was the third consecutive day the Texas offense has connected for a grand slam, marking the first time in program history the Longhorns have hit a grand slam in three consecutive calendar days.
- The grand slam was the first career grand slam for Stewart.
With her first-inning bunt single, Mia Scott was credited with her 243rd career hit, tying the senior with Taylor Thom (2011-14) for fourth on the program's career hit list.
By drawing a four-pitch walk in the top of the second, Mia Scott was credited with her 87th career walk, tying Scott with Nadia Taylor (2009-12) and Jodi Reeves (1997-00) for seventh on the program's career walks list.
As a result of her double through the left side to lead off the top of the fifth inning, Ashton Maloney was credited with her third double this season, marking the third consecutive season the Longhorns' leadoff slap-hitter has been credited with three doubles in a season.
Sunday's five-inning run-rule victory for Texas marked the third consecutive run-rule win for the Longhorns over Colorado State, the longest such streak for UT in the series history against the Rams.

UP NEXT

After playing five games in Arizona over the weekend, Texas (15-1) will return to the Lone Star State for a five-game Longhorn Invitational slate that will begin on Friday, Feb. 28, when the Longhorns take on USF at 4:00 p.m.
- The 4:00 p.m. contest between UT and USF will then be followed by a 6:30 p.m. game between Texas and Abilene Christian.

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