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No. 1/2 Softball beats Kent State, 15-1, in five innings
03.09.2025 | Softball
Texas pushes weekend run differential to 38-2 in 15 innings
COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Texas Longhorn softball bats continued to keep the student-athletes warm as UT totaled 15 runs on 16 hits in five offensive innings en route to earning a 15-1 victory over Kent State on Sunday afternoon.
Staying true to the game plan for the weekend, Texas scored three runs in the top of the first inning against the Golden Flash to push its weekend total to 14 first inning runs across three games. The Longhorns followed that frame up with a seven-run top of the second to make it 14 second inning runs throughout the weekend as well.
By the time Ashton Maloney, the Longhorns' leadoff batter, stepped to plate to begin the top of the third, Texas had already run out to a 10-0 lead and the Missouri native was about to have her third trip to the dish in as many innings. And it didn't take long for Maloney to score her third run in as many innings as well as the Missouri native touched home plate on a Mia Scott double moments later. The hit was the first of three run-scoring doubles in the inning as Reese Atwood and Leighann Goode went on to do so later in the frame.
Kent State answered Texas' two fourth inning runs with a single run in the bottom of the fourth, but the already established 15-run lead was too much for the Golden Flash.
FROM HEAD COACH MIKE WHITE
"It was a solid performance all the way around today. Teagan Kavan pitched really well and Sophia (Simpson) was able to come in and had a good inning, before Cam(bria Salmon) came in and closed it out. I think the hitting was really good. With Ashton Maloney at the top of the lineup, she's doing a phenomenal job, along with Mia Scott as well. And then Reese (Atwood) just missed hitting for the cycle with a single during her last at bat. Overall, it was a good day and just building towards tomorrow with two really good games."
FROM REDSHIRT-JUNIOR ASHTON MALONEY
"Everyone is pretty relaxed right now. We are just having fun out there. I feel like, in the past, we've been playing tight in close games, so this weekend, we've just really been playing free and relaxed and that's been helpful. For me, personally, I'm just trying to get a good pitch to hit and trying to not be too complicated and just simplify things, because that's my game."
GAME NOTES
- With Sunday afternoon's five-inning win, Texas has now earned three consecutive run-rule victories for the first time this season.
- The last such streak for the Longhorns occurred last season when UT picked up seven straight five-inning victories from April 27 to May 10, 2024.
- With her double to score Ashton Maloney in the top of the third, Mia Scott has now been credited with 47 career doubles, which ties Lexy Bennett (2009-12) for fourth on the program's career doubles list and is one back of tying Kaitlyn Washington (2017-21) and Jodi Reeves (1997-00) for second place.
- By finishing Sunday afternoon's game with three runs batted in (RBI) during a 3-for-4 performance at the dish, Reese Atwood is now tied with Mary Iakopo (2019-22) for second on the program's career RBI list with 171, seven behind tying Taylor Thom (2011-14) for the top spot.
- Sunday's victory marked the 28th career win for Texas sophomore right-handed pitcher Teagan Kavan.
- The Iowa native is now just two wins shy of tying Mac Morgan (39) and Citlaly Gutierrez (30) as active Longhorn pitchers with 30-or-more career wins on the Forty Acres.
- Texas has now scored 10-or-more runs in three consecutive games, marking the first time this season the Longhorns have accomplished the feat.
- It's the longest such streak since going five straight contests from May 3 to May 10, 2024.
UP NEXT
- Texas (24-1) will wrap up its participation in the Ohio State Tournament with a two-game slate on Monday, Mar. 10, when the Longhorns take on Dayton (11:30 AM CT / 12:30 PM ET) and Ohio State (3 PM CT / 4 PM ET).
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