Sunday, February 26
Austin, Texas
9:30 A.M. CT
Abilene Christian
4-11
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4
Virginia Tech
11-4
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6
7
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E
Abilene Christian
0
0
0
0
1
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Virginia Tech
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2
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1
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X
4
4
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Photo by: Aly Bayliss
Wildcats keep pace with No. 10 Hokies
2/26/2023 12:00:00 PM | Softball
AUSTIN, Texas– Abilene Christian softball battled with No. 10 Virginia Tech on Sunday morning falling in a narrow defeat, 4-1. After an early two-run homerun from the Hokies, Riley White entered to pitch in relief and threw a solid five innings. The Wildcats were able to plate a single run, but 15 strikeouts on the day were too much to overcome.
HOW IT HAPPENED:
BEYOND THE BOX SCORE:
ON DECK:
HOW IT HAPPENED:
- The Hokies opened up the scoring with a two-run homerun in the bottom of the second inning.
- A walk from Shaylee Alani and a single from Catrin Hoffman put two on with no outs in the top of the third, but the Wildcats weren't able to capitalize.
- VT tacked on a run in the bottom of the fourth with a sac fly to go up 3-0.
- Sydney Kaiser put the Wildcats on the board in the top of the fifth with a sac fly that brought home Olivia Taylor, but VT answered in the bottom of the inning to push their lead to 4-1.
BEYOND THE BOX SCORE:
- This was the third game on the weekend that ACU tallied two or fewer hits.
- The team's 15 strikeouts are the most in a game this season, their third game of the year with double-digit strikeouts.
- Catrin Hoffman extended her hitting streak to five games with a single in the third.
ON DECK:
- The Wildcats will head to Monroe, La. for a midweek matchup with ULM before making their way on to Mississippi State for a tournament next weekend.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Emma Lemley (6-1)
L: Nielsen, Talia (3-3)
Batting:
RBI: Kaiser, Sydney 1
SF: Kaiser, Sydney 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Marble, Olivia 1
Batting:
HR: Addy Greene 1
RBI: Addy Greene 2 ; Jayme Bailey 1
SF: Jayme Bailey 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Kelsey Brown 1 ; Teagan Thrunk 2 ; Addy Greene 1
SB: Emma Ritter 1 ; Kelsey Brown 1 ; Cameron Fagan 1
HBP: Teagan Thrunk 1
Game Leaders
AB
2
R
0
H
1
RBI
0
AB
2
R
0
H
1
RBI
0
AB
3
R
0
H
0
RBI
0
ss/2b
AB
2
R
0
H
0
RBI
0
Players Mentioned
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