Texas State Run Rules UT Arlington in Five Innings

Texas State Run Rules UT Arlington in Five Innings

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SAN MARCOS, Texas -The No. 2 seed Texas State defeated the No. 3 seed UT Arlington, 10-1 in five innings for the first run-rule decision of the 2010 Southland Conference Tournament at Bobcat Field in San Marcos, Texas.

Texas State's 10 runs are the second most scored by a Bobcat team in tournament play since 1988 when Texas State scored 11 runs against Northwestern State. The most runs scored in a Southland tournament game are 13 by McNeese State in 1983.

Texas State had its best inning of the season as the Bobcats exploded for seven runs in the bottom of the first inning. With two on and one out, junior McKenzie Baack hit a three run bomb to left field, her fourth of the year. Three of the next Bobcat batters hit singles to load the bases for junior Allyce Rother who hit her first career grand slam for a 7-0 lead after the first inning.

The Bobcats added three more in the bottom of the second. Junior Lyndsey Matt singled through the right side followed by a bunt single by Baack, her second hit of the day. Junior Jenna Emery singled up the middle scoring Matt and junior Chandler Hall drove in two more runs on a double to left center to give Texas State a 10-0 lead after two innings.

Sophomore Chandler Hall allowed four hits and one run in the five-inning stint recording her 18th win of the season.

UT Arlington sophomore Kelsey Kaiser gave the Mavs its only run of the game with her second round-tripper in the top of the fifth inning.

With the win Texas State will play the No. 4 seed McNeese State in game seven Friday at 4 p.m. The Cowgirls are 2-0 in tournament play including an upset over No. 1 seed Stephen F. Austin, 4-1, in game three.

The Mavs will now play in game six against No. 5 seed Texas A&M-Corpus Christi in an elimination game Friday at 1:30 p.m.

The Southland tournament will resume Friday with game five at 11 a.m. as the No. 1 seed Stephen F. Austin will play the No. 6 seed Nicholls in an elimination game.

Live stats as well as streaming video and audio are available on SLC NOW on the Southland Conference web site at www.southland.org.

POSTGAME QUOTES

Texas State Head Coach - Ricci Woodard
(On today's win)
"Well obviously we came out ready to play. That's been the bottom line for this team all year long. If we're ready to play, we're a great ball club. Anytime you can get a three run and four run home run in the first inning, you set the tone of the ball game early. The big thing for us was to continue to finish off the ball game. McNeese played two great games today and we're going to have to keep them off the base paths tomorrow."

Texas State junior outfielder - Allyce Rother
(On game one loss)
"It's a big deal. I was excited even though I wasn't expecting to hit that. It feels good to be able to say that I've done that in my career, especially in the conference tournament. There wasn't a lot going through my mind, I just wanted to get more runs in so we can win the game. We do really well after we have the first game in the bag, and I think we'll do fine in the rest of the tournament."

UT Arlington Head Coach - Debbie Hedrick
(On today's win)
"Obviously disappointed. Terry is a freshman and it's a learning curve for her. I think once they got the bats going and put some hits together, the balls kept rolling. I know we're much better than that as a team, so for tomorrow we need to learn from this game but move on. We need to move forward and not repeat it."