- Box Score Game 1
- Box Score Game 2
SAN ANGELO – The Tarleton TexAnn softball team dropped two games Friday at the 2011 Lone Star Conference Crossover Tournament in San Angelo, thanks in part by mistakes in the field.
The TexAnns, who lost to East Central, 4-2, and Northeastern State, 5-2, tallied six errors on Friday in the two games at the Texas Bank Sports Complex.
“Katie Smith pitched one of the best games I have seen her throw today, and defensively, we let her down,” said Tarleton head coach Julie Mata. “I love this team, and we are much, much better than what we showed today.”
Tarleton fell to 16-14-1 on the season with the two losses.
The TexAnns will play Central Oklahoma at 1 p.m. on Saturday, April 2 before playing Southwestern Oklahoma at 4:30 p.m.
East Central 4, Tarleton 2
The game was scoreless until the top of the fourth inning when Emily Kennemer doubled to right center with one out for the Tigers. Cami Correa then reached on a fielder's choice that got the runner out at second. A home run by Cassandra Nordie down the left field line made it 2-0 ECU. Whitney Harris then singled to deep short and advanced to second on a wild pitch. Desiree' Nordie then singled up the middle to score Harris and give the Tigers a 3-0 lead.
In the bottom of the fourth frame, Kelsey Latta hit a home run over the left field fence with two outs to cut the score to 3-1.
ECU added a run on a hit and three errors in the top of the fifth to make it 4-1 Tigers.
In the bottom of the seventh inning, Marcie Rodriguez singled to left before Misti Lindamood popped out to first. Rodriguez moved to second on an illegal pitch before Rachel Dieterich struck out swinging. Alexandria Orf then singled to left to put runners on the corners and a Rebecca Wessels single scored Rodriguez. However, the inning ended on a popup to first, and the TexAnns fell, 4-2.
Swanda took the loss for Tarleton to fall to 8-9 overall. She pitched 3.2 innings and allowed three runs on four hits with a walk and a strikeout. Randi Fentress pitched the final 3.1 innings and allowed one unearned run on two hits with four strikeouts.
Wanda Malone (12-4) got the win for ECU and pitched the complete game – giving up two runs on seven hits with a walk and nine strikeouts.
Northeastern State 5, Tarleton 2
Tarleton scored first in the bottom of the first inning. Rebecca Wessels had a leadoff walk before a single by Marcie Rodriguez put two runners on. With two outs, a Kelsey Latta double scored both runners to put the TexAnns ahead early, 2-0.
In the top of the fourth inning, Jessica White got on with a fielder's choice that put two outs on the board before an error by Tarleton right fielder Marcie Rodriguez scored White and moved Ripperger to third. Melissa Maxwell then singled to score the runner from third and tie the game at two runs apiece.
In the top of the fifth, a two-run double to right field over the head of Victoria Kelly scored two runners who had both singled to get on, giving NSU a 4-2 lead.
The RiverHawks added to their lead in the top of the sixth inning when Cayce Coleman had a run batted in single as one of three NSU hits in the inning which scored Shayla Bullard. The RiverHawks led 5-2.
With two outs in the bottom of the seventh, Hannah Hancock reached on an error and then moved to second on a single by Wessels. However, a strikeout ended the game as Tarleton fell, 5-2.
Katie Smith (6-3) got the loss for Tarleton after pitching the complete game and giving up five runs (three earned) on 10 hits with two strikeouts. Tarleton had three errors in the contest.
Sarah Massey pitched all seven innings for the RiverHawks and gave up two runs on three hits with five walks and three strikeouts to improve to 5-4 on the season.
