No. 9/13 Softball adds to win column as Martinez has a career afternoon

AUSTIN, TX – Less than 24 hours after a heartbreaking loss to No. 10/12 Virginia Friday night time, No. 9/13 Texas bounced again with a pair of wins Saturday when the Longhorns knocked off the Hokies, 8-2, earlier than beating Abilene Christian, 8-0, in 5 innings. 

Texas opened the day by studying the early chapters of the identical script as Friday night time’s recreation towards Virginia Tech as the Longhorns went up 4-0 on the Hokies after three full innings courtesy of two two-out, run-scoring hits by true freshman Viviana Martinez.

After Virginia Tech plated a single run within the high of the fourth, Martinez, once more, led an offensive cost for Texas when she linked on an 0-1 pitch for a solo dwelling run, her first career collegiate dwelling run. This sparked the Longhorn offense to rating three extra occasions and was on the verge of run-ruling the Hokies as the game-ending run was at third when the underside of the sixth concluded. 

Martinez carried over her offensive outburst in Texas’ second recreation when she singled by the fitting aspect of the diamond to drive in two runs as a part of an eight-run backside of the primary inning that noticed fellow true freshman Leighann Goode cap the scoring with a three-run dwelling run, her first career collegiate dwelling run. 

FROM HEAD COACH MIKE WHITE

“I thought we were really focused today. Yesterday, it was a close game (against Virginia Tech) and could’ve gone either way, but unfortunately, we came out on the wrong end of it. But, I thought we wanted to make amends for that today. We scored early and kept scoring, which is great. And, of course, Mac Morgan did a great job of closing (Virginia Tech) out. In the second game today, Sophia Simpson came out and had a lot of strikeouts in a row and really had her change-up working, which was great to see, and then Citlaly (Guiterriez) came in to get the last two outs, which was really good.”

FROM FRESHMAN INFIELDER VIVIANA MARTINEZ

“Honestly, I was just trying to wait and get my pitch and not get too deep in the count, because they were all good pitchers (today) so I knew I had to wait and be patent at the plate.”

GAME NOTES

• Texas’ eight runs throughout the backside of the primary inning towards Abliene Christian had been probably the most runs scored in a single inning by the Longhorns thus far this season. 

  • The earlier excessive was a seven-run backside of the second towards Loyola on Friday, Feb. 17. 

• Viviana Martinez’ 5 RBI within the Longhorns’ win over the Hokies had been a career excessive for the Arizona native. 

  • Her earlier excessive was two, which she had completed 3 times prior to Saturday with the most recent coming towards UIW on Sunday, Feb. 19. 
  • Martinez’ 5 RBI additionally tied her with fellow freshman Reese Atwood for probably the most by a Longhorn softball student-athlete in a single recreation this season. 

    • Atwood drove in a career-high 5 runs in Texas’ win over Illinois on Feb. 12, 2023. 

• Leighann Goode additionally set a career excessive for single-game RBI when the freshman drove in three along with her two-out dwelling run throughout the backside of the primary inning towards the Wildcats. 

  • Her earlier excessive was two, which she did in her collegiate debut towards Missouri on Feb. 10, 2023. 

• Against Abilene Christian, sophomore right-handed pitcher Sophia Simpson started the sport by placing out the primary six consecutive Wildcat batters. 

  • Of the primary 9 Abilene Christian outs recorded, Simpson did so through strikeout eight occasions. 

    • The Wildcats’ solely different out throughout the recreation’s first three innings got here through a fielder’s selection as proper fielder Ashton Malony threw to Viviana Martinez at shortstop to lead a runner after a ball was hit to the outfield. 

UP NEXT

• Texas (10-2-1) will wrap up the Austin portion of the Lone Star State Invitational when it squares off towards Texas Southern (1-8) at 3 PM CT at Red & Charline McCombs Field. 

  • No 10/12 Virginia Tech (10-4) versus Abilene Christian (4-10) will start Sunday’s three-game slate when the 2 applications start play at 9:30 AM. Kansas (6-4) and Texas Southern will observe at 12 PM, earlier than the Tigers sq. off towards the Longhorns later within the afternoon. 
  • Texas will then proceed its present homestand when it hosts North Texas, which is receiving votes within the newest NFCA Coaches Poll, at 6 PM on Wednesday, March 1. 

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