SAN ANTONIO – After completing a halted game from earlier in the season, the UTSA softball team took down a Texas State squad that was receiving votes nationally, 6-0 on Tuesday at Roadrunner Field. The victory was the ‘Runners first Battle of I-35 win since the 2019 campaign, and it snapped a 12-game skid against the rival Bobcats.
The Roadrunners (17-26, 3-15 The American) bested the Bobcats (29-12, 11-4 Sun Belt) as the squads first concluded a halted game from March 26 at Bobcat Softball stadium, picking it up in the top of the fifth with TXST up 7-0. Neither team managed a run in the restart, as the Bobcats cemented the seven-run victory.
In game two, freshman Ava Eldridge (5-7) scattered four hits across a complete-game shutout for the win, while Analisa Soliz (2-1) got pegged with the loss.
Sophomore Taryn Madlock was stellar for UTSA, making multiple sensational defensive plays in right field, and recording a three-run home run that helped put the game out of reach. The freshman duo of Skylar Rucker and Sabrina Wick also recorded RBIs, while sophomore Kalee Rochinski, junior Katia Reyes, senior Crislyne Moreno and classmate Camryn Robillard all logged hits,
A pitchers’ duel carried into the bottom of the fifth until UTSA broke through with a Rucker double-plating Robillard, who reached on a single.
The ‘Runners added to their total in the sixth, as Reyes and Moreno singled, before a fielder’s choice by Wick knocked in a run. A wild pitch shortly after brought in Rochinski, and Robillard walked ahead of a three-run bomb for Madlock that saw a 6-0 lead.
Eldridge returned and finished the fight, cementing the shutout victory.
UTSA will now hit the road, as they’re set to take on Charlotte in a three-game American Athletic Conference series beginning on Thursday at Daughtridge Stadium.
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