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UTEP Miners

UTEP Miners
CC
Michael Reese
0
UTEP UTEP 18-29
7
Winner Middle Tennessee MT 32-18
UTEP UTEP
18-29
0
Final
7
Middle Tennessee MT
32-18
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
UTEP UTEP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
Middle Tennessee MT 1 0 0 2 2 2 X 7 9 2

W: Jennings, C. (16-8) L: McKechnie, Kira (9-9)

2
UTEP UTEP 18-30
7
Winner Middle Tennessee MT 33-18
UTEP UTEP
18-30
2
Final
7
Middle Tennessee MT
33-18
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
UTEP UTEP 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 0
Middle Tennessee MT 0 0 0 3 2 2 X 7 8 2

W: Jennings, C. (17-8) L: Wright, Julia (5-16)

Game Recap: Softball |

UTEP Falls at Middle Tennessee


Game 1 Box Score

Game 2 Box Score

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. – The UTEP softball team fell in a pair of contests at Middle Tennessee. The Blue Raiders (33-18, 10-9 Conference USA) defeated the Miners (18-30, 7-13 C-USA) 7-0 and 7-2 on a windy Saturday afternoon at Blue Raider Softball Field.
 
The series finale is Sunday during Middle Tennessee's Senior Day. First pitch is set for a noon CT/11 a.m. MT start.
 
Courtney Clayton registered a hit in each game, the first was a single in game one during the sixth inning that broke up a no-hitter, while her second knock came during the third inning in game two. Clayton now has 241 career hits. Clayton is also set to start her 205th consecutive game on Sunday against Middle Tennessee.
 
The Miners took a 2-0 lead during game two in the second inning. Kacey Duffield drew a walk to lead off the second frame. Pamala Baber followed with a single on a high pop fly that fell between two MT defenders and rolled into the dugout that was ruled a dead ball. With that, the runners advanced to second and third. Ariana Valles put UTEP ahead 1-0 on a groundout that plated Duffield. Cortney Smith put her squad up 2-0 on a sacrifice fly hit to center that scored Baber, who had advanced to third on Valles's groundout.
 
But the Blue Raiders would score seven unanswered runs, putting up three in the fourth, and two each during the fifth and sixth innings. Lexi Cushing hit a two-run home run in the fifth that gave MT a 5-2 lead.
 
UTEP tallied four hits in game two, as Valles singled in the seventh and Lindsey Sokoloski singled in the third.
 
Kira McKechnie (9-9) started game one, tallying four K's in 5.0 innings, while Julia Wright (5-16) got the nod in game two, tossing 4.0 frames.
 
C-USA SOFTBALL UPDATE
North Texas (9-10) split its two-game set at Southern Miss (8-12), while UTSA (7-13) split its two games at UAB (12-7-1). WKU (9-10) fell in game one at Florida Atlantic (11-7). Charlotte (6-14) fell in game one at FIU (12-7).  
 
As of Saturday night, LA Tech (15-6), who has its bye weekend in conference action, is standing in first place overall in C-USA, while FIU with its sweep leads C-USA East Division. FAU is in second place in the East, while UAB is second place in the West. Marshall (11-9-1), with its bye weekend from league play, stands in third in the East while North Texas is in third in the West. MT, with its Saturday sweep, stands in fourth in the East (seventh overall) and WKU stands in eighth overall. USM moves ahead of UTEP, while UTEP and UTSA each own the same league mark. Charlotte is in last place overall.
 
 
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