Softball Sun Belt Institutional Athletic Media Relations

Softball Recaps and Scores - February 23

UTSA 8, UTA 7
ARLINGTON, Texas – UTA (7-6) saw its comeback bid come up just short as the Mavericks lost to UTSA (10-5) 8-7 in the third-place game of the Boerner Invitational at Allan Saxe Field on Sunday.

Troy 5, Villanova 1
ORLANDO, Fla.
– Leanna Johnson pitched a two-hitter to power Troy past Villanova, 5-1, Sunday in the finale of the Diamond 9 Citrus Classic at ESPN Wide World of Sports. Johnson (6-2) picks up her sixth win of the season scattering just two hits and fanning eight batters.

Appalachian State 9, Ohio 1
CHARLESTON, S.C. 
– Appalachian State ended the Charleston Invitational with a run-rule of Ohio, taking down the Bobcats 9-1 in six innings. The Mountaineer bats exploded for a season-high 13 hits en route to their ninth win of the season.

Presbyterian 8, Georgia State 2
MACON, Ga.
– Georgia State concluded the Black and Orange Challenge Sunday with an 8-2 loss to Presbyterian. Freshman Bailee Richardson launched her first career home run, a two-run shot in the top of the fourth that cut Presbyterian's 4-0 lead in half.
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Maryland 4, Georgia Southern 2 - Game 1
Georgia Southern 5, Furman 1 - Game 2
STATESBORO, Ga.
– Georgia Southern scored four runs in the sixth inning to snap a 1-1 tie with Furman and pick up a 5-1 win over the Paladins, earning a split on the final day of action at the 2020 Eagle Round Robin on Sunday at Eagle Field. Maryland earned a 4-2 win over the Eagles in the earlier contest.

Louisiana 8, Ole Miss 1 - Game 1
Louisiana 7, UAB 4 - Game 2
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.
– Louisiana took control early leaving little doubt in an 8-1 win over Ole Miss, then battled back late for a 7-4 win over UAB on the final day of the Blazer Classic at Mary Bowers Field. The sweep extended the 9th-ranked Ragin' Cajuns winning streak to four games and improved the squad's mark to 11-3 heading into showdowns with Top 10 foes Texas and Florida next week.

ULM 6, Nicholls 1 - Game 1
Southeastern Louisiana 3, ULM 1 - Game 2


Coastal Carolina 4, UMBC 0
CONWAY, S.C.
– Coastal Carolina improved its overall record 9-3 on the season as they took the final game of the Ripley's Chanticleer Showdown against the UMBC Retrievers by the score of 4-0 on Sunday afternoon at St. John Stadium.
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Stephen F. Austin 9, South Alabama 0 (6 inn.)
MOBILE, Ala.
– Stephen F. Austin's Ashley Kriesel pitched five-innings of no-hit ball and went 2-or-2 at the plate with a home run to defeat South Alabama 9-0 in six innings in the final game of the Mardi Gras Classic Sunday afternoon. The loss was the sixth-straight for the Jags.

Tulsa 2, Texas State 0