Feb. 2, 2002

Final Stats

SAN MARCOS, Texas - The Texas Tech softball team took the first game of the afternoon downing the Islanders of Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 8-5 but was unable to stop a hot Houston team in the second game falling 6-4 in the final two games of the day at the B&G Properties Tournament in San Marcos, Texas.

Texas Tech (2-2) starter Amie Stines gave up four runs, three earned, in the first inning and the Red Raiders were unable erase the deficit as Tech dropped the second game of the evening 6-4 to the Houston Cougars.

The Cougars (4-0) entered the game having not allowed a run in the tournament through three games until the bottom of the first inning.

Esmerelda Perez led of the Tech half of the first with a single followed by Eva Harshman's single. With two outs in the inning catcher Andrea Joachims doubled to the left-center field gap driving in Perez and Harshman.

Tech would add a run in the third as Britney Stolle drove in Joachims on a misplayed ball to the Houston second baseman pulling Tech to within one, 4-3.

Houston would add two runs in the top half of the seventh as Ali McDougal homered to left and after Arelis Ferreris' single and stolen base she scored on a Kristen Glowacz sac fly giving the Cougars the 6-3 advantage.

The two late runs proved to be the difference in the game as in the bottom of the seventh Joachims homered, but that was all the rally that Tech could muster.

In the first game of the day for the Red Raiders, Tech used a six-run sixth inning to break open a 2-2 game. Kristi Robles and Carmen Grindell led off the inning with singles followed by a two run double by Joachims.

After a Rebecca Eimen strikeout and a Lisa Lawler pop out Michell Vlahos singled behind first base scoring Lawler and Tracy Cartier who reached on a passed ball third strike. Perez's single scored both Vlahos and Cartier, while Harshman's double scored Perez to cap off the Tech rally.

Trailing 8-2, TAMU-CC would put together a three run rally in the bottom of the seventh with all the Islanders runs coming on a homerun by third baseman Sarah Mesa.

Freshman Jennifer Vaught earned her second win of the season going three innings in relief of Kristina Blair.

Tech will conclude the play in the B&G Properties Tournament Sunday morning against Oregon which handed the Red Raiders a 7-2 loss in the season opener.