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Herd Softball Back on the Road to San Antonio
4/6/2018 12:00:00 AM | Softball
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SAN ANTONIO, Texas - The Marshall softball team hits the road again to take on the UTSA Roadrunners in a three-game Conference USA series from UTSA softball field, April 7-8. The Saturday doubleheader begins at 2 p.m. eastern with the final game set for Sunday at 1 p.m. eastern.
Marshall is 16-19-1 and 6-5-1 in Conference USA. UTSA is 15-16 and 4-5 in conference action.
Fans can tune in to the live stream provided by UTSA through CUSAtv.com. Marshall's audio broadcast can be heard on 88.1 WMUL-FM and online at www.marshall.edu/wmul through one of the Listen Live links.
The Series: Four meetings, Marshall leads 4-0
The series between Marshall and UTSA is very young. The Herd and the Roadrunners met for the first time on May 11, 2016 in the first round of the Conference USA Tournament. The teams battled through a tightly contested ball game before Marshall finally pulled out the win in walk-off fashion. With two runners on base, junior Morgan Zerkle dropped down a bunt and outran the throw to first as sophomore Jordan Colliflower came home to score the winning run. Marshall and UTSA met again in 2017 in Huntington for the first ever series and the Herd swept the Roadrunners. The wins got Marshall to eight wins in a row, part of the Herd's program record 17-game winning streak. Taylor McCord was named Conference USA Player of the Week after driving in eight runs, including two home runs in game two.
Scouting the Roadrunners
UTSA comes in with a 15-16 record and 4-5 in Conference USA. The Roadrunners began conference play with two wins over FIU, then lost two of three to both North Texas and UTEP. UTSA lost a 1-0 midweek nonconference matchup with Texas this past Wednesday. Celeste Loughman leads the team hitting .346, 36 hits, 27 runs scored and 13 stolen bases. Bailee Baldwin has crushed 13 home runs, driven in 32 runs and is hitting .344. Baldwin is slugging .878 this season as 21 of her 31 hits have gone for extra bases. As a team, UTSA is hitting .244 while opponents are hitting .289. In the circle, Lizzy Fox has a 2.15 ERA, a 9-6 record and 45 strikeouts in 104.1 innings. Madison Nelson has tossed 91.1 innings, has an ERA of 3.76 and a record of 5-10.
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