USF (23-14, 1-2) will visit the Cougars (24-9, 2-1) for the Bulls’ first conference series on the road
TAMPA, March 28, 2019 – USF will travel to Houston for its first road series of conference play, March 29-31, at Cougar Softball Stadium.
The Bulls (23-14, 1-2) opened conference play with a bang, taking down Tulsa with a 4-0 shutout win when senior Macy Cook (Uniontown, Ohio) smashed a grand slam over the left field fence in the bottom of the eighth inning for the walk-off win. USF dropped the next two games to the Golden Hurricane for a 1-2 conference record in the league-opening weekend.
Sophomore pitcher Georgina Corrick (Sanford, Fla.) had an impressive performance in the circle on Friday, tossing 16 strikeouts, just two shy of the USF single-game program record of 18. Corrick pitched eight full innings in her complete game shutout win, her 12th straight victory.
Corrick is ranked in the Top 25 nationally in six categories. She is 11th in the nation, second in The American in ERA at 1.14. She ranks first in the American in strikeouts (120), 23rd nationally, and leads the conference and ranks 25th nationally in strikeouts per seven innings (9.1) and strikeout-to-walk ratio (5.71). She checks in at No. 22 in hits allowed per seven innings (4.11), third in The American, and ranks 23rd in wins with 12, good for second in the league.
Scouting the Opponents
Houston (24-9, 2-1)
Houston opened American Athletic Conference play against Wichita State last weekend. The Cougars saw a run-rule loss in their opening game, 13-5 (5 inn.), but responded in games two in three with a 5-4 victory and a run rule win over their own, 8-0 (5 inn.). The Cougars had a midweek matchup against McNeese that went into extra innings, resulting in a 3-2 walk-off win for Houston.
The Cougar’s offense is led by Lindsey Stewart who is hitting .400, 40-for-100, in 33 appearances this season. She has scored 20 runs and batted in 24, and has hit four doubles, four triples and two home runs.
Presley Bell leads the Houston pitching staff with a .80 ERA and a 7-1 record, and Savannah Heebner leads the staff in wins with an 8-6 record and a 1.87 ERA through 93.2 innings pitched. Heebner also leads the team in strikeouts with 76.
Houston’s Sarah Barker was named to the American Honor Roll this week. Barker hit .500 with a triple and a home run last week, posting a pair of multi-hit games. She drove in six runs and also scored six times as Houston went on the road for a series win at Wichita State to start conference play.
USF and Houston met last season in Tampa, with the Bulls taking the series 2-1. The Bulls dropped the first game, 9-1, but won the second and third 3-2 and 7-4.
About USF Softball
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