UH softball snapped a six-game losing streak with a series victory over ECU, winning three of the four games over the weekend at Cougar Softball Stadium. | Courtesy of UH athletics
Houston softball snapped a six-game losing streak with a series victory over East Carolina, winning three of the four games over the weekend at Cougar Softball Stadium.
The Cougars opened up the weekend with a 6-4 win over the Pirates on Friday, then split the doubleheader on Saturday with a 5-2 victory and 11-5 loss, closing out the series with a 6-1 win.
The weekend marks the Cougars’ first conference series win this season and snapped a six-game losing streak.
UH softball struggles offensively, falling in a lopsided shutout to Texas
The UH softball team hosted the seventh-ranked Texas Longhorns on Wednesday evening. | Gerald Sastra/The Cougar
The Houston softball team was shutout by No. 7 Texas
9-0on Wednesday evening at Cougar Softball Stadium.
The Longhorns quickly built a lead in the first inning after a pair of two-run home runs put them in front 4-0, all before recording their first out.
Freshman right-hander Hailey Hudson started the game for the UH softball team, but was removed after allowing the second home run in the inning for sophomore pitcher Megan Lee. It was Hudson’s second loss in her young college career.
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UH softball shuts out TSU behind strong freshman debut
The UH softball team beat TSU in dominating fashion on Saturday afternoon, not letting it score a single-run at Cougar Softball Stadium. | File photo
Freshman starting pitcher Hailey Hudson made her college debut Saturday after she tossed a no-hitter to shutout Texas Southern University, giving the Houston softball team an
8-0 win in a run-rule.
Hudson is the 20
th player in program history to throw a no-hitter, and her achievement marks the second time in as many years that a UH softball player threw a no-hitter in a debut with last season’s accomplishment coming from sophomore pitcher Logan Hulon.