Softball Sweeps Day Two of Easton Classic II

HOUSTON – The University of Houston Softball team bounced back with a pair of victories on the second day of the Easton Classic II at Cougar Softball Stadium on Saturday afternoon.

After securing a 4-3 win against the Panthers (5-4) to start the day, the Cougars (7-2) continued their success with a 6-1 victory against the Wolfpack (7-2).

GAME ONE – HOUSTON 4, PITT 3
While freshman Rylee Michalak earned the start, freshman Nevaeh Brown (2-0) picked up the win in relief, spinning 2.1 innings where she allowed just one run on one hit. Freshman Maddie Hartley (1) secured her first collegiate save, also tossing 2.1 shutout innings. Gwen Sparks (1-1) took the loss for Pitt, ceding four runs (three earned) on three hits and four walks.

Player Highlights

Brooke Wells: 1-2, HR, 2 RBI, R, BB
Madox Mitchael: 1-3, RBI
Maddie Hartley: S, 2.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB

Game Highlights

Houston turned a triple play, its second in program history and first since April 7, 2007, against UTEP. No other NCAA Division I team in the country had turned a triple play this season entering this weekend.
Freshman Brooke Wells hit her fourth homer of the season and second of the weekend.

Key Innings
1^st | After Hartley reached base with a lead-off walk, Wells drove her fourth homer of her career to opposing field, putting the Cougars up by two early.

3^rd | Pitt tied the game in the third. With a pair of runners on, the Panthers capitalized on a defensive miscue to plate a run, then scored another in the next at bat on a ground out to even the score at 2-all.

4^th | Houston reclaimed the lead with two runs in the fourth. Sophomore Bethany Aguilar reached on a lead-off walk and junior Gabby Rawls put runners on the corners with a sacrifice bunt that forced an error. Freshman Madox Mitchael put the Cougars back in front with a single that plated Aguilar. A wild pitch later in the inning allowed Rawls to score as well, putting Houston up by two.

While Pitt cut the deficit to one in the fifth, Houston held on for the 4-3 win.

GAME TWO – HOUSTON 6, NEVADA 1
Gigi Solis (2-0) claimed the win in Houston's second game of the day. Earning the start, the sophomore spun six innings while allowing just one run on a solo homer in the sixth. Jessica McPartland (1-2) suffered the loss after permitting four runs – three being earned – on two hits and three walks.

PLAYER HIGHLIGHTS

Gigi Solis: 6.0 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 3 SO
Isabel Cintron: 2-3, 2B, RBI, R, BB
Mikalah Nitta: 1-1, 2B, RBI, R, 2 BB,

GAME HIGHLIGHTS

Wells and Hartley have reached base in all nine games this season.
Houston did not walk a batter for the first time since March 6, 2024.
Solis became the first Cougar pitcher to not walk a batter in 6+ innings pitched since Kenna Wilkey against SFA on April 4, 2024.
Drawing seven walks in the game, Houston now has 65 on the season.

KEY INNINGS
2^nd | Houston took an early lead as Mitchael drove home sophomore Mikalah Nitta with a sacrifice fly.

3^rd | The Cougars broke the game open in the third. After loading the bases on a walk, error and single, four straight bases-loaded walks plated four runs to put Houston up 5-0. Mitchael added a sixth run with her second sac-fly of the game that scored Wells.

6^th | The Wolfpack got on the board in the sixth. Haley Painter took a pitch to left-center for a solo home run to cut the deficit to five. Houston shut the door, however, clinching a 6-1 win.

UP NEXT
Houston concludes the Easton Classic II on Sunday. First pitch in the weekend finale against Incarnate Word is slated for 12:30 p.m. with the Cougars debuting their Houston Blue uniforms in the game.

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